Yahoo News keeps giving me fodder for blogs. The other day, I posted on the drug Qnexa, that comes with the risk of heart and nerve complications &a...

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As many of you can imagine, Doug's responsibilities as talk show host and owner of Mediatrition demand a rigorous schedule. Between shooting Know the ...

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While the verdict isn't quite in, tiny mushrooms known as Little Whites are being blamed for deaths of 400 people in China. A syndrome known as Yunnan...

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The other day, I wrote about weight loss surgery and the "health food take-out" trend, but I made no mention of the other popular quick-fix for weig...

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A recent study says that certain diets may not only limit the amounts of carbs/fats/calories each dieter consumes, but also the amount of vitamins. ...

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As I drive to work every day, I pass no less than ten billboards advertising surgery for weight loss. Most of these type surgeries involve restricting...

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In one of the slimiest moves ever, Pfizer has gotten a chewable form of their cash-cow drug Lipitor approved for children ten and up in the European U...

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Hardly a week goes by without a pharmaceutical drug being implicated in a widespread horrendous and unintended side effect. In many cases, pharmaceuti...

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On webcast nights, I'll often field calls that come in for Doug. A number of questions usually start with, "I think I've got a problem that has someth...

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I've been making my way through George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 for the past couple days. I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic, end-of-the-world, go...

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In my research for Doug, I've come across a variety of nutrients I had never heard of before. One thing Doug has taught me is that every nutrient of n...

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Kyle Drew was the man that introduced me to my latest Phase 1 obsession - coconut butter. He offered me a spoonful of the thick, cream colored paste, ...

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Health Day reports that having a high level of Vitamin D in your blood does not prevent cancer. What is interesting about this article is the title, w...

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The AP reports  that more oil than was previously estimated may be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. This is the latest in a long string of bad ne...

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It is time for the latest installment of What's Going On, where we bring you some of the latest, and often strangest, news in the medical and health w...

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It has been a while since I've updated the old blog. I do apologize to our dear readers; we've been busy at Mediatrition with people in and out of the...

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Reuters published a study that said a couple cups of coffee may help heart patients. This is wonderful news for us coffee fiends; a study consisting o...

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You are what you eat as the tired meme goes, but apparently you are what your grandmother ate as well; a new study outlines how rats descended from ra...

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It really bums me out when I see smart people mis-inform their audience, or rather try to stoke an already uneasy, fearful feeling in the hearts of sa...

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I think it is important that we stay on top of what is going on in the world. This is the first installment of a new series entitled What's Going On?,...

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Doug sent me this article last night; the title needs little explanation. "Cheap Anti-Fungal Drug May Fight Cancer: Study" Click on the link and...

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You can check out the new ad on our home page. Plus, when you sign up for the newsletter, you will receive a huge discount if you order the new book. ...

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Many times when people start a diet, especially Phase 1, they have a number of concerns. Some people worry about how easy it will be to find things to...

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These are not Doug's words (well, they have been for years) or even mine, but this article on Slate Magazine's. It seems the experts are finally comin...

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I have a confession; I am not a morning person. I can't remember a time in my life that I was a morning person, and after 23 years on planet earth, I ...

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Coconut juice, or coconut water, comes from young coconuts. It is slightly sweet, slightly salty, has a consistency that is a little thicker than wate...

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I read this article on a blogger's forum that I visit frequently. This testimony is incredible - please go read it. I am not an expert on autism ,...

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Almond flour or meal is made simply from ground up almonds, and is therefore perfectly acceptable for Phase 1 dining. It is available at many health f...

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This CNN article reports that an estimated 57 million Americans have contracted swine flu, resulting in 257,000 hospitalizations and may (extra emphas...

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In Texas, we love our Mexican food. Growing up in my family, Mexican food wasn't called Mexican food, it was just called food. We ate it all the time!...

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Milk isn't what it was 50 years ago. An array of synthetic hormones, anti-biotics, and an unnatural diet given to dairy cows have turned cow's milk in...

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The basis of the Phase 1 diet is no grains, potatoes, corn (which is a grain, not a vegetable) or sugar. Giving up grains is the toughest part of the ...

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Kiwi was originally discovered in China. It eventually made its way to New Zealand where growers started exporting the fruit to other countries around...

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Many people who are new the Phase 1 Diet often get confused by which foods to avoid. Sugar is a no-brainer; virtually every diet limits or prohibits s...

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This is the first week of getting back into a healthy lifestyle. While I haven't fully committed to phase 1, I've been sticking to phase 2. And while ...

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Amongst my close friends, I've often referred to 2009 as 2008's hangover. 2008 was a gluttonous year for me, particularly in terms of health. In 2009,...

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If you are like me, you like to eat out. It is a great way to relax, connect with friends and family, experience your local culture, and of course, ea...

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So this is the new year. . . Since I haven't posted anything in a while, I decided to give our readers a bit of an update.KTC is now on the CW, which ...

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Well we had a change of plans - we will be having a webcast on Thursday, December 17 at 7PM. Tell all your friends to join in - just log on to knowthe...

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I apologize to the readers for the lack of updates on the blog; I've been very busy with a couple of things over here at KTC.I also apologize to anyon...

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The term health food tends to conjure up images of taste-bud offending concoctions that look like the sludge on your lawn mower after trimming the gra...

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First, let me apologize to anyone who has tried to view the webcast and hasn't been able to. We've had some technical bugs come up while getting this ...

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Despite my family knowing that I work for a nutritional genius, and even after they have all met and grown to love Doug, they still look at me kind of...

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" After years of delay, EPA is aggressively moving forward by ordering the testing of a number of pesticide chemicals for hormone effects," said Steve...

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I got into an argument the other day with a man on another blog about healthcare reform and the role of personal choice in prevention. Our argument ce...

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When I'm not working for KTC, I play guitar with a couple of bands around town and make a little extra money performing every weekend. One of the band...

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First of all, THANK YOU to everybody who tuned in - we had way more people than we expected, and we hope everybody enjoyed the experience.Secondly, WE...

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Many of you have probably seen the countdown on the home page of knowthecause.com. Doug, Eric and I have been working on putting together a a webcam/p...

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On the rare occasion that I get sick, which is usually only once or twice a year, I still abstain from taking pills. I haven't had any sort of over th...

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I like to cook. I don't do it that often because its time consuming, and I live by myself so cooking for one can be a little difficult. But I made mys...

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Last night I went to the store to stock up for a new commitment; I'm living a week adhering to healthy, phase 1 dieting, revolving mostly around fruit...

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A couple years ago, I was living with Evan (Doug's son whom you may have seen on the show). We got really into working out for about 4 months, more th...

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I'm a huge fan of Michael Pollan. In addition to the Fungus Link book series, The Omnivores Dilemma is required reading by anybody interested in food....

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President Obama's healthcare proposal has gotten ranks of angry citizens to their town halls to yell at their representatives, desperately trying to m...

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Check out this article on TIME. Pay careful attention to the second paragraph where the spokesperson for Novartis says, "the vaccine will likely be on...

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On my way home last night, I passed a fast food chain in Rockwall. I couldn't help but notice an ad campaign posted in one of their windows that featu...

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The swine flu, or the H1N1 virus, continues to win it's share of media attention. I wrote a blog a few months back about what a joke I thought the who...

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I usually don't get sinus or allergy problems. They only time I have ever struggled with air contaminants was while snow skiing in early spring. On th...

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