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A Bitter Life May Be Longer
Who would have guessed that a song by the Guess Who would become a health anthem? “Lonely feeling Deep inside, Find a corner where I can hide, Silent footsteps crowding me, Sudden darkness but I can...
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The end of a debate? Fat chance.
The bloggers are abuzz about a paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine that after reviewing 72 major studies found no relationship between saturated fat intake and heart disease. The reaction was...
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It looks like there is something to the Atkins diet after all
Who would have guessed that a song by the Guess Who would become a health anthem? “Silent footsteps crowding me, Sudden darkness but I can see, No sugar tonight in my coffee, No sugar tonight in my...
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Want to stop aging? Mind your telomeres. Maybe.
If you want to lengthen your life, you need to lengthen your telomeres. That’s the message from the marketers of a pricey dietary supplement called TA-65. How pricey? Try up to $4000 for a six month...
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Gluten-free diets and the mythologies surrounding them
This week’s column is guaranteed to generate controversy. There will be all sorts of anecdotes from people who say they have lost weight, gained energy and just feel better after eliminating wheat. I...
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Green tea extracts and liver disease
I think we are safe in saying that green tea doesn’t make taste buds frolic. So why do people drink it? The same reason for which the Chinese have been consuming it for millennia. Its supposed health...
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The Fat Conundrum
Butter or margarine? Olive oil or canola oil? Low fat diets or high fat diets? You would think that after literally thousands of studies we would have some straight forward answers about the effect of...
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Want to keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay? Who wouldn’t? So let’s surf the web!...
Sticking to the Mediterranean diet – low in meat and dairy products, high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish – would seem to be a good start. A study of close to 500 seniors with mild...
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When protein is not protein
You need protein to build muscle. We have all heard that, probably as early as elementary school. And it is true. Muscle is mostly made of protein and its source is protein in the diet. But the route...
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Food Babe Lesson #2
I’m not sure my chemistry lesson for the Food Babe got through to her but many of you said that I should keep up the effort to teach her some science. Others said that it was like trying to teach an...
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