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It has long been a contention of mine that the remarkable thing about obesity in childhood is that it goes away much more often than obesity goes away duri

Thirst vs hunger By John DiTraglia - Contributing Columnist So we poo-pooed the idea that there is an insidious epidemic of dehydration plaguing our children and the nation. We suggested that God’s wonderful gift of thirst is all we really need to avert disaster. But what about hunger? The elephant in the room would seem to be telling us that hunger must be terribly broke, and that hunger is the Manichean power of the devil at work. There is a lot of hunger in the world and even in the U.S. t...

Omega-3 fatty acids John DiTraglia M.D. - Contributing Columnist The answer to the question posed at the end of the last article is yes. Eating palm oil is ok. It was especially beneficial when it replaced trans fat in margarine decades ago. Apart from trans fat, that increases atherosclerotic heart disease and strokes by a lot, there is a more complicated but probably not that important choice between any other oils or fats – saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, or total fat intake. ...

Cocos de aceite By John DiTraglia MD - Contributing Columnist Once when I was at the beach in Mexico we ate these cocos de aceite, oil coconuts, that we found on the sand. They’re much smaller than regular coconuts. They fit in the palm of your hand. And you can peel them with your teeth and get into the coconut meat easily and they are sooooo good. Lo mas delicioso que jamas haya probado. That was many years ago and I have not had that pleasure ever since. But now, after reading an article i...

Paleolithic obesity By John DiTraglia - Contributing Columnist I just read an interesting report by Dr. Richard Johnson et al. titled “Upper Paleolithic Figurines Showing Women with Obesity May Represent Survival Symbols of Climatic Change.” You last heard from me about Dr. Johnson on January 21 of this coronavirus year when we reviewed his book “The Fat Switch.” In that book, I’m sure you remember, he told us about primates who developed a fat switch to allow them to fatten up before...