Veggie Vs. Meat: Which Is Better?

There’s a controversy brewing over Whole Foods’ new “Health Starts Here” campaign promoting the merits of a mostly vegetarian diet. Last week, the Weston A. Price Foundation, which promotes the consumption of healthy fats (including animal protein), issued a press release attacking the Whole Foods campaign, and saying that people can’t get enough nutrients from [...]

Fish Oil and Mental Illness

A mainstream psychiatric journal, the Archives of General Psychiatry, has just published a small study that tested the use of Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) for mental illness in adolescents and young adults—with positive results. It’s always welcome news when mainstream medical journals, who are heavily influenced by drug companies, publish research on non-pharmaceutical remedies. It’s worth [...]

Light Therapy or Drugs for SAD?

Today’s Albuquerque Journal ran a story on seasonal affective disorder (SAD)—depression caused by lack of sunshine. Although not a big problem in sunny climates, it is more common in areas with lots of cloudy days and long winters. The story interviewed physicians who mentioned light therapy as an option, but it took a backseat to drugs. [...]