Intermittent fasting: Fad or fact?
By Barbara Quinn - Monterey Herald
Food fads come on and go. Remember the cabbage soup diet? The macrobiotic diet? Or my favorite: drinking man’s diet?
Many fad diets have been debunked as lacking in vital nutrients or just plain not sustainable for the long term. Some, however, are based on solid research and actually work. Good examples include the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) and the Mediterranean eating plan.
What about intermittent fasting?
Unlike some fad diets, this one has actually been studied, though most of the research to date is on animals.
More about vitamin K2
By Barbara Quinn - Monterey Herald
Experts caution those who take blood thinners not to take extra doses of vitamin K from supplements because sudden changes in vitamin K intakes can interfere with how the medicine works. Dreamstime/TNS
Ann K., who reads this column in the Monterey Herald, writes:
“Dear Barbara, I read your column on vitamin K. I am a 75-year-old woman who takes warfarin daily because of an arterial clot. I have been told not to take vitamin K. Here is my question: Can I take vitamin K2 for bone health and not worry about it having an adverse impact on my INR or causing clotting? Thanks for your response.”
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More about lectins
By Barbara Quinn - Monterey Herald
Ron from Corvallis, Oregon, writes this in response to a recent column on lectins: “I am a biochemist, used to work with immunologists at Sloan Kettering. The main reason I’m writing is to ask you to explore the toxicity of nuts’ lectins and the best way to prepare nuts without getting sick. My wife loves pecans, I am fondest of cashews and pistachios.
I’m interested in the chemistry and physiology of the lectins, but I doubt most readers would be.”
Well, Ron, it may be easier to talk about the chemistry of lectins than your main question. That’s because there is very little research about the lectin content of nuts or if they are even a problem.
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