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Allergic to Mold? No Need to Pass Up Gorgonzola, But Moldy Foods Bad for All
Q. If I have an allergy to mold, do I need to avoid foods made with mold like Brie or blue cheese? What about the mold on spoiled foods? A. No, "good" molds—those used to make some cheeses—are not a problem, even if you’re allergic to molds in the environment. However, everyone should avoid eating—or even sniffing—spoiled foods that are moldy. Molds 101. There are about 300,000 different molds. The molds used
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Macrobiotic Diets Can Be Healthful, But Not a Cancer Cure
Q. I hear macrobiotic diets are back in vogue. What exactly is the diet and are there any proven health advantages? A. With Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna both on the macrobiotic bandwagon, the diet—popularized worldwide in the 1970’s by Michio Kushi—still has followers. Planned properly, macrobiotic diets can be healthful and as with any healthful way of eating may help prevent chronic diseases of aging, said Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D., an epidemiologist with Kaiser
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