Big Food Using the Tobacco Industry Playbook
The processed food industries now use tactics similar to those used by cigarette companies to...
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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Calorie Density
The biological mechanisms our bodies use to regulate our weight likely evolved in the context of eating at least four or five pounds of food a day.
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Microbiome: The Inside Story
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Which Type of Protein Is Better for Our Kidneys?
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“Veg-Table” Dietary Nitrate Scoring Method
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Omega 3s, Prostate Cancer, and Atrial Fibrillation
Fish and fish oil consumption do not appear to protect against heart disease, arrhythmias, or...
What Are the Healthiest Foods?
Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding...
Laughter as Medicine
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Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis
What happens inside the arteries going to the hearts and brains of those who add...
Optimal Diet: Just Give It to Me Straight, Doc
Why is there a reticence to provide the public with guidelines that will spare them...
Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease?
Health authorities appear to have taken the patronizing view that the public can’t handle the...
Kiwifruit for the Common Cold
Compared to bananas, does eating kiwifruit decrease the incidence and severity of upper respiratory tract...
