Dr. Don Miller

High Carb Low Fat Breakfast

The current Low Carb fad is way off target. Our ancestors, depending on era and location, mostly ate more grains, fruits, vegetables, and less four legged meat than is common in present diets of North America and Europe. It is no secret that fats can s... Read >

Fat Magnets, Chitosan, and Soap

I recently chanced upon a web ad for chitosan, claimed to be a "Fat Magnet", which would let one eat fatty foods and lose weight. Looked like another magic pill. So I turned to my handy Google.Com search engine for information. Chitosan is processed fr... Read >

Fast Diet Fraud

Under the theory that "seeing is believing", people continue to buy books and pills for dramatic weight loss in 7 days, or 4 weeks, or some other rather short interval. What should be checked is how much weight loss remains effective in one year. There... Read >

Exercise for Immunity

Recent publications and news items show that moderate exercise works with good diet to enhance immune systems. It does not take much. Just walking a few miles per week can help prevent cancers in various parts of the body, as an example. I'm not a ... Read >

Don't Just Rent Your Body

Have you noticed that some people treat rental housing with total disrespect? Whether house or apartment, some people scuff the floors and trim, poke holes in walls, break toilets and faucets, let kids write on any surface, neglect worsening problems, omi... Read >

Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Hidden Fats

Recent TV news showed that various food brands are offering low carbohydrate foods due to public demand. That just shows how poorly informed the public can be. The Mayo Clinic (mayoclinic-dot-com/ tells us that "Every day your body requires certain nut... Read >

Sun Contacts?

Do you wear sun protection for your eyes? This means restricting total visible light and reducing ultra violet. One of the major causes of cataracts (fogging of the cornea) is exposure to solar ultra violet. This was discovered by studies of progressin... Read >

When Fat was Healthful

Saturated animal fat is now considered a serious threat to health. The exact opposite was true before the latest one to two centuries. I remember National Geographic articles showing tribal chiefs from deep in Africa. The wealthiest were the ones whose... Read >

Vision Correction and Printing Caused Global Warming

Sometimes apparently small things can change the world. Why is it that world population started explosive growth around 7 to 8 centuries ago? Here's what it looks like to me. Johannes Gutenberg is known as the inventor of movable type printing press... Read >

Swine Flu is Hard on Pigs

Swine flu has been in the news long enough for patterns to emerge. Some people are more likely to get it, more likely to die of it. Observation: Middle age and old people are less likely to be victims of swine flu than children. This makes sense if we... Read >

Cataract Cures for All Ages

Cataracts, loss of vision due to clouding of the eye lens, are usually thought to be a problem for advancing years. Actually the problem and corrective surgery can affect people of any age. There are several options to restore focus after removal of the n... Read >

Real cure for HealthCare Crisis

With all the present talk about our health care crisis, it is worth asking how we got into it. The culprit is history, not conspiracy. Consider that the latest several hundred years witnessed a huge technology change from the prior several hundred mill... Read >

Reform Health Care by Reforming our Thinking

Let's brainstorm for healthcare reform. Time to think outside the box. What follows is a "what if" discussion that could help us discover new solutions to existing problems of national concern. If the following numbers are somewhat inaccurate, it shoul... Read >

Contact Lens Cost Makeup

There are several contributors to the final price of contact lenses. Cost to manufacture is one, and no longer the largest. Costs of packaging, distribution, and advertising rank with production costs. And there is markup from wholesale placed by the reta... Read >

Price Factors for Vision Correction

A brief review of how normal eye-care prices are made can help in choosing sources. REFRACTION The starting point, for someone aware of focus problems, is the exam. The easy part is the refraction, which is the test for focusing. If the eye is shor... Read >