By Dr’s Adam and David Raben
Audiences were stunned to learn first-hand on the David Letterman show that the actor, Michael Douglas had cancer of the larynx (or voice box, or throat). The audience reaction to Mr. Douglas became even more dramatic when he stated he had stage IV (or stage 4). The immediate reaction from the host, audience and then amazingly the newswire services was that he was in fact “incurable” since he had stage IV cancer.
By Dr. David L. Katz
Some months ago, a reader – 36-year-old wife and mother of two young children- asked me to address the health effects of soy, and I promised I would. Specifically, she posed her concern this way: What I’ve been reading lately about the safety of soy, especially processed soy products (e.g. soy lunch meat, soy hot dogs, veggie burgers, soy bacon) concerns me. I’m concerned about these products for me and my husband but especially for my children who are obviously still growing and developing. I’m trying to transition out of the more processed products but my son is very picky to begin with and is putting up a fight. I’ll switch him to meat if that is healthier but I want to know if what I read on the internet is valid.
By Dr. David L. Katz
I recently had jury duty. Perhaps that’s why, in response to an announcement by the FDA that provisions in the health care overhaul call for extending mandatory calorie labeling beyond chain restaurants to other venues, including trains, planes, and movie theatres, I find myself wanting more than some truth about food. I want nothing but the truth. I want the whole truth!
