Entries Tagged as ‘Shameless Self-Promotion’

July 26, 2010

2nd Printing of “Advanced Mediterranean Diet” Now Available

The first printing of The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer is sold out. Yay! And many thanks to my readers! The book is available now from a new printer that also handles distribution, CreateSpace.  As always, you can also get the book from Amazon.com. Steve Parker, M.D.

December 7, 2009

Are Fructose and High Fructose Corn Syrup Bad for Us?

Darya Pino earlier this month posted at her Summer Tomato blog a video regarding high fructose corn syrup.  The speaker in the video is pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, M.D., of the University of California—San Francisco. In the U.S. between 1970 and 1990, consumption of high fructose corn syrup increased over 1000%.  During those two decades, the incidence [...]

November 9, 2009

Walnuts: More Evidence in Favor of Health Benefits

Nuts are a time-honored component of the Mediterranean diet and may contribute to the lower risk of cardiovascular disease  associated with the diet.  Regular nut consumption lowers total cholesterol and LDL (“bad cholesterol”) by 5 to 15%, which would tend to lower heart disease risk.  Walnuts are particularly high in alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid. Bix [...]

October 18, 2009

My Ketoegenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 48 + Temptation

Weight: 156 lb Transgressions: one Metamucil fiber wafer Exercise: none Comments I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. I saw one of those cookie diet commercials on TV last night.  I woke up today in a house permeated with the smell of butter, sugar, and chocolate: my daughter’s home-made oatmeal chocolate chip [...]

April 25, 2009

Dr. Steve Parker Now Blogging Also at NutritionData.com

I am pleased and honored to be blogging for the next three months with the merry band of bloggers at NutritionData.com.  I’ve been visiting and recommending ND for years. I will be writing in the NutritionData Heart Health Blog. My compadres at ND are Monica Reinagel, M.S., L.D.N., C.N.S.; ND’s chief nutritionist and a prolific [...]