The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food is a groundbreaking expose that tells the truth about soy that scientists know but that the soy industry has tried to suppress. Soy is not a health food, does not prevent disease and has not even been proven safe. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory […]
Okinawa Diet
The Okinawa diet is a nutrient-rich, calorie-rich, quasi-vegan diet from the indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands, a chain of volcanic Japanese islands. Historically, people from the Ryukyu Islands, of which Okinawa is the largest, have had a life expectancy among the highest in the world. The traditional diet of the islanders is mainly plant […]
Fasting: The Ultimate Diet
Allan Cott was quite the character when it came to voicing his opinion on fasting. This may not be the best book on fasting, but it has some humorous aspects. In a 1976 Cosmopolitan article entitled Fasting: The Ultimate Diet, physician Alan Cott told readers—a predominantly female audience—how to lose weight using water-only fasting. Cott […]
The Fasting Cure
Journalist Upton Sinclair wrote on article on fasting for Cosmopolitan in 1910 and discussed his experiences with fasting, including his three fasts that totaled thirty days (Sinclair, 1911). In 1911, Sinclair published The Fasting Cure in which he recommended nothing stronger than light reading during a fast. This is book that contains several articles about […]