Q — Is fluoride good or bad? Everyone has an opinion, of course, so who to believe? I chose to at least stop brushing my teeth with it. A — Fluoride is poison (IMHO). Its backstory is something out of James Bond. The fluorine/fluoride myth was created by the politicians behind the top-secr... Read More

It's never too early to drop out of school. Zé Arigo dropped out in the third grade. Dust jacket notes for Arigo: Surgeon of the Rusty Knife (by John G Fuller, 1976) ... "In May of 1968, a team of American medical doctors arrived in a small plateau village of Brazil with extensive modern medi... Read More

"A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food." — Pearl S. Buck <> John Harvey Kellogg (The New Dietetics, 1921) wrote ... "Hunger contractions differ from the movements of the stomach during digestion in the fact that the movements of the stomach during digestion are almost ... Read More

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." — Vivian Greene According to AI, "Evidence from fossilized dental plaque and other archaeological finds suggests that various human ancestors, including early hominins and Neanderthals, included bark... Read More

Q — What's the difference between frugivore and carnivore saliva? A — According to AI (correctly), "Frugivore saliva contains amylase, an enzyme that helps break down carbohydrates from plant foods into simple sugars, while carnivore saliva generally lacks this enzyme. True carnivores' saliva... Read More