Schools that limit access to junk foods have fewer children that are overweight or obese. Perhaps it is time to make this a policy for all schools – we do have an epidemic of obesity among our children, and the schools are the surrogate parents for the children.
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There is a common myth that physicians are not taught much nutrition in medical school. Often this is stated by people who have never been to medical school, and where they received their information- who knows.
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You would think that something called “probiotic” would be good for you. Before you take one consider this question: would you drink out of a glass that had lipstick on it? Would you eat food from a restaurant that had hair in it? Because chances are they are safer for you than any probiotic.
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Two new drugs have been approved by the FDA for weight loss, but with very limited indications, and without knowing the long-term effect of these drugs on the heart. The drugs, Belviq and Qsymia have warnings and side effects.
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The Good cholesterol isn’t good, but the bad cholesterol is still bad. HDL is a marker, but not a cause, for individuals who have better heart health, but raising HDL does not decrease the incidence of heart disease. The good news: under your doctors directions – you probably don’t need the niacin or the fish oil – but still eat fish
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Coffee drinking may be a benefit to health. The recent study from the National Cancer Institute reports that coffee drinking is associated with a slightly lower risk of death from certain diseases than non-coffee drinkers. Coffee may be good for us– who knew
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When a movie is considered to be a documentary, and held as the reason for many to adopt a Vegan lifestyle, it is worth reviewing. This is not a documentary, a documentary means the movie would be non-fiction. The movie is filled with feel good stories, misdirection, and information that is just not factual. Still this movie has an effect – and if it were not for the facts, after watching this movie I would give up lamb for beets.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.
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Does red meat increase your mortality? According to the recent report it does- but when you analyze that report, you find that correlation does not equal causation, and here are just a few major flaws with that study.
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