Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 6
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Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it...
Survey reveals the vast majority of Americans are not eating healthy, even by U.S. Dietary...
Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the...
The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of...
He who pays the piper calls the tune: studies funded by the dairy and soda...
The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same...
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our...
How have the Dietary Guidelines for Americans evolved over the years since they were first...
The success story in Finland shows that science-based dietary guidelines can save millions of lives.
Unlike the United States, where the agriculture department is the lead agency on formulating dietary...
Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard's nutrition department,...
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee stands accused of ignoring the science to justify its recommendation...
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee has been made of up individuals funded by McDonald's, Coca...
Following the recommendations of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to "shift food intake patterns...
MyPlate represents a significant improvement over the USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
The Sugar Association, Salt Institute, and American Meat Institute all railed against the new Dietary...
Most medical schools in the United States fail to provide even a bare minimum of...
Doctors found to be overconfident in their knowledge and ability to counsel patients about lifestyle...
A bill drafted by Dr. John McDougall was introduced in California to mandate that physicians...
Physician trade groups such as the California Medical Association came out in opposition of a...
California State Senator Mark Wyland struggles between his conscience and his campaign contributor in deciding...
California Senate Bill 380 to require nutrition education for physicians was passed, but not before...
Salmonella, the leading cause of food poisoning-related death, can survive most common egg cooking methods—including...
Case report of life-threatening metabolic acidosis in an infant "overdosed" with homeopathic sugar pills.
An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria....
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus "superbug" found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply, but isolated...
More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
Ginger and apple juice appear to protect human nerve cells from the neurotoxic Alzheimer's plaque...
There are thousands of flavonoid phytonutrients in fruits, vegetables, and other whole plant foods missing...
Which common fruit juices have the most (and least) phenolic phytonutrients, which may protect against...
Different fruits and vegetables appear to support different cognitive domains of the brain, so both...
Pilot study published on whether apple juice could affect the cognitive performance, day-to-day functioning, mood,...
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated...
The Institute of Medicine tripled their official vitamin D recommendation, based on target blood levels...
Should the vitamin D levels found in lifeguards be considered the norm for our species,...
The Institute of Medicine's conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of...
Vitamin D deficiency may shorten one's lifespan, but getting too much vitamin D may also...
To reach the circulating (25-hydroxy) vitamin D levels associated with the lowest overall mortality, one...
People respond differently to the same level of vitamin D supplementation, making it difficult to...
The latest revision of the official vitamin D recommendations was based on the body's reaction...
Why the current vitamin D recommendations may be too low, other expert recommendations may be...
Taking vitamin D supplements with food may be a cost-effective strategy to achieve optimum levels.
Though nasal irrigation with salt water has been found to an effective and inexpensive treatment...
Most people hospitalized with heart attacks have cholesterol levels considered "desirable" under the current recommendations....
The average "bad" cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the "near-optimal"...
To achieve the cholesterol level necessary to prevent heart attacks, most people must take cholesterol-lowering...
Cardiologists suggest that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs be given out free with fast food meals
The intake of trans fats, which come mostly from junk food and animal products; saturated...