Are large scale prospective nutrition studies reliable and valid?
The short answer is essentially, "yes they are." This article does an excellent job of examining some of the hype in popular media on this subject and even addresses the…
The short answer is essentially, "yes they are." This article does an excellent job of examining some of the hype in popular media on this subject and even addresses the…
Dr. Kris Verburgh came up with an alternative to the Harvard healthy eating plate that might be more practical for some who are attempting to alter their diet. The food…
I've been a bit hard on red meat recently. So, today I'll play devil's advocate. Here are three recent studies that indicate that red meat does not appear to be…
I know. I am obsessed with the Harvard School of Public Health. In this podcast, they attempt to clear up the confusion over fat: www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/multimedia-article/podcast-diet-fat/ Here's the gist of it.…
Debates about the consumption of animal proteins usually arrive at a point where the meat advocate claims that the real issue is how the animals are raised. If one would…
Researchers have discovered that despite meat-heavy diets, low levels of good cholesterol and high levels of inflammation, an indigenous South American tribe has the healthiest hearts ever examined — and…
During my review of the existing scientific literature on nutrition, health, and longevity, I've been overwhelmingly convinced that a diet that is mostly vegan with small amounts of appropriately raised…
I am a big fan of Dr. Valter Longo. If you read here regularly, you may notice I mention his name frequently. I came across his Daily Longevity Diet for…
Many readers are probably aware that the Seventh-day Adventists of Loma Linda, California are considered a blue-zone group. This means that they have one of the largest clusters in the…
It seems like every morning I wake up to another article telling me to avoid certain allegedly inflammation-causing foods. An important to always keep in mind is who is writing…