Posts Tagged ‘coconut oil’
January 5th, 2021 by Dr. Hannah Sivak
Fatty acids, like all other ingredients, are what their chemistry says. Chemistry says Cell membranes are crucial to cell life (and health), and fatty acids are crucial to cell membrane structure. Deficiency in essential fatty acids shows as dermatitis. In general, fatty acids are central to the use of energy in the skin and are required to make new skin and maintain function and health. A fatty acid (example: palmitic acid) has a carboxylic acid attached to a long hydrocarbon chain. We, humans, use fatty acids as a significant source of energy during metabolism and as a starting point for the synthesis of phospholipids, the main category of lipid molecules…
April 27th, 2019 by Dr. Hannah Sivak
No to Pseudoscientific Diets! Yes to Less Stress About Food! By Judith Newman Join me, won’t you, in the diet book drinking game. Here’s how it works: Every time you read the following words, you down a shot of tequila. Ready? Yummy Veggies Detox Green smoothie Humanely raised Usually, by the time I’m on Page 10 I’m ready to take off all my clothes and lick the necks of strangers — and I don’t even live in Florida. So for your safety, and my own, I’ve mixed traditional diet books with some that are half memoir and half instruction, offering a sprinkle of inspiration. Let me take two Advil and…