Nutrition
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Pre-Cut Vegetables and Endotoxins
Endotoxins can build up on pre-cut vegetables and undermine some of their benefits. You may remember when I introduced the…
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Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy?
The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on…
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Fighting Inflammation with Flaxseeds
Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flaxseed. I previously explored the “Potent Antihypertensive Effect…
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Celebrating Food, Activism, and Black History Month with Dr. Paule Joseph
We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Paule Joseph about her work, food, activism, public health, and Black History…
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The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating
Calories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too. Time-restricted feeding, where…
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What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating
Are there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating? The reason many blood tests are taken after an…
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The Neurotoxin in Star Fruit
Starfruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses. If someone walks into…
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A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet
What are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking diet five days a month? Instead…
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Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting?
Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life?…
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How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting?
Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting every other day? For example, might…
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