Michael Ruhlman’s article: “No Food Is Healthy: Not Even Kale” mostly deals with how we describe food semantically. He doesn’t like the idea of calling foods ” healthy”. He’d rather that “healthy’ ... READ MORE...
The Dietary Guidelines For Americans – Philosophically Better, but Recommendations Don’t Reflect It.
January 7, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Evidence that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are finally taking a more wholistic view of nutrition appears in the first ... READ MORE...
Response to JAMA Article About 2015 Dietary Guidelines
July 1, 2015 By 1 Comment
A recent article appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) entitled “The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting The Ban on Total Dietary Fat". Dr. Dariush Mozaffrarian and Dr. ... READ MORE...
Thoughts on the AND’s Sponsorship Policy, Cheese Product and Cheese
March 17, 2015 By 2 Comments
There has been quite an uproar among registered dietitians over an ABC news article that revealed the decision by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) to allow Kraft Singles to display the ... READ MORE...
We Don’t Need The Latest Dairy Study to Bash Dairy
November 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A research article entitled “Lactose Intolerance and Risk of Lung, Breast and Ovarian Cancers: Etiolgical Clues from a Population-based study in Sweden” was published in the British Journal of Cancer ... READ MORE...
The Sodium Question is Meaningless for Most of Us.
November 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I recently participated in a webinar sponsored by Con Agra called “Sodium (Too much, too little or just right?)”. Con Agra Foods, Inc is an American packaged foods company that makes and sells ... READ MORE...
Latest Type II Diabetes Study Asks Meaningless Question
September 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Daily Mail recently published an article on the results of a Swedish study that showed the following associations between dairy products and type II diabetes and meat and type II diabetes: ... READ MORE...
Musings About T. Colin Campbell’s Musings About Science
August 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
In his article “Musings About Science”, T. Colin Campbell laments the erosion of scientific ideals among the institutions that manage the basic science that underlies the public’s understanding of ... READ MORE...
The Primary Goal of Medical Research Must Change
March 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) is a bold new venture between the NIH, ten biopharmaceutical companies and several non-profit organizations to transform the current model for developing ... READ MORE...
Reductionist Nutrition Research That Will Break Hearts
March 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine entitled: Association of Dietary, Circulating and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis’ suggests that ... READ MORE...
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