Alkaline Water: A Scam?
Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it...
Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 6
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Is Potassium Sorbate Bad for You?
Is the preservative used to prevent mold growth in foods such as cheese, yogurt, wine,...
Nation’s Diet in Crisis
Survey reveals the vast majority of Americans are not eating healthy, even by U.S. Dietary...
Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance
Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the...
Dietary Guidelines: With a Grain of Big Salt
The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of...
Food Industry “Funding Effect”
He who pays the piper calls the tune: studies funded by the dairy and soda...
Dietary Guidelines: USDA Conflicts of Interest
The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same...
Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our...
Dietary Guidelines: The First 25 Years
How have the Dietary Guidelines for Americans evolved over the years since they were first...
Dietary Guidelines: From Dairies to Berries
The success story in Finland shows that science-based dietary guidelines can save millions of lives.
Dietary Guidelines: It’s All Greek to the USDA
Unlike the United States, where the agriculture department is the lead agency on formulating dietary...
Plant Protein Preferable
Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard's nutrition department,...
Dietary Guidelines: Science vs. Corporate Interests
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee stands accused of ignoring the science to justify its recommendation...
Dietary Guidelines: Advisory Committee Conflicts of Interest
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee has been made of up individuals funded by McDonald's, Coca...
New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Following the recommendations of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to "shift food intake patterns...
Dietary Guidelines: Progressing from Pyramid to Plate
MyPlate represents a significant improvement over the USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
Dietary Guidelines: Pushback from the Sugar, Salt, & Meat Industries
The Sugar Association, Salt Institute, and American Meat Institute all railed against the new Dietary...
Medical School Nutrition Education
Most medical schools in the United States fail to provide even a bare minimum of...
Doctors Know Less Than They Think About Nutrition
Doctors found to be overconfident in their knowledge and ability to counsel patients about lifestyle...
Nutrition Education Mandate Introduced for Doctors
A bill drafted by Dr. John McDougall was introduced in California to mandate that physicians...
Medical Associations Oppose Bill to Mandate Nutrition Training
Physician trade groups such as the California Medical Association came out in opposition of a...
California Medical Association Tries to Kill Nutrition Bill
California State Senator Mark Wyland struggles between his conscience and his campaign contributor in deciding...
Nutrition Bill Doctored in the California Senate
California Senate Bill 380 to require nutrition education for physicians was passed, but not before...
Total Recall
Salmonella, the leading cause of food poisoning-related death, can survive most common egg cooking methods—including...
Infant Nearly Killed by Homeopathy
Case report of life-threatening metabolic acidosis in an infant "overdosed" with homeopathic sugar pills.
U.S. Meat Supply Flying at Half Staph
An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria....
Airborne MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus "superbug" found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply, but isolated...
MRSA in U.S. Retail Meat
More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
Amyloid & Apple Juice
Ginger and apple juice appear to protect human nerve cells from the neurotoxic Alzheimer's plaque...
Phytochemicals: The Nutrition Facts Missing from the Label
There are thousands of flavonoid phytonutrients in fruits, vegetables, and other whole plant foods missing...
Best Fruit Juice
Which common fruit juices have the most (and least) phenolic phytonutrients, which may protect against...
Constructing a Cognitive Portfolio
Different fruits and vegetables appear to support different cognitive domains of the brain, so both...
Alzheimer’s & Apple Juice
Pilot study published on whether apple juice could affect the cognitive performance, day-to-day functioning, mood,...
Is Pomegranate Juice That Wonderful?
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated...
Vitamin D Recommendations Changed
The Institute of Medicine tripled their official vitamin D recommendation, based on target blood levels...
Evolutionary Argument for Optimal Vitamin D Level
Should the vitamin D levels found in lifeguards be considered the norm for our species,...
Is Vitamin D the New Vitamin E?
The Institute of Medicine's conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of...
Vitamin D and Mortality May Be a U-Shaped Curve
Vitamin D deficiency may shorten one's lifespan, but getting too much vitamin D may also...
Vitamin D Supplements May Be Necessary
To reach the circulating (25-hydroxy) vitamin D levels associated with the lowest overall mortality, one...
The Difficulty of Arriving at a Vitamin D Recommendation
People respond differently to the same level of vitamin D supplementation, making it difficult to...
How the Institute of Medicine Arrived at their Vitamin D Recommendation
The latest revision of the official vitamin D recommendations was based on the body's reaction...
Resolving the Vitamin D-Bate
Why the current vitamin D recommendations may be too low, other expert recommendations may be...
Take Vitamin D Supplements with Meals
Taking vitamin D supplements with food may be a cost-effective strategy to achieve optimum levels.
The Risks and Benefits of Neti Pot Nasal Irrigation
Though nasal irrigation with salt water has been found to an effective and inexpensive treatment...
Heart Attacks & Cholesterol: Dying Under Normal Circumstances
Most people hospitalized with heart attacks have cholesterol levels considered "desirable" under the current recommendations....
Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Agribusiness Sees It Differently
The average "bad" cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the "near-optimal"...
Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet
To achieve the cholesterol level necessary to prevent heart attacks, most people must take cholesterol-lowering...
Fast Food: Do You Want Fries with That Lipitor?
Cardiologists suggest that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs be given out free with fast food meals
Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, & Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero
The intake of trans fats, which come mostly from junk food and animal products; saturated...
