Dear John, What’s your opinion of sprouts? I’ve heard mixed things about alfalfa sprouts. Do you eat them? Are some sprouts better than others? David Dear David, Thanks for your question. In the last few years, raw commercially grown sprouts have increasingly been recognized as a source of food-borne illness in the United States. After […]
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Is There Something Else I Can do to Ward off Prostate Cancer?
Dear John, I am worried about developing prostate cancer. I am an older man, and understand that eating a whole foods plant-based diet and avoiding dairy products will lower my risk, but is there anything else I can do to avoid this disease? Harvey Dear Harvey, Yes, there is. A study published in the Journal […]
Racism, Food, and Health
Many well-meaning white people in the U.S. think that racism is an ugly part of our history that was essentially dealt with by the civil rights movement of the 1960s. They see we now have black mayors and police chiefs in some of our largest cities. They see we now have black corporate executives. They […]
Have-Nots and Have-Everythings
For many people today, poverty takes a terrible toll on health. Although there are more millionaires than ever today, there are also far more people who are having difficulty meeting even the most basic human needs. We need to talk about the fact that we have created an economy where the accumulated financial wealth of […]
Being a Human in This World, A Personal Credo
I am someone who works and prays for world peace. Perhaps you are, too. But our society is spending a billion dollars a day preparing for war. I believe that inner peace is found when you love the world as it is, rather than faulting it for not living up to your expectations. I believe […]
