My Jewish father was an old country lawyer who believed deeply in fairness and justice for all living people, so I was curious what he thought about the Nazis. It was spring of 1977, and the American Nazi Party had announced their intention to hold a July 4th rally in...
In this lively presentation, Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS—a board-certified nutritionist and the best-selling author of The Great Cholesterol Myth—will show us why we can’t believe everything we read about nutrition. In fact, he’ll suggest that you probably can’t believe most of what you read about nutrition, and he’ll tell you...
Here, the WholeFoods team looks at two groundbreaking books that have been updated in 2020—plus a can't-miss documentary The Great Cholesterol Myth, Revised and Expanded: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease—and the Statin-Free Plan that Will by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS and Stephen T. Sinatra M.D., F.A.C.C, C.N.S. When this first...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s been almost 50 years since the original edition of the Atkins diet was published, and in recent years the ketogenic diet—which Atkins was the first to popularize—is enjoying an unprecedented amount of attention. (As I write this column, I’m sitting in a stateroom on a cruise ship—I’m presenting two...
Of all the questions I’ve been asked in the past 27 years, there are a few that I call “perennials”. They just keep coming up anytime I engage with readers or listeners—Facebook, Twitter, lectures, workshops, morning television shows—and they come up consistently, year after year.. An example of a “perennial”...
Most people who struggle with weight are what we call “sugar burners” — they just can’t access the fat stores on their body and use that fat for fuel, the way people with “fat-burning” metabolisms seem to do quite well. (My program, The Metabolic Factor, is designed to turn sugar...
Like most relationships, my love affair with Whole Foods started off great. I loved the narrative: three hippies get together in the mid-1980’s to start a store that’s an alternative to “Big Food” — a store devoted to selling foods that actually make a difference to your health. Beautiful, organic...
To coincide with the new, 10th anniversary, updated and revised edition of "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," I’ve decided to use this column to give you a preview of some of the foods that are new to the updated edition. The new edition has also been updated to include...
To coincide with the new, 10th anniversary, updated and revised edition of "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," I’ve decided to use these next two columns to give you a preview of some of the foods that are new to the updated edition. The new edition has also been updated...
It might be too early to hand out a “supplement of the year” award for 2017, but it’s not too early to nominate one: collagen. You may have noticed that collagen products are showing up everywhere. There are collagen protein powders, collagen supplements, and an endless selection of collagen skin...
