Last month, I talked about breast cancer prevention and how Brassica vegetables can help. But Brassicas’ benefits aren’t limited to women or breast cancer. Research also shows dramatic prostate health benefits. In one study, men who ate as few as three servings of Brassica vegetables a week experienced a 41 percent reduction in prostate cancer risk. Brassica vegetables include broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and many more (for a full list, please see the Dec. 2002 issue of Nutrition &Healing).

Obviously, the various gangs of los Federales don’t talk to each other. Over the past year, the FDA has suddenly decided to turn its attention to the hazards of mercury. We’ve been warned not to eat fish containing too much mercury. And we’ve witnessed the national fuss about removing mercury from vaccines. Don’t get me wrong-these are important issues that were long overdue for some attention and action. But why is it that the federal government has such a selective attention span? While they’re going on and on about which fish we should and shouldn’t eat, they’re completely ignoring much greater hazards.

Right now you might be a little taken aback by the “original human diet” advice I gave earlier in this issue. After all, the original human way of eating includes plenty of red meat. And nearly every day at the Tahoma Clinic I hear “I’m cutting back on red meat.” By now, nearly everyone is convinced that beef is bad for health and that it’s a repository of artery-clogging saturated fat. Besides, it might be full of hormones or carry “E.coli” bacteria. Beef is just generally bad stuff, isn’t it?

A good night’s sleep is one of life’s great pleasures. One that most of us take for granted each night when we switch off our lights and each morning when we roll over and hit the “snooze” button on our alarms. But for some it’s not that easy. What if, when the light goes out at night, you’re one of the millions who lie there, wide awake, watching the minutes tick into hours?

We’ve come a long way since the hunter-gatherer days, and I’m not saying that all of the changes are bad-or that we should all start running around in loin-cloths, stalking and killing our dinners. Nevertheless, that is how our bodies are designed to be nourished. So this month I thought I’d show you how to get “back to basics” with a modern adaptation of this health-promoting, historic diet.

IN THIS ISSUE: The “original human diet” secret to erasing cancer, diabetes, obesity, and more; Six herbal secrets to a good night’s sleep; You don’t have to give up that steak!; Is your food growing in poison?; The easiest way to reduce your prostate cancer risk by 41 percent;