Nutrition
How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] I quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunch meat. In 2018, arguably the…
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The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch…
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The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk. “When ranked…
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Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more than public health and an interest in truth. …
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Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the…
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Are Food Ads Making Us Obese? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but if that were the case,…
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Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the…
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Processed Foods and Obesity | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food, but a different kind of food.…
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Cutting the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range. The…
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What Should We Eat? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods. Instead of looking only at individual studies…
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What Should We Drink? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. If you’ve watched my videos or…
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Children’s Cereals: Candy for Breakfast? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Plastering front-of-package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract us from the incongruity of feeding our children multicolored marshmallows for…
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How Much Added Sugar Is Okay? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Public health authorities continue to lower the upper tolerable limit of daily added sugar intake. Dating back to the original “Dietary Goals for…
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Milk Hormones and Female Infertility | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow’s…
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Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on Foods and Nutrition…
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Sugar and Gaining Weight | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms of excess body fat, the “well-documented obesity epidemic may merely…
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Can You Lose Weight with Pills? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Studies show that many doctors either tend to overestimate the amount of weight that can be lost with obesity drugs or are simply…
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Is It Safe to Take Weight-Loss Pills? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Why don’t more people take the weight-loss medications currently on the market? Despite the myriad menus of FDA-approved medications for weight loss, they’ve…