Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe?
The reasons why fasting longer than 24 hours, and particularly three or more days, should...
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How Much Caffeine Is Safe During Pregnancy?
Pregnancy greatly reduces our ability to metabolize caffeine.
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Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?
Fasting for a week or two is like the keto diet—it can actually slow body...
Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test
For more than a century, fasting—up to 382 days without calories—has been used a weight-loss...
Flashback Friday: Turning the Clock Back 14 Years
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For Flavonoid Benefits, Don’t Peel Apples
Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples and spinach in a test of artery...
Potential Pitfalls of Calorie Restriction
How to preserve bone and mass on a low calorie diet.
Flashback Friday: Alzheimer’s Disease – Grain Brain or Meathead?
Grain consumption appears strongly protective against Alzheimer’s disease, whereas animal fat intake has been linked...
The Benefits of Calorie Restriction for Longevity
Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing.
Does Sugar Lead to Weight Gain?
The sugar industry’s response to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic.
Flashback Friday: Turmeric Curcumin Reprogramming Cancer Cell Death
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Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Hearing
I was honored to testify before the US government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Check out...
