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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Tue, 2008-08-19 08:19.
A new report talks about chew gum helps recovery from colon surgery:
"Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Chewing gum may speed the return of normal bowel function after colon surgery, a new analysis of five studies suggests. Some patients have trouble moving their bowels after colon surgery but chewing gum may fool the body into good digestion."
 
I like this discovery, not because I care so much about if you should chrew gum after a surgery, but because it supports a major elements of healthy eating in YBM Diet.  Unlike all the "diet" plans in the media which only tell you what to eat, YBM Diet cares about i) what you eat, ii) how you cook them, and iii) how you eat them.  This is because a good healthy food can be made into an unhealthy food if you do not cook it right, and do not eat it correctly.
 
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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Thu, 2008-08-07 18:07.

You may wonder how we select YBM Foods.  As explained on YBM Diet, the diet uses a careful selection of foods in: Raw Foods, Low GI Foods, Nutrition Dense Foods, Alkaline Forming Foods, and Supplements.

 

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Thu, 2008-08-07 11:17.

In a previous article, I discussed various types of fats such as trans-fat, monounsaturated fat, etc.  But you may be wonder what kind of oil or foods contain more of the better fats.  For example,  if you have to use oil in cooking, what are the best oils to use and why?  You probably hear about recommendations for olive oil, canola oil, etc. 

This page shows very good information about the percentage of monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and saturated fats in many different types of oils.

The worst oils are: butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil, lard, margarine (hard), palm oil, palm kernel oil.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Tue, 2008-07-22 11:37.

Remember that the modern technologies and investment created a huge processed food industry in the developed nations. This food industry was supposed to produce a lot of "easy to digest" (e.g., refined), "nutrients enhanced" (e.g., vitamin D enforced), tasty, and convenient (e.g., fast foods) processed foods. The result of this modern industrial de-naturing has produced generations of metabolic syndrome related diseases.

 

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Tue, 2008-07-22 10:45.

I've been trying to write about different fats for our website. However, I saw this CNN article on fats, "Fast facts on fats". It turns out to be a really well written one. It gives a simple concise description about trans fat, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Thu, 2008-07-17 16:25.

Many women patients in my clinic find it beneficial taking supplements rich in phytoestrogen such as lignans. The answer is dependent on your situation. Phytoestrogen has different effect on different situations.

Phytoestrogen is a weaker form of estrogen. In structure, it is similar to estradiol. But in effect, it is a lot weaker. When the body has a lot of its internal estrogen supply, an addition of phytoestrogen from foods actually make the total estrogenic effect less in the body, because it occupies some of the estrogen receptors which would otherwise occupied by the real more potent estrogen. On the other hand, if the body's own supply of estrogen is scarce, eating more phytoestrogen actually enhances the estrogenic effect of to the body.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2008-07-17 15:59.

I was talking to a client. He is a perfectionist in his health, fitness, and look. "I'm scared of tofu. I've stopped eating tofu," said he. "Why?" "My doctor told me it contains phytoestrogen, which can make man woman."

"Well, phytoestrogen is contained in many natural plant foods, oilseeds (such as flaxseeds, sunflower, sesame, olive, etc.), legumes (such as alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, and peanuts), grains (e.g. wheat, oats, barley, rice), fruits (e.g. berries, apples), vegetables (e.g. carrots), herbs (e.g. ginseng), alcohol (e.g. beer). Are you going to avoid all of these?" asked I.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Thu, 2008-07-17 13:15.

One of the good books on diet is by Walter Last.  Here're some very good points of his on raw foods:

 

The main biochemical and nutritional benefit of eating raw foods as compared to cooked foods:

1. A higher vitamin and mineral content
2. Minerals are largely present as biologically active colloids

3. An abundance of helpful enzymes and bio-energy or life-force

4. Proteins remain in their natural condition instead of being denatured

5. The absence of digestive leukocytosis

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2008-07-17 09:15.
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Submitted by Dr. BT on Tue, 2008-07-08 08:25.

A new study showed that keeping a food diary -- a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs -- is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Yes, I know, life has more fun things to do than everyday writing diaries. It's hard to keep doing this for long term. Thus, it's really important to find better way.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Thu, 2008-07-03 11:23.

My parents both have had high glucose level, and regularly taken diabetes drugs to control. I told them about bad side effects of these drugs and it's better to use diet to treat the disease, only to be told "We're in our 70's, why should we suffer by not eating what we like?"

Well, last fall, they came to visit us, and stayed for a couple of months. Simply by eating with us, with a healthier diet, now both of them are off the drugs. "We learned how your guys eat. Now we don't even want to get back to our previous diet. It feels so good!"

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Mon, 2008-06-16 08:44.

Sugar is not good for a healthy diet. But many "sugar-free" foods with sweeteners should not be consumed either.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Tue, 2008-06-03 18:58.

Many of our patients visiting our anti-aging clinic are confused about tofu. This is because of the confusing report in the media. It has become a FAD that eating tofu is bad, because it "turns" male to female, "due to its phyto-estrogen content", especially when this concept is promoted by some famous doctors (e.g., watch Dr. Mercola's video). There's even articles talking about "soy makes kids gay".

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Tue, 2008-06-03 18:07.

There seems to be lots of confusing information about eating nuts.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Tue, 2008-05-06 16:31.

Nowadays, it's hard to avoid arsenic and other heavy metals from entering our bodies. YBM Test protocol recommends periodic tests. Here's some fact about arsenic contamination published by the ATSDR.

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