Berkson’s Blogs

It seems like we humans are like sheep, wanting to be herded by those we perceive as experts telling us the 3 simple steps to achieve what they appear to have accomplished; be it money, power, fame, health, or weight loss. But no matter who you talk to or how much you pay for it, they are all still… just opinions. I had a favorite pair of shoes and one day walking out of the airport, the bottoms literally fell off even though the Italian leather remained new and shiny. I ran over to a store barefoot and bought flip-flops. I [...]

All healthied up, and nowhere to go! I went dancing last night. All excited after being shut in with healing my knee. I dressed up, felt great, and walked into the studio. Oy veh. There was hardly anybody there. And who was there were not moving too fast. They were shaking their heads, “Did you hear about so and so? He was getting into his car and fell. And imaging showed he had tumors in his spine and lungs. He had surgery that left him paralyzed and not able to speak really well.” He is 6 years younger than me! One [...]

My family of choice—John and Jean—raised a calf on their 150 acres on only sprouts, grass, free range, and love. We then butchered it with a prayer of thanksgiving (my long ago boyfriend at the University of Michigan, an astrophysicist, used to hunt deer with bow and arrow and would always pray in gratitude with hands on, as the animal passed) aged it for several weeks, had it thoroughly inspected as it was never on ANY meds, even for de-worming, and then John found BPA free paper that we froze the meat in. I defrosted the steak. Used my unique, specific [...]

Larger waist? You have an increased colon cancer risk. Each 1 cm rise in waist size = increased risk. 1 cm = slightly > 1/3rd of inch! Spink Health 2015 Probably due to increased inflammation due to fat cells inside abdominal cavity and between organs, not the fat underneath the skin. So wanting to be healthfully svelte is not just being a slave to vanity, but to colon safety.

Healthy Eating It used to be that eating healthy meant eating lots of brown rice. No more. Since 2006 it’s been well established that rice, especially brown rice, has high levels of dangerous inorganic arsenic that is a carcinogen and type-2 diabetes promoter. Knowledge is power but this knowledge was a bummer. So where do we go from here. Do different rice’s from different parts of the world have more or less arsenic? Yes. And how we cook the rice makes a difference, too. Which Rice Comparison of rice and arsenic levels. Levels of arsenic in rice vary depending on where [...]