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Imagine a clock in your brain that regulates how your body uses the food you eat. Suppose this clock controls how your body burns calories. And what if this clock even manages your appetite?

Test your knowledge on these helpful bacteria important to our digestive system.

This may be my favorite time on the ranch. Mother cows are happily nursing their newborns in pastures finally green after much-needed rain. Branding and spring vaccinations are behind us.

This is how old I am: A few decades ago, I sat in on a nutrition debate between Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Robert Atkins, well-known cardiologists with polar-opposite views

This is how old I am: A few decades ago, I sat in on a nutrition debate between Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Robert Atkins, well-known cardiologists with polar-opposite views

By Barbara Intermill From Monterey Herald I was not aware until I heard it from my buddy Bob ...

Valerie T writes: "I am emailing you on the request of my dad who is 88 and has several health issues. He read what you had to say about beef and fish. He wanted to know about pork and the pros and cons of it.

Why is it that, real or not, we tend to reject things that associate us with being old? Case in point: A little over two decades ago, the U.S. Food

Why is it that, real or not, we tend to reject things that associate us with being old? Case in point: A little more than two decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a petition to allow prune producers to market their product as "dried plums." They hoped the new designation might help remove any stigma for those who think prunes are only for grandparents.

Why is it that, real or not, we tend to reject things that associate us with being old? Case in point: A little over two decades ago, the U.S. Food