by Jonny Bowden | Anti-Aging, Blog, Cholesterol & Heart Health, Everything Else, Nutrition, Recipes
It’s heart health month, the time of year when I typically get apoplectic reading all the bullshit about how important it is for us to check our cholesterol. And with a new class of cholesterol lowering drugs about to hit the market, you can count on aggressive...
by Jonny Bowden | Blog, Everything Else
A few days ago, on national television, political pollster and presidential counsel Kellyanne Conway uttered a phrase destined to become an instant classic: alternative facts. Though Ms. Conway probably wishes she hadn’t chosen those exact words, the truth is that she...
by Jonny Bowden | Blog, Everything Else, Nutrition
People often ask me to list my personal favorite healthy foods. Since the 10th anniversary, updated and expanded edition of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth is coming out this June, I figured this would be a great time to answer that question in print. Hence this...
by Jonny Bowden | Blog, Everything Else
My dogs and I have a very nice arrangement. Here’s what they get: A warm bed, a roof over their head, dog food magically appearing at predicable intervals, belly rubs. Here’s what I get in return: I get to take care of them. You might be thinking, oh, he’s being...
by Jonny Bowden | Blog, Nutrition
Despite the best efforts of the food industry to make us think our food just magically somehow appears in the supermarket aisle, our food actually comes from somewhere. And where it comes from—where and how it grows in the case of plants, what it eats and how it was...