A staggering 99.99% of Americans fail to get the minimum recommended potassium intake (despite it being perhaps only half of our natural intake) and stay below the recommended…
Read more The Mineral Intake Recommendations Only 1 in 6,000 U.S. Adults Meet | NutritionFacts.orgWhat happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber content in the first randomized controlled trial? In the United States, “junk food” is often…
Read more Can Ultra-Processed Foods Be Fixed by Tweaking Their Nutrients? | NutritionFacts.orgHow did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch meat, causes cancer? “It is…
Read more The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer | NutritionFacts.orgIf you’re a soda drinker, you probably don’t expect anything out of the ordinary after purchasing a pack of your favorite flavor. Except for this Texas-based couple who…
Read more ‘I’d be upset’: Dallas couple buys pack of Dr. Pepper. Uh, what is that inside?Imagine you’re snuggled up under your warmest blankets in the most comfortable position on your bed. As you slowly drift off into the land of dreams, it hits…
Read more ‘It is the perfect balance of minerals and electrolytes’: Man drinks Sprite Zero before bed. Then he claims to have discovered a hidden benefitBig Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us. How did we evolve to solve the daunting task of selecting a diet that supplies all the…
Read more Dietary Diversity and Overeating | NutritionFacts.orgThe leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet. About a decade ago, the American Heart Association (AHA) expressed concern that its “2020…
Read more True Health Intiative: Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet | NutritionFacts.orgA few times a day, drink two cups of cold water on an empty stomach for weight loss. After drinking two cups (half a liter) of water, you…
Read more Drinking Water, Losing Weight | NutritionFacts.orgThe first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk. “When ranked in order of importance, among…
Read more The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians | NutritionFacts.orgWe all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but if that were the case, we wouldn’t be in the…
Read more Are Food Ads Making Us Obese? | NutritionFacts.orgThe unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic. In the 1970s,…
Read more Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars | NutritionFacts.orgWhy are U.S. taxpayers giving billions of dollars to support the likes of the sugar and meat industries? The rise in calorie surplus sufficient to explain the obesity…
Read more Do Taxpayer Subsidies Play a Role in the Obesity Epidemic? | NutritionFacts.orgThe common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of willpower, are not…
Read more The Roles Diet and Exercise Play in the Obesity Epidemic | NutritionFacts.orgHere is a review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods. Instead of looking only at individual studies or individual reviews of studies,…
Read more What Should We Eat? | NutritionFacts.orgHere is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. If you’ve watched my videos or read my books, you’ve heard…
Read more What Should We Drink? | NutritionFacts.orgHot Dr. Pepper occupies a unique niche in the world of beverages. This drink, which originally emerged in the 1960s, has a fascinating history tied to corporate strategy…
Read more WTF Fun Fact 13727 – Hot Dr. PepperA calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you eat. Mice are nocturnal creatures. They eat during the night and sleep during…
Read more Lose Weight by Eating More in the Morning | NutritionFacts.orgThe industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on Foods and Nutrition was presented with a new…
Read more Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? | NutritionFacts.orgThe sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms of excess body fat, the “well-documented obesity epidemic may merely be the tip of the…
Read more Sugar and Gaining Weight | NutritionFacts.orgCoca-Cola is headed to the year 3000, and it’s using AI to get there. The soda giant unveiled its new Y3000 Coke on Tuesday as the latest concoction…
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