Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity
Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the irresistibility of its products. The plague of tobacco deaths wasn’t due just to the mass manufacturing and...
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Are Food Ads Making Us Obese?
We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously...
The Roles Diet and Exercise Play in the Obesity Epidemic
The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food...
What Should We Drink?
Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine,...
Headache and Migraine Relief from Foods
Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches. Headaches are one of...
Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy?
The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the...
Sugar and Gaining Weight
The sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms...
Attempts by Big Sugar to Manipulate the Science
“Corporations are legally required to maximize shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health...
What Exercise Authorities Don’t Tell You About Optimal Duration
Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities,...
The Disconnect Between Science and Policy
Back in 1912, when hardly anyone smoked cigarettes, lung cancer was like a museum curiosity:...
Cancer-Causing Caramel Color
Caramel coloring may be the most widely consumed food coloring in the world. Unfortunately, its...
From Adequate Nutrition to Optimum Nutrition
Research in human nutrition over the past four decades has led to many discoveries as...
Why It’s Better to Drink Green Smoothies with a Straw
A group of women were split into two groups and told to eat as much...
White Meat May Be as Cholesterol-Raising as Red
In light of recommendations for heart healthy eating from national professional organizations encouraging Americans to...
Are Raisins a Good Snack Choice?
Raisins, like all fruits, have a variety of health benefits, but dried fruit is higher...
How Much Added Sugar Is Too Much?
In 1776, at the time of the American Revolution, Americans consumed about four pounds of...
Rinse Your Mouth After Sour Foods and Drinks
Hibiscus tea has been found to be as effective at lowering blood pressure as a...
When Charities Collaborate with the Food Industry
When the history of the world’s attempts to address obesity is written, one researcher writes,...
Coca-Cola Stopped Sponsoring the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the world’s largest association of nutrition professionals. They claim...
Our Tax Dollars Subsidize Unhealthy Foods
Why do food companies sell junk? Because unhealthy commodities are highly profitable. This is in...
Peeks Behind the Egg Industry Curtain
The American Egg Board is a promotional marketing board appointed by the U.S. government whose...
Does Caramel Color Cause Cancer?
Used as a coloring agent in products ranging from colas and beer to gravies and...
Can One Become a Sugar Addict?
People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without...
What Do Meat Purge and Cola Have in Common?
In my video, Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet, I profiled research suggesting that the use...
