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    How Common Is Celiac Disease?

    Published August 9th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    Following a gluten-free diet is suddenly mainstream – there’s even a Prius ad that mentions ‘gluten-free alternatives’. Unfortunately, determining how common celiac disease – a severe immune intolerance to wheat gluten – is has proven a dif

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    Your New Favorite Fish Sauce

    Published August 6th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    I’m a late convert to eating fish. I grew up in a household that embraced seafood of all types, even anchovy pizza, but I was never able to get a taste for fish myself. However, as a naturopathic physician intent on eating a healthy diet, I’ve made a s

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    What’s The Deal With Fasting?

    Published August 2nd, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    I get regular questions about fasting, from people trying to lose weight, cleanse their bodies, or just learn more about ‘alternative’ practices. It’s sometimes a tough question, as fasting is a practice associated with both life-changing healing

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    A Graphic on the Cost of Fast Food

    Published July 30th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    I’ve blogged extensively in the past about the health-destroying effects of fast food, but this week, I’m posting a graphic on the wallet-destroying effects of fast food. One of the main arguments made about fast food is that it’s simply less expensive

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    A Physician’s Take on the Shooting in Aurora, Colorado

    Published July 26th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    Let me begin by saying that the news of this event was truly shocking to me. In those hazy early hours of the news reports, I wasn’t clear as to where the shooting had taken place, and my thoughts automatically went to my friends in Colorado, as well

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    Food As Medicine: Healthy Eats for Hungry Minds

    Published July 26th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Telfair in Uncategorized
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    “What is a ‘Healing Food’?” I asked a group of elderly adults at the neighborhood Senior Center. At first I was met with blank stares as if I had asked them to recall what they ate for dinner last Tuesday. While it is not customary in our culture to think of food as ‘healing,’ a […]

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    A Better Article Than I Could Have Written

    Published July 22nd, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    I’ve had an article on the cost of fast food waiting in the wings for several weeks, which keeps getting delayed in its publication because other topics keep coming up that take precedence – this week, again, that article will be delayed.The topic taki

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    Oleocanthal: The Next Big Thing?

    Published July 19th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    Chances are, you’ve never heard of this. That is, unless you read Thomas Mueller’s 2011 exposé on olive oil, Extra Virginity. For those who haven’t, here’s a brief précis that will get you up to date: Most Americans don’t know that high qua

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    The Global Fat Scale

    Published July 16th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in Uncategorized
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    Recently, a team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calculated the mean BMI of each country around the world, and produced a table which the BBC has uncharitably dubbed, ‘The Global Fat Scale.’ The BBC has used the dat

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    Prayer and Medicine: Do They Mix?

    Published July 12th, 2012
    Posted by Dr. Paddock in research study, spirituality
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    Over the past several years, there’s been a public argument happening between science and religion on a variety of points. As a physician, I take a non-partisan stance in this debate, and simply want to know what works so that I can best help my pati

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