Debunking the 3,500-Calorie-per-Pound Rule
How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound...
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Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range. The traditional medical view on obesity, as summed up nearly a century ago: “All obese persons are, alike...
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Dairy Milk Hormones’ Effects on Cancer
What are the effects of the female sex hormones in cow’s milk on men, women,...
The 411 on Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes blanketing the earth....
Keto Diets and Diabetes
Ketogenic diets are put to the test for diabetes reversal. As you can see...
Muscle Shrinkage and Bone Loss on Keto Diets?
Ketogenic diets have been found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and...
The Safety of Keto Diets
What are the effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease...
Can You Sustain Weight Loss on Ketosis?
Might the appetite-suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance? The new data are said to...
Can You Lose Weight on a Keto Diet?
Let’s dive into ketogenic diets and their $33-billion gimmick. The carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, the...
Testing the Keto Diet Theory
Do low-carb and ketogenic diets have a metabolic advantage for weight loss? When you don’t...
Keto Diet to Effectively Fight Cancer?
What does the science say about the clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and...
Explore Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank
Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with her about...
Can You Lose Weight with Pills?
Studies show that many doctors either tend to overestimate the amount of weight that can...
Is It Safe to Take Weight-Loss Pills?
Why don’t more people take the weight-loss medications currently on the market? Despite the myriad...
Tap, Filtered, or Bottled Water?
There are disinfection byproducts in tap water. What happened when Brita, PUR, ZeroWater, and refrigerator...
Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy
Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for...
Does Chewing Gum Burn Calories?
What are the effects of chewing gum on hunger and appetite? “Horace Fletcher,” proclaimed one...
Cannabis on Fertility and Pregnancy
Pregnant and breastfeeding women should probably be advised to either decrease or, when possible, cease...
Chewing Gum for Weight Loss?
If extra chewing is effective in suppressing your appetite when it comes to food, what...
Diabetes Associations Recognize Plant-Based Diets
Plant-based diets are the single most important—yet underutilized—opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes-induced...
Can We Stop Tooth Decay?
If sugar consumption is considered to be the one and only cause of cavities, can...
Eating for Stroke Prevention
Strokes are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. They...
Exploring Hispanic Cuisine with Sylvia Klinger
Meet Sylvia Klinger. We had the pleasure of interviewing her about food history and culture....
What Is the Best Diet for Preventing Colon Cancer?
What would happen within just two weeks after swapping the diets of Americans with those...
What Are the Best Foods for Preventing Colon Cancer?
A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion, the disappearance of diversity in...
