Rickets, scurvy, goiter… When we hear the phrase “nutritional deficiencies,” our minds often wander to these dramatic, distant seeming maladies. While it’s doubtful that you’re currently struggling with any of these clinical and aggressively symptomatic deficits, did you know that most…

Fifty years ago, food allergies seemed almost non-existent. In the last few years, however, gluten-free, dairy-free, yeast-free, or nut-free have become commonplace dietary approaches. There are allergen-free cookbooks, peanut-free schools, egg-free cupcakes and so on. Unfortunately, it’s not just a…