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Dr. Anshel is the founder of Corporate Vision Consulting, president of the Ocular Nutrition Society and a member of the <em>Primary Care Optometry News</em> Editorial Board.</li> </ul>  <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Friday, February 14, 2014 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_0" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/sweet-is-not-so-sweet">Sweet is not so sweet</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>As today is Valentine’s Day, the thoughts of “sweet for my sweet” came rushing forth, as it does for everyone in love. However, for many years, I remember hearing that sugar is pro-inflammatory. That has been a mantra running through my head every time I ate something that was obviously loaded with sugar. And several months ago, I spoke with Robert Lustig, MD, (of “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”) when he discussed how sugar “feeds” cancer cells, which was al...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_0" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/sweet-is-not-so-sweet">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Tuesday, January 28, 2014 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_1" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/watch-out-for-the-palm-fruit-oil">Watch out for palm fruit oil</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p class="Bodytext">The use of palm oil has skyrocketed in recent years and it is the most heavily utilized vegetable oil. It is used in about half of all packaged foods and personal care and cleaning products in developed markets. </p> <p class="Bodytext">Palm oil of any kind, whether it comes from the fruit or kernel, is not beneficial to human health. Palm fruit oil or palm kernel oils are not healthy, and most of the health risks are associated with the processing, of which very few have been informed.</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_1" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/watch-out-for-the-palm-fruit-oil">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_2" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/its-just-natural">It's just 'natural'</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>I recently caught wind of a movement by the food industry’s lobbying arm that has petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to rule that food companies can officially label their genetically modified organism-contaminated products as "natural" or even "all natural." Just so you know, most food companies are already doing this. Even though the FDA says the word natural means "nothing artificial or synthetic . . . has been included in, or has been added to, a food that would not norm...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_2" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/its-just-natural">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Tuesday, December 31, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_3" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/studies-discounting-multivitamins-use-questionable-methods-supplements">Studies discounting multivitamins use questionable methods, supplements</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>A trio of studies published in Annals of Internal Medicine received much press by casting doubt on the value of vitamin supplements. In addition, an accompanying editorial concluded that they do not prevent chronic disease or death and not only is their use not justified, but they should be avoided. Why are pharmaceuticals not subjected to this type of scrutiny? Are any of them really proven to prevent chronic disease or death? By the way, this was not a “real” study, but a ...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_3" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/studies-discounting-multivitamins-use-questionable-methods-supplements">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Wednesday, October 30, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_4" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/milk-is-dangerous-for-your-health">Milk is dangerous for your health</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>Our current government guidelines recommend drinking three glasses of milk a day for every American older than 5 years. For kids younger than 5, Uncle Sam recommends chugging two glasses a day. But is milk a health food? Should we really be eating dairy? Is there any real science behind this, or is this just the result of the powerful National Dairy Council lobby? Got proof? A recent study showed a lack of evidence for the government’s recommendations (Ludwig et al.). Harvard scientists ...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_4" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/milk-is-dangerous-for-your-health">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Wednesday, October 2, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_5" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/report-shows-supplements-can-save-money-with-chronic-disease">Report shows supplements can save money with chronic disease</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>A recently released report has shown that the use of specific dietary supplements in populations with chronic disease has the potential to save billions of dollars by reducing the number of disease-associated medical events, according to a press release from the Council for Responsible Nutrition. The report, issued by Frost & Sullivan through a grant from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Foundation, examined the potential cost savings when U.S. adults 55 and older with chronic di...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_5" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/report-shows-supplements-can-save-money-with-chronic-disease">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Wednesday, September 18, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_6" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/ocular-nutrition-society-symposium-focuses-on-disease-prevention">Ocular Nutrition Society symposium focuses on disease prevention</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>There is still time to register for the fall educational symposium sponsored by the Ocular Nutrition Society. The meeting will be held Oct. 22 in the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle, just 1 day prior to the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting. The theme for this symposium is “Lifestyle-related disease prevention.” Robert Lustig, MD, will address metabolic syndrome and why children are getting it. He was featured on “60 Minutes on CBS” la...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_6" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/ocular-nutrition-society-symposium-focuses-on-disease-prevention">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Wednesday, September 4, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_7" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/new-research-blames-soda-for-behavioral-problems-in-kids">New research blames soda for behavioral problems in kids</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>A recent study caught my eye the other day. While I grew up like everyone else – sucking down any carbonated soda that was within reach – once I started looking to see what was contained in that drink, I had to reconsider. We’ve already heard that the popular sodas contain high levels of a chemical that's used to give cola its caramel coloring (4-methylimidazole) and that the chemical could raise a soda-drinkers' cancer risk, according to the Center for Science in the Public In...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_7" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/new-research-blames-soda-for-behavioral-problems-in-kids">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_8" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/the-debate-rages-on-over-gmos">The debate rages on over GMOs</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>No one disputes this fact: It takes tons of herbicides – hundreds of thousands of tons per year – to grow the genetically modified organism crops that end up in the world’s food supply, including in the food fed to the animals we eat. And all that poison doesn’t just go away. It ends up on our food, in our soil, in our water. The “poster child” for this process is Monsanto. Monsanto’s recklessness is poisoning of our food and our planet. Genetically mod...</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_8" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/the-debate-rages-on-over-gmos">Read more...</a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <p class="meta-info"> Tuesday, August 6, 2013 </p> <h2> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_lnkBlogPostTitle_9" class="postTitle" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/fish-vs-flax">Fish vs. flax</a> </h2> <p class="meta-info"> Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO </p> <div class="blog-intro"> <p>The number one-selling individual nutritional supplement is now omega-3. While it is beyond the scope of a blog to review the entire metabolic process of how 0mega-3s work in the body (join the Ocular Nutrition Society and listen to my lecture on it), let me just say it is effective and necessary for systemic and eye health. Given the significance of this essential nutrient, we should take a brief look to see if it holds up to the “hype” and sort out the truth from the sales pitch....</p> </div> <div class="readmore"> <a id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_ListView1_BlogPostLink_9" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel/fish-vs-flax">Read more...</a> </div> </div>  <div id="layout_0_maincontent_0_blogcontent_0_phblogmain_0_pagination_divPagination" class="pagination"> <ul> <li> <a class="current page" href="/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel?Filter=&startItem=0"> 1 </a> </li> <li> <a class="page" href="/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel?Filter=&startItem=10"> 2 </a> </li> <li> <a class="page" href="/web/20140226020835/http://www.healio.com/optometry/blogs/anshel?Filter=&startItem=20"> 3 </a> </li> <li> <a class="page" 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