Changing Protein Recommendations?
A research group is suggesting that human protein requirements may have been underestimated.
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Friday Favorites: The Effect of Sleep on Weight Loss
Those randomized to 8.5 hours of sleep a night lost significantly more body fat than those who got 5.5 hours. Getting even one more hour of sleep a night may help with weight control.
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Protein and Heart Disease
Why is the intake of animal protein associated with heart disease—even independent of saturated fat—and...
More Antibiotics in White Meat or Dark Meat?
Concentrations of antibiotic residues vary between different edible muscle tissues in poultry.
Lowering Dietary Antibiotic Intake
What a few days eating vegetarian can do to the levels of antibiotics and phthalates...
The Wrong Way to Detox
The reason birth order is a predictor of pollutant levels in the bodies of children...
The Best Baby Formula
Exclusive breastfeeding for a full six months may, ironically, improve our children's taste for vegetables—whereas...
Plants vs. Pesticides
Phytonutrients found in certain foods may protect against the toxic effects of industrial pollutants such...
Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals
Where do DDT, hexachlorobenzene, PCBs, and perfluorochemicals (linked to thyroid disease) concentrate in the food...
How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs?
Based on the half-life of industrial pollutants children may be exposed to in the womb...
DDT in Umbilical Cord Blood
Are pregnant women who eat fish, other meat, and dairy still passing along the pesticide...
Food Sources of Flame-Retardant Chemicals
Other than pet food and fish (which may be most contaminated), how do fire-retardant chemicals...
Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue
Levels of flame-retardant chemical pollutants (PBDEs) in the tissues of women from around the world...
