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The Moose's Children: A Memoir of Betrayal, Death, and Survival

The Moose's Children: A Memoir of Betrayal, Death, and Survival

A memoir of sexual abuse and addiction in one family and its impact on others

2011

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My Later-in-Life Love Affair With Fish Changed My Childhood Prejudices

My first exposure to eating fish was hideous, but I learned to love and appreciate it later in life.

Aug 29, 2024

My Later-in-Life Love Affair With Fish Changed My Childhood Prejudices

Aug 29, 2024

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

I Am Preparing for My Life’s Last Act, and It Will Be Eventful

As my time on earth winds down, I have made an unusual decision.

Jul 31, 2024

I Am Preparing for My Life’s Last Act, and It Will Be Eventful

Jul 31, 2024

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How I, & Most of the Medical Establishment, Got Fooled & Scammed By the Diet Theory of Cholesterol

Based on faulty science, we all bought into the myth that dietary cholesterol was bad for us, and decades of obesity ensued.

Apr 16, 2024

How I, & Most of the Medical Establishment, Got Fooled & Scammed By the Diet Theory of Cholesterol

Apr 16, 2024

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If You Eat a Healthy Diet, Save Your Money Because You Don’t Need Probiotics and Prebiotics

Nov 7, 2023

If You Eat a Healthy Diet, Save Your Money Because You Don’t Need Probiotics and Prebiotics

Nov 7, 2023

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I am a Cardiologist, and I Am Telling You There is No Magic Bullet to Insure You Live Until 100

You might be able to increase your longevity odds, but contrary to recent headlines, there are no sure ways to guarantee it.

Sep 27, 2023

I am a Cardiologist, and I Am Telling You There is No Magic Bullet to Insure You Live Until 100

Sep 27, 2023

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In Fitness And In Health

Tens of Thousands of Heart Attacks and Strokes Are Preventable With More Statins Usage

This recent study suggests thousands of lives are lost to the underuse of statin therapy, despite unfounded social media claims of their…

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Tens of Thousands of Heart Attacks and Strokes Are Preventable With More Statins Usage

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Nobody Ever Claimed That Aging Is Easy

Who knew going downhill would be so difficult?

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Nobody Ever Claimed That Aging Is Easy

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Eating a Low-Fiber and High-Fat Red Meat Diet Proven to Cause More Heart Disease Deaths, or Not

The study is tantalizing but far from conclusive, and should be viewed with some skepticism.

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Eating a Low-Fiber and High-Fat Red Meat Diet Proven to Cause More Heart Disease Deaths, or Not

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Shrimp Source Fraud is Being Perpetuated All Over the Southeastern USA

The Gulf states, in particular, have been caught misrepresenting shrimp as local when, in fact, it is imported and farm-raised

Jun 26

Shrimp Source Fraud is Being Perpetuated All Over the Southeastern USA

Jun 26

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Eating One Cup of Beans Daily Reduces Cardiovascular Risks and Diabetes

The data is compelling, but far from conclusive, and how feasible is this approach?

Jun 23

Eating One Cup of Beans Daily Reduces Cardiovascular Risks and Diabetes

Jun 23

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David Mokotoff is a top and boosted writer. He is a retired MD, passionate about health, medicine, gardening, and food, https://tinyurl.com/y7bjoqkd

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