Food News: The Good, the Bad, and the Debatable Revisited

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 00:00

I have received quite a bit of feedback about my previous blog, mostly with comments or added information.

The Good, the Bad, and the Debatable: Digesting the Latest Food News

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 00:00
It has been a few weeks since I have commented on anything  related to food, but three new items have caught my attention.  First of all, something really good: a wonderful new book,  A History of Food in 100 Recipes, by William Sitwell.

On the Subject of Cancer and Diet: My Interview with BBC Radio

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 00:00

Being interviewed by Sheila Dillon for BBC Radio this week was a great pleasure for me. Sheila is a food expert with an interest in the relationship between food and cancer.

Secrets of Long Life: Are Cookies Okay After All?

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 00:00

As I paged through the second edition of Dan Buettner's "The Blue Zones," pondering the benefits of goat's milk, beans, garden vegetables and the like, I suddenly noticed a sentence with the word "cookies" in it! His personal interviews with the centenarians from the Sardinian mountain regions were most revealing and interesting.

The Island Where People Forget to Die: Is Eating "Real Food" the Reason?

Submitted by Dr. Brian GM Durie on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 00:00

In the October 28, 2012 issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Dan Buettner discusses "The Blue Zones": places in the world where an unexpectedly high percentage of people live to be over 100 years old (or close).

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