Say Cheese!
This is a new angle for the dairy industry. It used to be “Milk, it does the body good.” But now recent research showing the link between dairy and weight …
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Careful With Correlations
Every day, Haley’s comet careens further from the earth. Every day, my cat gets more ornery. These two things are perfectly correlated, and yet have absolutely nothing to do with …
Careful With Correlations Read MoreBMI Blues
The Death Knell of a Diet Diagnostic We get all excited when we hit on something that (we think, we hope, we pray) will give us an objective measure we …
BMI Blues Read MoreBan the Fat!
Step up to the Plate. Ban the Fat. This weekend on my radio program, a diverse group of individuals weighed in on the proposition that we follow New York City, …
Ban the Fat! Read MoreTrans fat substitutes to offer diet therapy (revisited)
Trans fats will soon be replaced by edible oils that can be used for “diet therapy” to help halt the progress of illness or disease, a research analyst claims. Trans …
Trans fat substitutes to offer diet therapy (revisited) Read MoreMediterranean Diet for Diabetes Prevention
Are you surprized by this? The Mediterranean diet is protective for heart disease, obesity, and now Type 2 diabetes. In our own work, we have shown that our Mediterranean diet …
Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes Prevention Read MoreIf you Just Say NO to HRT … then what?
I just wanted to add in this link to a site that goes over the foods that can help with the symptoms of menopause without increasing your risk of cancer …
If you Just Say NO to HRT … then what? Read MoreSupplements Do Harm For Cancer Treatment
We’ve been coached to substitute pills for food, to take one-a-day to boost, and enhance, and improve, and [insert miracle here]. But where does the coaching come from? Research science, …
Supplements Do Harm For Cancer Treatment Read MoreChildhood Obesity Takes a Breather
The Journal of the American Medical Association just reported that Childhood Obesity has not increased over this past year. The yearly up-sizing of our nation’s youth — and the down-sizing …
Childhood Obesity Takes a Breather Read MoreFDA Cuts the GRAS on Salt
Here’s what we know.1) Excess salt consumption is linked to heart disease and stroke.2) The Food and Drug Administration wants Americans to have fewer heart attacks and strokes. But their …
FDA Cuts the GRAS on Salt Read MoreHormone Replacement Therapy Redux
It’s back. Even though articles like this one remind us that women who take HRT are at an increased risk of stroke, and your risk of this life-threatening event is …
Hormone Replacement Therapy Redux Read MoreMisleading Titles on Vitamin B Supplements
The title of this article is as follows: Supplements a solution for B6 deficiency, says study But the study said nothing of the kind. This is a glaring example of …
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