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Legendary playwright August Wilson made Oscar history at this year’s 89th Academy Awards, by receiving a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for the movie Fences (2016) twelve years after his death. Wilson had always dreamed of transferring his Pulitzer Prize winning play onto the big screen, but he passed away in 2005 before the final project came to fruition. Paramount … [Read more...] about Fences, A Film That Stands on its Own

Dr. Weston A. Price Goes to Switzerland In the years 1931 and 1932 Dr. Weston A. Price traveled throughout Switzerland to study the health disparities between isolated versus modernized Swiss communities. With the help of officials from the Swiss government, Dr. Price was introduced to a community of about 2,000 people living in the Loetschental Valley. Due to the valley being … [Read more...] about Food for Thought: Switzerland

Have you ever wondered why humans are the only animals that brush their teeth? Have you ever pondered why so many ancient skulls seem to have a perfect set of teeth? Dr. Weston A. Price (1870-1948), who was a prominent dentist in Cleveland at the beginning of the twentieth century, had similar questions, and wanted to know why so many of his patients suffered from tooth decay, … [Read more...] about Food for Thought: Intro to the Work of Dr. Weston A. Price

Not all vitamin A is created equal. There are actually two forms of vitamin A in the human diet, which are retinol (aka preformed vitamin A) and provitamin A carotenoids, such as beta-carotene. Even though popular nutrition literature often treats the different forms of vitamin A as equivalent, there are actually significant differences between the two. Retinol, which is also … [Read more...] about Food for Thought: Vitamin A

While many people understand that products bearing the marker of “organic” are healthier, the true meaning behind the term remains elusive to many. In order for a product to garner the label of organic, there are a number of federal guidelines that growers and processors must adhere to regarding soil quality, animal husbandry practices, and pest and weed control methods. Here’s … [Read more...] about Food For Thought: What Does Organic Really Mean?