Dear Dr. Meinig: Recently I was told my cholesterol is high and I should cut down on eggs and eat margarine. I eat about 4 eggs a week, besides cooking with them. We
Water Cress by Creek Safe to Eat? Soda in Whole Wheat Bread Destroys Vitamins?
Dear Dr. Meinig: Help please! I have been enthusiastically grinding my own whole wheat flour in an effort to conserve vitamins, etc. However, my favorite buttermilk whole wheat bread recipe calls for soda
Calcium and Magnesium Needs of Epileptics
Dear Dr. Meinig: I would like to know about meeting the nutritional needs of epileptics in regard to calcium and magnesium. Adele Davis in Let’s Get Well, 1965, states on page 273 that
Tea and Fluorine
Dear Dr. Meinig: You have written against the use of tea, but I understand it has fluorine in it. Wouldn’t this help prevent our teeth from decaying? – C. D. Dear C.
Nutritionally Speaking: Doctors and Blood Test
Dear Dr. Meinig: My doctor recently took a blood test that was supposed to test me for a whole lot of things. He didn’t tell me why he wanted so many tests and
Blue Indian Corn: A Pathway to Better Nutrition From Antiquity
Blue Indian Corn (Zea Mays L.) has been eaten by the Indians living in North and north-Central New Mexico and Arizona for hundreds of centuries. It is recognized by the present-day Spanish American
Energy for Life in the Next Millenium Part II: Biosynthesis; A Continued Requirement for Life
The jet propulsion engine which powers most of our modern aircraft operates by compressing cool gases (oxygen) that pass through a combustion chamber where flammable hydrocarbons (fuel) are ignited and burned to carbon
A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Aphanizomenon Flos-Aquae to Alter the Course of Leprosy in Humans
Introduction “Then Naaman, captain of the armies of the King of Syria, went down and dipped himself seven times in the River Jordan, according to the saying of the prophet, Elisha, a man