The Madison Organization
Formally Austins Corner
Nutritional Health
Eat Food, Not A Lot, Mostly Plants
“Organic Oreos are not a health food. When Coca-Cola begins selling organic Coke, as it surely will, the company will have struck a blow for the environment perhaps, but not for our health. Most consumers automatically assume that the word "organic" is synonymous with health, but it makes no difference to your insulin metabolism if the high-fructose corn syrup in your soda is organic.”
Eat Food: eat real food. Food that will spoil if left out. Not a lot: if we eat a little slower, we will feel full and won't eat as much. Mostly Plants: humans have been eating more plants than meat or dairy as part of our normal diet for centuries.
Michael Pollan looks into the "Western Diet." When and where it came from. How it got out of control, and how we can make small changes to get back to what our bodies are used to, from a time before white bread and high fructose corn syrup.
Are Nutrition And Cancer Connected?
“dairy intake is “one of the most consistent dietary predictors for prostate cancer in the published literature,” and those who consume the most dairy have double to quadruple the risk.”
How Our Brains Control Our Bodies With Hormones
Hormones “quicken the tempo or slow it down – more violin, less bass … turn your metabolism up or down, alter your mood, control your reproductive function, affect how you store body fat and how you burn it.”
Everything You Need To Know About Fiber
"SCFAs (Short Chain Fatty Acids) are a vital nutrient for intestinal health. They are the dominant energy source for your colon, support a healthy gut microbiota, repair leaky gut, reduce release of bacterial endotoxin, promote intestinal motility, and decrease visceral hypersensitivity."
"The single greatest predictor of a healthy gut microbiome is the diversity of plants in one’s diet."
The Best Place To Start To Understand Sleeping
“Sleep is not the absence of wakefulness. In other words, sleep is not a light switch in your brain that is either on or off. Your body is doing amazing things at night while you sleep.”