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  1. Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease April 25, 2012

    Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, but which is more protective, raw or cooked?

  2. Dietary Guidelines: It’s All Greek to the USDA Dietary Guidelines: It’s All Greek to the USDA October 31, 2011

    Unlike the United States, where the agriculture department is the lead agency on formulating dietary recommendations, other countries such as Greece rely on their health department. What do their dietary guidelines look like?

  3. Dietary Guidelines: The First 25 Years Dietary Guidelines: The First 25 Years October 27, 2011

    How have the Dietary Guidelines for Americans evolved over the years since they were first issued in 1980?

  4. Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No October 26, 2011

    What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA to both promote agribusiness and protect our nation’s health come into conflict?

  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. Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance October 20, 2011

    Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the Sugar Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and the chewing gum company Wrigley’s had to say.

  2. Calculate Your Healthy Eating Score Calculate Your Healthy Eating Score August 24, 2011

    Rate your diet on a scale of 0 to 100 using the phytochemical index and compare your score to the standard American diet.

  3. Are Dates Good For You? Are Dates Good For You? May 20, 2011

    Do the beneficial phytonutrients in dates make up for their high sugar content?

  4. New Cholesterol Fighters New Cholesterol Fighters March 27, 2011

    Eight products put to the cholesterol-lowering test.

  5. Oxalates in Cinnamon Oxalates in Cinnamon December 15, 2010

    How much turmeric and cinnamon is too much?

  1. Update on Chocolate Update on Chocolate November 19, 2010

    Results of a major international scientific conference summarized

  2. The Healthiest Sweetener The Healthiest Sweetener November 8, 2010

    There are two sweeteners that are actually good for you.

  3. Mercury in Corn Syrup? Mercury in Corn Syrup? November 7, 2010

    Fifty different brands of high fructose corn syrup containing foods were tested for mercury.

  4. Sugar vs. Corn Syrup Sugar vs. Corn Syrup November 6, 2010

    Mercury content aside, is high fructose corn syrup worse than table sugar?

  5. Diet & Hyperactivity Diet & Hyperactivity November 5, 2010

    Are soda drinking teens more hyperactive because of the sugar, caffeine, or preservatives?