The Great Protein Fiasco
The field of nutrition got human protein requirements spectacularly wrong, leading to a massive recalculation.
All Videos for Dietary Guidelines
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Shaking the Salt Habit
What three things can we do to lower our sodium intake? Are there any tricks for interpreting nutrition facts labeling on processed foods?
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The Palatability of Cancer Prevention
Dietary guidelines often patronizingly recommend what is considered acceptable or achievable, rather than what the best available balance of evidence suggests is best.
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What Are the Healthiest Foods?
Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding disease-promoting components?
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Big Sugar Takes on the World Health Organization
What happened when the World Health Organization had the gall to recommend a diet low in saturated fat, sugar, and salt and high in fruit and vegetables?
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Optimal Cholesterol Level
Why don’t authorities advocate a sufficient reduction in cholesterol down to safe levels?
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The Saturated Fat Studies: Set Up to Fail
How might Big Butter design a study (like the Siri-Tarino and Chowdhury meta-analyses) to undermine global consensus guidelines to reduce saturated fat intake?
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The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public
Dairy industry campaign to “neutralize the negative image of milkfat among regulators and health professionals as related to heart disease” seeks to undermine latest guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
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Diabetics Should Take Their Pulses
There’s a reason that professional diabetes associations recommend bean, chickpea, split pea, and lentil consumption as a means of optimizing diabetes control.
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Cooking to Live Longer
Does cooking meals at home lead to improved health outcomes? And how do TV dinners compare nutritionally to TV-chef recipes?
