Mexican Food Is Healthy. The Taco Took the Blame.
Mexican food isn’t unhealthy — American processing is. Real tacos deliver fiber, gut health, and Mediterranean biology in a corn tortilla.
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Whole Milk Isn’t the Fix—Feeding Kids Is
Whole Milk Is Back in Schools But Hungry Kids Are Still the Real Problem Whole milk is back in school cafeterias. As a result, a lot of people are celebrating. Some are calling it a victory for nutrition. Others are calling it common sense. Meanwhile, a few are even calling it a breakthrough. However, that…
Read MoreFood Pyramid Blues: Influencers are not Scientists
When Influencers Replace Scientists, Everyone Loses Every few years, nutrition gets a makeover.First comes a new graphic.Then comes a new slogan.Soon after, we hear claims that this time, someone finally figured it all out. Recently, that makeover arrived in the form of a “reverse food pyramid” and the cheerful phrase “Eat Real Food.” On the…
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Mediterranean Diet – Fats
Mediterranean Diet – Fats Olive oil is the single ingredient most associated with the Mediterranean Diet. It is the one single food substitution you can do that will improve your health immediately and have great consequences. But not all olive oil is the same. Olive oil and your heart There are many types of fat…
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What We Know About Fat
The USDA recommendations for using less saturated fat and more monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat were not based no the scientific literature. What we really know about fat, and diet – based on prospective studies, is here- and it isn’t what you think it should be.
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