Rescuing good health from bad science.
You guys. A DECADE. TEN. YEARS. Ten exact whole years have happened since I published The China Study: Fact or Fallacy?—a critique intended as a passion project, written for my dozen-person audience of fellow dogma-averse misfits, funded “between jobs” by insurance money from an accident, with a URL typo that haunts me to this day […]
Long time no blog, fam! So, I had this hope that the next thing I posted here would be a grand explanation about my extended absence, all the weird stuff that’s happened over the past few years, my loss of faith in nutrition as a front-line approach to healing, and various other sundries I’ve been […]
In an alarming and unforeseen plot twist, I have written two blog posts in one month. This one’s a review of plant-based-diet advocate Michael Greger’s book, “How Not to Die.” Enjoy! “How Not to Die” by Dr. Michael Greger: A Critical Review
First, watch this. 0:24-0:31 is the most important part. You’re welcome. Now let me tell you a story. Many years ago, on a family vacation in Canada, I sat on the oceanside steps of a bed and breakfast and cried until I couldn’t breathe. I was sixteen and living on melons and lettuce. Ninety pounds. […]
HEY GUYS. Do you ever wonder why some people seem to do just fine as vegans and vegetarians, while others turn into quivering heaps of deficiency and woe? Does it bug you that the common rationale is either that 1) the “feelin’ good” vegs are either deluding themselves or cheating, or 2) the folks who […]
NOTE: This was originally supposed to be a guest post for Kris Gunnars’ Authority Nutrition website, but in true Denise Minger fashion, the word count got out of control and we decided to dock it here instead. Voila! Just pretend you’re reading this on a blog far, far away, and that, for once in my life, […]
Not a typo. Not April Fool’s Day. Not a spontaneous and mystical possession by the spirit of George McGovern. Not even a social experiment to see how many people I can get to unsubscribe from this blog in the span of a day (PLEASE STAY, I LOVE YOU). Maybe a little bit of this, though: […]
Ten years ago last month, after a decade of meatless-and-fishless youthhood, I took a bite of salmon sashimi and never looked back. It was a very good day. Actually, that’s not true. It was a very conflicted day. I was seventeen, stubborn, malnourished, college-brain-overloaded, and really flippin’ hungry. I’d spent a good two hours prepping […]
Howdy doo! Shortest-update-on-this-blog-ever alert: I wrote a guest post for Mark’s Daily Apple this week, and plumb forgot to share the link with you guys. It’s about mouth things. Beyond Sugar and Soda: Nutritional Cures for Damaged Teeth Enjoy!
I keep doing this thing where I stand in the shower writing blog posts in my head, emerging from the suds giddy and prune-fingered, feeling strangely accomplished about the words I have not yet typed. And then I squeegee the fog off the bathroom mirror and tell myself you can do it Denise! and think […]