This was the last column I wrote for the Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free Lance-Star: You won't find "Food-medicine" in the Pharmacy To celebrate March being National Nutrition Month, the Fredericksburg Food Coop and Mary Washington Healthcare sponsored a recent seminar on ‘Food As Medicine’ at Stafford Hospital. Six local dietitian/nutritionists described the importance and scope of…
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A Life Saving Message on Kid’s Diets
Changing kids eating habits can literally save their lives. Dr Yum is working on it.
How White Man’s Diet is Decimating Native Americans
I wrote this after the local library had an exhibition of native American culture - including a lot of information about diet and how change from “Pre-Captain Cook Diet” is causing an epidemic of diabetes. You may have wondered if you saw the Patawomeck village outside the downtown library last month. It was not the local…
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A New-Old Gross Dietary Practice
Here is another instance of my being out of touch with some of the modern, if bizarre, quasi-medical stuff that people get up to. I had written a piece for the local tabloid, Front Porch (which I will post later or look on line http://frontporchfredericksburg.com/current-issue/), about a friend, Mandy, who is a doula –…
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