I exposed the complete lack of science behind the government’s 40-year-long low-salt campaign in a previous Dispatch (“The Great Salt Scam”). And I’ve been warning people for years that trying to [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
Garbage In, Garbage Out
There’s an old saying in science, “garbage in, garbage out.” It means if you put bad data into an analysis in the first place, you will get a useless result. But nutritional studies should really [...]
What’s Old Is New Again
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently made a big announcement. They’re developing a “new and innovative” approach to treating bacterial infections. Of course, the [...]
Another Outdated Verse in the Gospel of Government Guidelines
For 40 years now, we’ve been told that we need to restrict salt. Another verse in the gospel of government guidelines is the importance of lowering saturated fat consumption. But just like the [...]
Spy Games
Move over CIA. It looks like the FDA has taken up the spy game. According to a front page story in The New York Times on July 15, the FDA is carrying out a wide-ranging surveillance operation. [...]
Whole Foods Misses the Forest for the Seas
I have to admit, I don’t miss the hustle and bustle of Washington D.C. I love it where I grew up and now spend most of my time these days—Gloucester and Rockport, MA. Not only is the ocean view [...]
To serve and protect
I’m afraid the old motto “to serve and protect” is no longer about public safety or consumer protection. Instead, it’s about the government serving themselves and protecting their [...]
A plague upon us
Something in the news caught my eye today that we really need to weigh in on. According to an article from Reuters Health, it seems we have nothing to fear…except ourselves, our government, and [...]
The End of the World as We Know It?
There is a lot of concern today about the imminent collapse of our health care system, “as we know it.” Primarily because we’re being inundated with too much costly, dangerous, and inappropriate [...]
The World’s Most Expensive Band-Aid
Surgical treatment of heart disease is a “poster child” for the kinds of abuses and excesses I told you about in the Dispatch titled “Less is more.” Dr. Bernard Lown discovered that the “modern” [...]