By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
I can remember the days growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, when we prepared foods without a microwave oven. Water was boiled on the stove. Chicken was baked in an oven. Vegetables were steamed, baked, or sautéed. Food was whole and fresh. Even a TV dinner was baked in the oven, which took about 15 minutes to warm. And then, modern science and technology brought us the microwave oven that could heat food rapidly, from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes. The industry has claimed that microwave cooking protects the nutrient of content of foods. Somehow, in tasting foods that came out of a microwave oven, the texture was changed as was the favor.
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By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Over the past twenty years, research has been published demonstrating that food is the primary promoter of health and protector from disease. This has given the public and the medical profession a much needed wake-up call. Ed Bauman writes a 40-year review about holistic nutrition .
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By Kristin Wartman, M.A., NE and Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Sustainable Nutrition is an idea whose time has come. The time-tested Eating for Health™ approach to personal, social, and global health, first articulated by Dr. Ed Bauman in 1989, emphasizes the benefit of eating fresh, local, seasonal, organic foods to promote well being and to support recovery from illness and injury. While other ‘diet approaches’ have come and gone in the past twenty years, Eating for Health™, by impact of its natural basis and comprehensive understanding of the essentials of nutrition, has stood the test of time. To eat for health is to practice Sustainable Nutrition and enjoy not only physical health, but mental, emotional, social, and spiritual growth.
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By Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
The immune system is our cellular guardian angel and private body guard. The sweet part is that it works to watch over us every minute of every day and is dedicated to protecting our cells from outside or inside threats. Should a microbe, such as a virus, enter our body, a carefully mediated response is set in motion to neutralize the intruder. Typically, the body responds with a localized inflammatory response from the skin or mucous membranes to keep the offender away from our precious internal organs.
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By Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
The Swine Flu outbreak of Spring 2009 created a media circus and nightly news horror movie
with all of us as supporting actors (without pay).
| THE PLOT: A new molecule of mass destruction is released from our neighbor to the South, comprised of a deadly mix of bird, human, and swine flu, and the phenomenon is described as pandemic. Mass fear is engendered and panic-driven questions are raised. Is this microbial Katrina stoppable? Can we find a vaccination in time? Are there enough respiratory protective masks to go around? Could this be the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy related to eating animals with cloven hooves, a symptom of bad animal husbandry, biological warfare... is it all, some, or none of the above? |
Let’s step back from the media circus for a moment and explore the origin and epidemiology
of this hybrid flu. Maybe we can integrate medical and natural health approaches and minimize our risk of getting this nasty bug. Maybe, as usual, an ounce of prevention will do the trick.
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By Jodi Friedlander M.S., N.C.
Reproductive hormone imbalance, especially in women, is a widespread phenomenon, deeply impacting the quality of life for those affected. It often begins before puberty and continues on through and beyond menopause. Symptoms vary widely in type, number, and severity and tend to increase as women approach mid-life.
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By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
The U.S. health system’s current focus on disease management (>96% of health care costs) offers little opportunity for health promotion (< 4 % of health care cost) programs. Major medical care tends to treat an individual’s illness post-diagnosis, without investing in either wellness care or disease prevention. Our goal is to create more participation in teaching people to live well to create health. In doing so, this will diminish the cost of medical care used to treat preventable and reversible illness, injury and age related disorders. Medicine is best used to treat urgencies and emergencies.
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Despite the fact that two out of three health care dollars are spent on women, they are still not being listened to. Women’s wisdom is generally ignored by mainstream health practitioners. Women’s body knowledge is dismissed as “neurotic,” “hypochondriac,” or “hysterical.” The medical establishment is so dominated by men’s thinking and male physiology that women’s different hormonal make-up and health needs are rarely in the conscious awareness of physicians.
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D, N.C.
Share Guide, Nov/Dec 2008 www.shareguide.com
Common prescription and over-the-counter pain relievers such as Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Vioxx®, and Celebrex® may work for the short-term but are not as safe as you might think! NSAID-associated health issues are estimated to result in 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths per year.
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by Jodi Friedlander, M.S. and Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
My fellow Americans, we have a problem, a drinking problem – but rather than getting high as a result, we’re sometimes getting sick. Sometimes we’re even getting conned. Turn on your kitchen water faucet, or purchase a leading brand of bottled water, and what do you get? It all looks and tastes like clear, clean water, but as many people already know, what we see often is not what we get.
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by Jodi Friedlander, M.S. and Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
While watching the 2008 Olympics recently, did you wonder what those world-class athletes were eating? Just as top-tier athletes need trainers, coaches, psychologists, and health advisors, so too does the weekend athlete, who trains intermittently and may be unaware of the toll that strenuous exercise can cause when the diet is poor or erratic.
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By Jodi Friedlander M.S., N.C.
Recent research studies, and much clinical and anecdotal evidence, suggest sugar substitutes—including aspartame and Splenda®—are contributing to weight gain and diabetes. This is in addition to the many other side effects connected with them. |
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Consensus is emerging in the scientific and medical literature that what we eat or fail to eat is an important contributor to the incidence and prevalence of cancer. Many foods, herbs and nutritional factors have been identified as being cancer protective. Find out how you can help protect yourself and your family from this growing issue.
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Our environment is getting more and more toxic every day. Meanwhile obesity is becoming a worldwide epidemic. Is there a connection?
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Many people come to me and ask, “What diet is right for me? Is it the Zone, Atkins, Ornish, Pyramid, or Blood Typing? I need to lose weight, gain energy, and get fit. I've tried and failed so many diets that I am ready to give up, but I can't. |
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by Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
The top 12 most health-enhancing foods. |
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By Ed Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D. and Barbara Liss, N.E.
It is essential to learn how to differentiate good fats from bad. Despite prevailing rhetoric, it can be as unhealthy to fear and avoid all fats as it is to consume them in large quantities. |
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by Jodi Friedlander, M.S. and Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
When we question the health benefits of bread, even the whole-grain variety, we are raising concerns about the entire fabric of our food supply. Bread has been the staff of life for eons.
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by Jodi Friedlander, M.S. & Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
As the world becomes more polluted, the incidence of “auto-immune” disease will steadily increase. Our environment is killing us and no medicine can protect us. |
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by Jodi Friedlander, M.S. and Edward Bauman, M.Ed, Ph.D.
Theories and hypotheses abound as to why the United States is experiencing what many regard as its most serious public health threat, an epidemic of overweight and obesity. |
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