/oss/taxonomy/term/715/all en /oss/article/diets-food-health-news/dr-oz-and-fast-metabolism-diet <p>So.. Dr. Oz is at it again. This time he was fawning over Haylie Pomroy's "Fast Metabolism Diet." Haylie's qualifications are not clear but she is described as a "lifestyle counsellor." Hmmm. Wouldn't it be better to see some oomph like a nutrition, dietetics, physiology, biochemistry or medical degree behind someone who is formulating diets for the public?</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:42:58 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1906 at /oss /oss/article/health-history-you-asked/what-role-iodine-thyroid-function <p>“Take a dose of seaweed or burnt sea sponge twice a year!” That was the ancient Chinese remedy for goiter. Almost four thousand years ago Chinese medical writings described the troublesome swelling of the neck we know as goiter and noted the remedy which had somehow been arrived at through trial and error. Of course Chinese physicians had no idea why it worked, but work it did. Later Hippocrates and Galen gave the same recommendation and by the 12th century the treatment was taught in the School of Salerno, one of the first formal medical schools.</p> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:38:39 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1779 at /oss