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  1. Eating Healthy on the Cheap Eating Healthy on the Cheap May 1, 2012

    Plant-based diets may offer the best investment for dietary health.

  2. Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease April 12, 2012

    Poultry workers exhibit an excess of a wide range of diseases, from thyroid conditions to schizophrenia and autoimmune neurological disorders such as myasthenia gravis. This may be due to exposure to viruses present in chickens and turkeys.

  3. Breast Cancer Survival and Trans Fat Breast Cancer Survival and Trans Fat March 28, 2012

    Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much trans fat, found primarily in the American diet in junk food and animal products.

  4. Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken March 27, 2012

    Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much saturated fat, found primarily in the American diet in cheese, chicken, and junk food.

  5. Safest source of B12 Safest source of B12 February 6, 2012

    Since foods are effectively a package deal, what is the best way to get vitamin B12 (cobalamin)?

  1. Plant-based Atkins diet Plant-based Atkins diet February 2, 2012

    Harvard study found that men and women eating low carb diets live significantly shorter lives, but what about the “eco-Atkins diet,” a plant-based low carbohydrate diet?

  2. Avoiding a sugary grave Avoiding a sugary grave December 29, 2011

    500 foods were tested for advanced glycation end products (AGEs).

  3. Trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol: Tolerable upper intake of zero Trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol: Tolerable upper intake of zero December 23, 2011

    The intake of trans fats which come mostly from junk food and animal products, saturated fat mostly from dairy products and chicken, and cholesterol coming mostly from eggs and chicken should be as low as possible.

  4. Phytochemicals: The nutrition facts missing from the label Phytochemicals: The nutrition facts missing from the label November 25, 2011

    There are thousands of flavonoid phytonutrients in fruits, vegetables, and other whole plant foods missing from the nutrition labels that may play a role in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

  5. Dietary guidelines: USDA conflicts of interest Dietary guidelines: USDA conflicts of interest October 25, 2011

    The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same time, USDA is the agency primarily tasked with developing the nutrition guidelines.

  1. Chicken’s fate is sealed Chicken’s fate is sealed October 4, 2011

    The egg industry is attempting to improve the fatty acid lipid profile of eggs by feeding blubber from the Canadian harp seal hunt to laying hens.

  2. Chicken, eggs, and inflammation Chicken, eggs, and inflammation October 3, 2011

    Chicken and eggs are the top sources of arachidonic acid in the diet, an omega 6 fatty acid involved in our body’s inflammatory response.

  3. Inflammatory remarks about arachidonic acid Inflammatory remarks about arachidonic acid September 30, 2011

    Arachidonic acid may play a role in cancer, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders.

  4. Improving mood through diet Improving mood through diet September 29, 2011

    The purported role arachidonic acid plays in brain inflammation could explain why eliminating chicken, fish, and eggs may improve symptoms of mood disturbance, depression, anxiety and stress within two weeks.

  5. Relieving yourself of excess estrogen Relieving yourself of excess estrogen September 23, 2011

    Women eating vegetarian may have lower breast cancer rates because they have larger bowel movements.