Wouldn’t it be nice if a simple, inexpensive vitamin supplement could solve so many health-related issues? So begins the question at the heart of a review featured in this article: http://www.healthcanal.com/nutrition/73501-vitamin-d-may-not-be-the-great-solution-to-health-problems.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+healthnewshc%2FOxfp+%28Health+News+from+HealthCanal.com%29 As I’ve written in …
A Unique Take on Obesity Management
I just returned from a quick but fab weekend in Tabernash, CO visiting my freshman (1970) year RA at Vanderbilt University, Whitney, and his wife, Kathleen, with my lady friend, Kathy. And while no confusion …
Low Carb Will Take You Only So Far
Since the Paleo diet became such a fad, courtesy of CrossFit and other high-protein promoters, science has struggled to address the ratio issue in our diets: that is, whereas once high carbs were promoted for …
Physical Activity Does Curb Appetite
Good news: performing physical activity reduces your appetite – for hormonal if not psychological reasons – at least for 9 hours. So it’s worth noting that you might want to engage in activity prior to …
Help the Kids Cut the Sugar Habit
This is a great article with sound advice on how to help your kids – and maybe you – cut the sugar habit. Some good facts, good pointers but one really solid, absolutely essential bit …
Processed Meats May Be Deadly
Pretty damning headline, eh? Seems the evidence, as composited by a diet and nutrition task force in the US and now this study, is demonstrating that Subway-style processed meats, even if not served in high …
Eggs – or at Least One Egg – Won’t Kill You
It came out last year or so that eating cholesterol-rich foods ain’t as bad as they once thought. Now this says an egg a day won’t kill you…but the bacon, well, they just don’t know …
Part 3: The Science of Weight Loss Just Got Messier
Can a food manufacturer or grower be faithful to science if it funds the researcher? And vice versa. In Part 3 of a three-part series, I address this latest bit of unsettling news reported …
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The Weight Loss Agenda Just Got Messier
Earlier this summer, three news articles blasted out of the summer doldrums to shake up everyone’s ideas about weight management and dieting. In a likely futile effort to reconcile what each says with what the …
Why diets don’t actually work…but how to make them work better – Part 2
A couple weeks ago, I posted Part 1 of this discussion on weight management – Why Diets Don’t Actually Work. Here’s the rest of the story – how to manage weight with two, or a …
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