Eat for Health
Ya can’t beat Beet’s
Published July 30th, 2014
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
What are your memories of beets? Mine is sugar, canned and pickled, with a side of greens on the plate. For me the greens were and sometimes is still the only edible part of the plant, but as a kid and adult I had family members who loved beets in [...]
What Caught my Attention
Published June 12th, 2014
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
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As many of you know I have been spending a lot of time in airports lately…. When waiting for planes to arrive or depart you have a certain amount of time you can finally catch up on all those emails you [...]
Why is it so Hard to Feed the Elderly?
Published May 16th, 2014
In a country as wealthy as the United States, one in twelve seniors does not have access to adequate food due to lack of money or other financial resources. They are food insecure.
I have several clients who have to make the choice between medication, transportation and food. When faced with a social security payment [...]
Eggs’ Are They Good For You?
Published July 29th, 2013
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD, BCIH, BCHN, Certified Gluten Practitioner
Eggs are one of those foods we have been eating forever… eggs Benedict, deviled eggs, egg salad, boiled, fried, scrambled and poached eggs; yet modern times have put the health benefits of eggs into question. Recently NPR posted a story about the color of eggs [...]
Summer, Sunburns and Salt
Published July 29th, 2013
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD, BCIH, BCHN, Certified Gluten Practitioner
Every so often there is a media blitz on the dangers of a high salt diet, but they always seem to leave out the number one source of salt in the American diet is processed foods, diet sodas and fast food. The reports go on [...]
Weight Loss, Fat Burning Snake Oils
Published July 29th, 2013
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD, BCIH, BCHN, Certified Gluten Practitioner
We are now in Summer, or at least that is what the calendar is telling me. With warmer weather just like plants bursting forth – come the drug store displays of weight loss and diet aids. According to a 2012 report from the federal trade [...]
Oregon H.B. 2175 and H.B. 2532 – Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods
Published April 19th, 2013
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD, BCHN, BCIH
Politicians and world leaders have used food sources to manipulate populations leading to wide spread famine and population control for centuries. For the history buffs check out the book “Taste of War” by Lizzie Collingham.
We are at a crossroads in history with food. For the first time [...]
Teflon non-stick Death
Published October 29th, 2012
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
If you are the cook in your family, you know how it feels to be in someone else’s kitchen or at a motel with a kitchenette and not have, those essential utensils to cook with that you are accustomed to. While in sin city, we were fortunate to stay in [...]
Fall, Foods & Camping
Published October 29th, 2012
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
As I write this article, I am getting ready to head off for a medical conference and a few days of camping along the way. This is also fall hunting season in the Pacific NW, hunting season does not always involve a gun, but it always involves food… What is [...]
Don’t throw out the Egg’s
Published September 29th, 2012
by Tammera J. Karr, PhD
On Aug 14 2012, a study was released that stated “Eggs Are Nearly as Bad for Your Arteries as Cigarettes”, this study was quickly disseminated over the vast media waves as “the gospel according to medicine and science”. I’m about to illustrate to you hopefully this study is full of [...]