Free The Animal

The title refers to an article in The New York Times by our favorite chubby-faced purveyor of conventional "wisdom" (Modern Ignorance): Tara Parker-Pope. I’ll get to that later.
…In the meantime, a bit of a personal anecdote. I don’t recall exactly when I began taking vitamin D supplements, but it was likely around mid-2008. I have [...]

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After a couple of pretty intense nights of partying Friday & Saturday, staying up late, lots of drink, contact with lots of people — in celebration of my 49th — I came crashing down with a cough and cold Sunday afternoon that lowered like a wrecking ball. I supplemented perhaps another 15,000 IU of vitamin [...]

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Let’s get this right out of the way: Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a menace to society. He’s also an ignoramus who listens only to conventional "wisdom" ("Modern Ignorance") from "health authorities" on the take, being propped up by drug companies and synthetic-industrial "food" manufacturers.
Then there’s the lazies who man the New York City Department of Education, [...]

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 At "Livestrong."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite high LDL cholesterol as one of the risk factors for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. Even with these startling facts, Americans still can’t seem to shake high-cholesterol foods from their diet. Instead of trying to cut out all [...]

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An "Alphabet" is the generic term I use to denote institutions that come with an acronym; in this case, the AAP – American Academy of Pediatrics — and specifically, their Committee on Nutrition.
In an article in Pediatric News, Rice Cereal Can Wait, Let Them Eat Meat First: AAP committee has changes in mind…

There is no good reason [...]

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