of prevention as often better than treatment in the mother"s words to her
child which had got a poisonous berry in its mouth,–'Spit it out!' gave
mortal offence to a well-known New York practitioner and writer, who
advised the Massachusetts Medical Society to spit out the offending
speaker
Thus my illustration
of prevention as often better than treatment in the mother"s words to her
child which had got a poisonous berry in its mouth,–'Spit it out!' gave
mortal offence to a well-known New York practitioner and writer, who
advised the Massachusetts Medical Society to spit out the offending
speaker. Worse than this was my statement of my belief that if a
ship-load of miscellaneous drugs, with certain very important
exceptions,–drugs, many of which were then often given needlessly and in
excess, as then used 'could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be
all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes.'

A gluten-free vegan diet full of nuts, sunflower seeds, fruit and vegetables appears to offer protection against heart attacks and strokes for people with rheumatoid arthritis, Swedish researchers have said.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients who eat a gluten-free vegan diet could be better protected against heart attacks and stroke. RA is a major risk factor for these cardiovascular diseases, but a gluten-free vegan diet was shown to lower cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and oxidizedLDL, as well as raising the levels of natural antibodies against the damaging compounds in the body that cause …

The old adage "we are what we eat" received further support this week, and may even suggest "we are what our parents ate" when a new study by researchers in the US revealed that healthy men who have a diet low in folate have a higher risk of chromosomal abnormalities in their sperm.

London, Mar 20 : Gender differences extend to eating habits with women choosing a healthier diet than men, research said.

Excerpt of "The Sonoma Diet," by Connie Guttersen