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Should junk food sales be regulated? 23 May 2013 | 05:55 am
Should junk food sales be regulated? Surprisingly, many people don′t seem to think so. At least, that′s the impression I got from reading the comments to Scientific American′s recent satirical piece o...
Why clinical nutrition trials give misleading results 9 Mar 2013 | 03:59 am
Vitamins, minerals and other so-called essential nutrients are substances that the body needs to function but cannot make, or cannot make in sufficient amounts. Therefore, by definition, an adequate s...
Support your appestat to control your weight 17 Oct 2012 | 09:34 am
What is an appestat? As the name implies, the appestat is an appetite control system, much as a thermostat controls temperature. Hormones like insulin and leptin signal the body′s energy status to cel...
Lack of Essential Nutrients and Chronic Disease 25 Sep 2012 | 04:17 am
In my last post, Micronutrient deficiencies can cause DNA damage, I dealt with the connection between nutrition and genetics. Genes determine individual nutrient needs; meeting nutritional needs in tu...
Micronutrient deficiencies can cause DNA damage 31 Jul 2012 | 01:11 am
All of us, identical twins excepted, are genetically unique. Of course, everyone′s genes encode all the proteins needed for life, but the sum total of all our biochemical processes varies considerably...
High Dietary Sodium/Potassium Ratio Linked to Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease 4 Jul 2012 | 04:34 am
For decades now we have been warned against the evils of eating too much salt; an excess of dietary sodium supposedly raises the risk of heart disease. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (1) te...
Choline and fatty liver disease — a nutritional solution for a silent epidemic 10 May 2012 | 09:55 am
Fatty liver disease used to be associated with alcoholism but it is no longer restricted to heavy drinkers. Our calorie-rich but nutrient-poor diet has led to an epidemic of nonalcoholic fatty liver d...
Obesity Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk 11 Mar 2012 | 11:15 am
The last few decades have seen a dramatic rise in obesity rates and type 2 diabetes cases. There is in fact a causal connection between the two, and that link is chronic low-grade inflammation (1-4). ...
Assessing medical therapies without RCTs 21 Aug 2011 | 10:23 am
The July 2011 issue of Scientific American ran a rather interesting article on comparing the effectiveness of medical therapies (1). The piece, The Best medicine, is subtitled A quiet revolution in co...
Excess Calories, Weight Gain and Exercise 26 Jul 2011 | 09:51 am
As you know, we have a system of hormones that adjust our energy intakes — through hunger and satiety signals — to match our energy needs. What happens if we override this control system and overeat? ...
