The story of the virus with a beer name (Coronavirus, so: Have it with lime!) began at a market. On December 30, 2019, in a small fish and meat market where 1500 worked, in a crowded Chinese city with 11 million inhabitants, some workers got sick. And because they felt quite sick, each decided to go see a doctor in … Read More
Cholesterol lowering, between laziness & superficiality
Cardiovascular disease prevention by statins alone works as efficiently as the lovely story: “There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. And it all ended up with Everybody blaming Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.”
Alkaline water and cancer
Many people a little more attentive towards healthy eating started to drink alkaline water or to buy water alkalizing devices in the attempt to replace the sinful acidosis with alkalosis. Sadly, by drinking alkaline water you can become more alkaline pretty fast – studies performed by the producers encouragingly indicating that only two weeks of drinking this wonder water can increase … Read More
Is meat carcinogenic?
In articles dedicated to analysing the validity of the link between “animal protein” and cancer, I explained why this association is deeply shallow. You can read the first part, explaining the difference between animal protein and plant protein, here, and the second part, explaining that dairy is not carcinogenic, here. Basically, while saying “the animal protein is a carcinogen”, you write on … Read More
Why you keep falling of your diet?
If you are tired of gaining weight each time you allow yourself to eat a treat, if you can’t even stomach the thought of starting one more diet, if you are frustrated by the fact that no matter how much you’re trying not to gain weight – you simply can’t succeed – then this article is for you. I will … Read More
The French paradox – between theory & practice
In 1819, the Irish doctor Samuel Black observed that angina pectoris is much less common in France than in Ireland (1). Today, after 160 years, statistics show a lower cardiovascular mortality in wine-drinking countries than in beer or spirits drinking countries (2). Then, many studies on the complex links between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease have created a great interest … Read More
Made in Romania
Romania’s entry into the European Union has had a massive impact on Romanians, whether we are talking about consumers or talking about food producers. Consumers had access to products in the Single Market, and local producers were required to have the same systems of traceability in the food chain as all producers who want to sell on the European Union … Read More
