Dietary Guidelines: USDA Conflicts of Interest
The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same time, the USDA is the agency primarily tasked with developing the nutrition guidelines.
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Food Industry “Funding Effect”
He who pays the piper calls the tune: studies funded by the dairy and soda industries appear to be even more biased than studies funded by drug companies.
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Dietary Guidelines: With a Grain of Big Salt
The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of sodium in the American diet.
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Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance
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.
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The Tomato Effect
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for heart disease prevention and treatment?
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Multivitamin Supplements & Breast Cancer
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
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Egg Industry Blind Spot
To help deflect criticism from the cholesterol content of their product, the egg industry touts the benefits of two phytonutrients, lutein and zeaxanthin, that have indeed been shown to be beneficial in protecting one’s eyesight against vision-threatening conditions, such as cataracts and macular degeneration. But how do eggs stack up against plant-based sources?
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Avoiding Cholesterol is a No-Brainer
Eggs and brains are the two most concentrated sources of cholesterol in the diet.
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Egg Cholesterol in the Diet
Cardiology experts warn that eating even a single egg a day may exceed the safe upper limit for cholesterol intake.
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Is Milk and Mucus a Myth?
Do dairy products contribute to increased mucus (phlegm) production?
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Convergence of Evidence
Profile of an editorial published by Dr. Dean Ornish in the American Journal of Cardiology describing the optimal diet, and how simple choices can be as powerful as drugs and surgery.
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What’s in a Burger?
Cleveland Clinic pathologists dissect fast food burgers to see what’s inside.
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Drug Residues in Meat
The U.S. Inspector General cites the USDA for failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.
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What Is Really in Hot Dogs?
What percentage of a hot dog is actually muscle tissue?
