Lactose, the type of carbohydrate found in milk, is not well digested in approximately 15% of people of northern European descent, up to 80% of blacks and Latinos, and up to 100% of American Indians and Asians; causing gas, bloating, and diarrhea. Yet perhaps there’s more to not tolerating milk than lactose. In recent years, ... Milk Distress?
 
Food and Health, Prevention

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Food and Health, Prevention

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Food and Health, Prevention

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Food and Health, Prevention

National and international health organizations recommend that we consume an average of 250 to 500 mg of EPA + DHA daily, yet adults in the US consume only about 90 mg per day, a far cry from the amounts recommended to support healthy hearts, eyes, and brains...
 

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Food and Health

Recently, psychologists have started seeing an eating disorder known as orthorexia nervosa. The term refers to a “fixation on eating healthy or pure.”