• Brain Health

    Posted on March 23rd, 2010

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    This Is Your Brain on Margarine

    This Is Your Brain on Margarine

    There’s now another reason to avoid margarine. It can make you stupid.

    According to researchers at the University of Auckland, children who ate margarine every day had significantly lower IQ scores by the age of three-and-a-half than those who did not.1

    And children who were underweight at birth had scores that were even lower by the time they were seven.

    The tragedy here is that margarine was sold to us as a “healthier” alternative to butter. In fact, it may be the unhealthiest “food” ever created…

  • Heart Health, Nutrition

    Posted on July 9th, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    When a ‘Tub of Lard’ is a Good Thing

    Remember the days when everything was cooked with good, old-fashioned butter or lard?

    My grandmother cooked with lard her whole life. Most people did… until the government told everybody that animal fat caused heart disease. Then manufacturers introduced substitutes such as shortening and margarine.