From the Introduction by Dr. Rona. It is conservatively estimated by most experts that 70 percent of the population in Canada and the United States is vitamin D deficient. In my private medical practice in Toronto, I found a very similar percentage of my patients to be vitamin D deficient as well. About five years ago, when all the newspapers were filled with the latest news and research about vitamin D, I routinely started to measure the levels of vitamin D in all my patients.

Article by Vesanto Melina MS, RD.
High fat? Low fat? No fat? What do we really need to know? For many of us, the message can be reduced to this simple sentence. Beyond the fats we need to eliminate (trans) or reduce (saturated), there is just one type of fat that we need to add to our diets: the omega-3 fatty acids.

There are two distinct families of polyunsaturated fats, omega-6 and omega-3. Both are vital to health.

Article by John McDougall, MD. Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, voiced strong support for annual mammography for women beginning at age 40 in an Op-Ed piece published November 20, 2009, in newspapers nationwide. This position is in sharp contrast to his statement about mammography made in the New York Times on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. On that day he told women "We don't want people to panic, but I'm admitting that American medicine has overpromised when it comes to screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated."

Article by John McDougall, MD. Nutrients are substances which are essential for the maintenance, repair, growth, and reproduction of all our body tissues. Our foods contain the following basic nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and water. Read more