Category Archives: Dr. Kelley’s Kitchen

FOOD and nutrition: The good, the bad, and the ugly, including some excellent recipes and commentary about certain types of food/meals, which have proven to be of benefit. Also some harsh warnings about food and food-related products, which are over-sold, over-bought and over-used, many of which raise questions as to their safety and nutritional value.

SDL: Flaxseed ‘Blocks Prostate Cancer’

Flax Could Be A Valuable Addition To The Diet

A diet rich in flaxseed appears to reduce the size and severity of prostate tumors in mice, say scientists. However, the amount given to the mice was far too high to be a realistic prospect in a human diet.

It also contains large amounts of dietary fiber and a chemical called lignan, which controls the metabolism of both estrogen and testosterone.

This is not the first study to suggest that flaxseed could be beneficial against prostate cancer. Continue reading →

Leeder: Granola May Not Be So Healthy

A Bowl Of Cereal Can Contain More Fat Than Chocolate Cake

People who eat healthy-looking, granola-based breakfast food might as well start their day with a handful of cookies or a slice of chocolate cake.

People who eat healthy-looking, granola-based breakfast food might as well start their day with a handful of cookies or a slice of chocolate cake, according to new research by a British nutrition watchdog. Continue reading →

Fallon: The Great CON-ola

CANOLA: Not good for health

Is canola oil a dream come true or a deadly poison? And why has canola captured so large a share of the oils used in processed foods?

Canola oil has a number of undesirable health effects when used as the main source of dietary fats, although these side effects can be offset by the intake of saturated fats.

This is what the food industry says about canola oil:
Canola oil is widely recognised as the healthiest salad and cooking oil available to consumers. It was developed through hybridisation of rapeseed. Rapeseed oil is toxic because it contains significant amounts of a poisonous substance called erucic acid. Canola oil contains only trace amounts of erucic acid and its unique fatty acid profile, rich in oleic acid and low in saturated fats, makes it particularly beneficial for the prevention of heart disease. It also contains significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, also shown to have health benefits. Continue reading →

Day: Fattened for the kill

“…Now diet isn’t everything, of course, but let’s face it, the world is divided into those who exercise and those who never will…”

I had an argument with my father a few years back. He had read Dr. Atkins book and, as is his custom, was preaching it as Holy Writ to anyone who was either A) willing to listen or B) too polite to flee. Naturally, I thought both he and Dr. Atkins were insane, since at the time, everyone knew that getting fat was a combination of eating too many calories and/or too much fat. Remember Snackwells? This was during the heyday of the no-fat cookie and ice cream sans fat. It sounds terrible now, but that Turtle Fudge Brownie was actually pretty good.  Continue reading →

Warren: Lovely Lavender

Lavender can be grown in a variety of North American climates. Time of bloom will depend on geographic location, type of lavender and current weather phenomena. In the mid-Atlantic region, where I live, it is possible to have plants in bloom from June until late September.

If I could have only one plant in my yard, I would choose lavender. This wonderful bush came into my life when we purchased a home with a front flowerbed of perennials and two gray-green shrubs. It wasn’t until June, when the bushes sprang into full glorious purple bloom, that I recognized the plants. Continue reading →

Lethal Link Between Fat And Cancer

Losing weight could prevent one of every six cancer deaths in the United States – more than 90,000 each year, according to a sweeping study that experts say links fat and cancer more convincingly than ever before.

Researchers spent 16 years evaluating 900,000 people who were cancer-free when the study began in 1982. They concluded that excess weight may account for 14 percent of all cancer deaths in men and 20 percent of those in women. Continue reading →

Tomato Extract May Have Role in Slowing Prostate Cancer

Men Who Used Lycopene Supplement Had Smaller, Less Aggressive Tumors

A tomato extract called lycopene – found naturally in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, watermelon, and other foods – might have a role in slowing the progression of prostate cancer, according to a small study of men undergoing surgical removal of their prostate.

Twenty-six men with prostate cancer who were scheduled to have their prostate removed were randomly assigned to receive a 15 mg capsule of lycopene twice daily for three weeks, or no supplementation. Following surgery, the prostates of men from both groups were compared. Continue reading →

Eating with the family ‘feeds a child’s mind’

The traditional family meal is good for a child’s mental health, researchers say. They found that teenagers who regularly ate with their parents were less prone to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.

They also discovered that young people with no history of mental illness were more likely to participate in family activities such as going to the cinema, shopping and playing sport. Continue reading →

Sugar – the Disease of a Nation: Maybe the Fat Lady Has Sung!

sugar_02There is a master disease in western civilization, which the medical people do not talk about, the American people do not know about it, very few writers write about it – yet it is the primary source of income for the vast medical industry. Without it the medical establishment would shrink to a fraction of its size in a matter of months. It is the SUGAR DISEASE.

You can believe it or not, the grand masters in the medical cult do not intend that the American people will ever find out about the sugar disease that is killing us.

Sugar consumption is an addiction. The enormous rise in sugar consumption over the last century and the conditions blamed on sugar consumption and on white flour include: diabetes, coronary disease, obesity, peptic ulcers, constipation, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, E-Coli infections such as appendicitis, cholecystitis, pyelitis, and diverticulitis, renal failure, many skin conditions and of course dental cavities. Continue reading →

RAPE IN A DIFFERENT GUISE

Amongst Dr. Kelley’s greatest concerns, were the dietary habits of Americans, and in fact, people in general, which lead to a variety of dis-ease, as he liked to call it. What follows was originally offered on this site, in March of 2001, and too few have heeded the warnings of its author. (Ed.)

Before you buy your next bottle of cooking oil…
I think it’s important that as many people as possible KNOW about the origins of this product. Then, if you choose to buy it, at least you’re doing so with your eyes open. What you are about to read was compiled in 1995, and is a real eye-opener. After reading this, the next time you take your family out to the overpriced movies, wait for the pre-show slides come on telling the audience “we only use pure Canola oil to pop our corn” – now you can have some fun! Loudly proclaim, “Canola Oil? Why, that stuff is toxic! It’s poison!“. Well, other than your film going partner telling you to “hush up – you’re embarrassing me”, it is interesting to listen to the audience reaction – then the questions begin. Have fun! (Ed.) Continue reading →