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When Mark Sisson posted his daily intake, a few days after a mention of his high-fat diet and a shot of his abs, I decided to see what the breakdown of my intake is. I have to go ahead and apologize that there’s no appetizing (or unappetizing as the case may [...]
Grandma was right about eating your broccoli. Broccoli Protects Skin From Sun Damage - “Add sunscreen to the list of broccoli’s health benefits. A new study suggests the potent vegetable may help protect the skin from sun damage. … Researchers say the broccoli extract did not physically absorb the UV rays, but it appeared [...]
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I was sent a link to this article via my Contact Form, so I thought I’d give my thoughts on it: Diet Overkill: 25 Of the Most Ridiculous (and Ineffective) Popular Diets. There are 25 of them, so I’m not going to go through every one, but let’s take a look at what Ms. [...]
Have you been taking your fish and cod liver oil? You should, as this study shows that omega-3s protect against Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disease marked by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain.
Parkinson’s disease is caused by the progressive death of the neurons responsible for producing dopamine, a neurotransmitter closely linked with [...]
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Here is a Men’s Health article that I came across on the Performance Menu forum. It’s a brief skim-of-the-surface regarding why saturated fat won’t kill you as common wisdom tells us.
This was my favorite paragraph:
Now here’s the saturated-fat connection: Dr. Krauss found that when people replace the carbohydrates in their diet with fat–saturated or [...]
I’m sure most of us have seen this article (or one from some other news source) declaring which dietary factors influence cancer risk. Here is an overview of the findings from this study (part of the full report):
Aflatoxins “convincingly” increase the risk of liver cancer
Dietary fiber “probably” reduces the risk of colorectal cancer and [...]
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I found this lovely article by Chris Wanjek today. As you can imagine, that article made me shake my head in disgust. He is so far off-base, repeating the standard party line that I had to send him the following email:
Chris,
I have to disagree with you regarding your column [...]
Good news for women trying to conceive: eating ice cream may help! But low-fat dairy foods may increase the risk of infertility
I came across this article yesterday and thought you all might find it of interest. The main point:
Drinking whole fat milk and eating ice cream appears to be better for women trying to [...]
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An email came out recently at work that mentioned our new “Heart Healthy Lunchroom”. I found myself sitting mouth-agape reading what they find to be “Heart Healthy”. Here is the bulleted list of options available in the cafe.
- new, guilt-free French fries or chicken tenders, now being fried in zero-trans fat oil and [...]
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