Nutrition News Bites 5/1/17
As you rummage through your Easter basket for those last few jelly beans that got lost in the fake grass, here are a few more of the latest nutrition food […]
More sweet news…
Diet sodas linked to stroke and Alzheimer’s? The popular press is having a field day with an article that appeared in the journal, Stroke, two weeks ago that claimed to […]
Nutrition in the News 3/23/17
Seeing or hearing news about what you should or shouldn’t eat and wondering what’s true? Here is my take on the past few weeks’ news. The New York Times: All […]
Why you should run from health care providers who try to sell you supplements
When I was a starving grad student subsisting on $565 a month, the high point of my year was attending the annual meeting of the doctors and researchers who treat […]
Is Overweight Caused by Genetics? And Does it Really Matter?
Just in time for the peak of the holiday eating frenzy and New Years, the New York Times published an article in its Health section last week exploring the difficulty […]
Processing the Issues with Processed Foods
Has your doctor told you to avoid processed foods to help with a health condition? Has a friend or health coach bored you to tears about how he’s turned his […]
Superfoods: Super Hype?
What is the latest Superfood you think you should be eating? Beet juice? Maca? Or, what have you managed to stuff into your daily diet but are wondering why? Kale […]
A Bitter Revelation about the Sugar Industry
As reported earlier this week in the NYT, the medical journal, “JAMA Internal Medicine,” just published an article revealing the evidence that in the 1960s, the trade organization that represented […]
Think those vitamins, and minerals, and herbs you buy are safe? Think again!
This week, I was planning on writing about superfoods, those things we keep hearing and reading about and feel guilty about not eating, but as I was catching up on […]
What is the biggest lesson from the biggest loser?
It’s been a controversial summer in nutrition news! One of the biggest stories was the New York Times article that reported that most of the Biggest Losers winners have regained […]