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The “Fairness Doctrine” example shows to what extent the purveyors of unhealthy products will go to keep the truth from the American public.
After the trans fat oil ban, the only major sources of trans fat remaining will be from meat and dairy.
Get any food in your stomach within a few hours of lead exposure and you can suppress the absorption by 90% or more, but which foods are particularly protective?
Iron, zinc, oil, and even doughnuts are put to the test to see if they can block lead absorption.
The potassium content of greens is one of two ways it can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.
Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial inflammation caused by the consumption of refined carbs and meat.
Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. But there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction.
What effect do chia seeds have on weight loss, blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and inflammation?
The FDA appears to have caved in to industry pressure in allowing intestines potentially infected with mad cow disease prions into food products and lipstick.
Given the role our gut bacteria can play in affecting our weight, having family and friends who are obese may not just be socially contagious, but actually contagious.
The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be less healthy and have shorter lifespans than their parents.
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle cells.