Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our...
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The Benefits and Side Effects of Spirulina
Blue-green algae, chlorella, and spirulina are all advertised as being beneficial, but they could be harmful because they are often contaminated with algal toxins.
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Dietary Guidelines: USDA Conflicts of Interest
The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same...
Food Industry “Funding Effect”
He who pays the piper calls the tune: studies funded by the dairy and soda...
Dietary Guidelines: With a Grain of Big Salt
The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of...
Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance
Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the...
Nation’s Diet in Crisis
Survey reveals the vast majority of Americans are not eating healthy, even by U.S. Dietary...
Is Potassium Sorbate Bad for You?
Is the preservative used to prevent mold growth in foods such as cheese, yogurt, wine,...
Alkaline Water: A Scam?
Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it...
The Tomato Effect
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for...
China Study on Sudden Cardiac Death
The China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project directed by T. Colin Campbell and colleagues showed that...
Our #1 Killer Can Be Stopped
Dr. Dean Ornish proved decades ago that heart disease could be reversed solely with diet...
Resuscitating Medicare
Medicare is now accepting for reimbursement the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and...
