A professor who helped conduct a new study showing harms from ultra-processed foods explains what they are and why we should avoid them. Consuming ultra-processed foods can cause…
Read more A Virginia Tech researcher explains the dangers behind ultra-processed foods – WTOP NewsWEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. NICE TO SEE SOME RAIN. WE’RE NOW SEEING SHORTER DAYS, LONGER NIGHTS. SOME PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY CALL SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER.…
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Read more Signs and strategies to cope with seasonal affective disorderHow can we use sensory-specific satiety to our advantage? When we eat the same foods over and over, we become habituated to them and end up liking them…
Read more Taking Advantage of Sensory-Specific Satiety | NutritionFacts.orgBig 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.orgI debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient. The importance of satiety is underscored by a rare genetic condition known as Prader-Willi syndrome. Children with…
Read more Hijacking Our Appetites | NutritionFacts.orgI dive into one of the most fascinating series of studies I’ve ever come across. Anyone can lose weight by eating less food. Anyone can be starved thin.…
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Read more Does Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) Help with Weight Loss? | NutritionFacts.orgThose on a healthy plant-based diet who have elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day of contaminant-free creatine.…
Read more Is Creatine Safe and Efficient for High Homocysteine? | NutritionFacts.orgIt seems there is always trouble about being in bed, sleeping, oversleeping, intimacy issues and food in bed. Another big issue are screens. As the evening winds down,…
Read more Is A Bedtime Snack A Bad IdeaImplausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more than public health and an interest in truth. When it comes to uncovering…
Read more Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment | NutritionFacts.orgLike the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the irresistibility of its products. The…
Read more Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity | NutritionFacts.orgThe power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls. Food and beverage companies frame body weight as “a matter of personal choice.” Even when…
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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 rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food, but a different kind of food. The rise in the number…
Read more Processed Foods and Obesity | NutritionFacts.orgWe have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range. The traditional medical view on obesity,…
Read more Cutting the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods | NutritionFacts.orgRather than being some kind of disorder or a failure of willpower, weight gain is largely a normal response by normal people to an abnormal situation. It’s been…
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