60 Million Amercans Aren’t Overweight? Say What!
We’ve been hearing ad nauseum that our country is consumed by an obesity epidemic, with 60% of Americans overweight and one in […]
Category: Nutrition News & Tidbits
Let’s Explore Fructose Further
Given all the talk lately about drinking fructose water — which was triggered by the New York Times magazine piece by Freakonomics […]
Sugar-Water Diet Triggers Comments Galore
Sunday’s New York Times Magazine "Freakonomics" article from Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt) about self-created diet from UC Berkeley psychology […]
Is Lots of Fructose Water Foolhardy? Apology, Too
I would like to publicly apologize to UC Berkeley psychology professor Seth Roberts for using an inappropriate word to characterize his self-created […]
California Plays Host to Health & Obesity Conference
Keep your eyes on California on Thursday, when the state plays host to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity, […]
Canola Oil Can Age You, Cardiologist Says (Follow-Up)
This is a follow-up to my previous post about the disturbing diet that Freakonomics authors Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt […]
Check Out This Cool Calorie-Focused Site
Soon after musing yesterday about the nature of weight loss and health bloggers, I realized that I’d made a couple of glaring […]
Low-Carb, Protein-Rich Diet With Exercise Works, Study Shows
An important new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that exercise, coupled with a high-protein, low-carb diet can be especially […]
General Mills Study Backs Cereal For Breakfast
Girls who regularly ate breakfast, particularly cereal, were slimmer than those who skipped the morning meal, says a new study from Maryland […]
Oatmeal Beats Out Cap’n Crunch for Kids’ Cognition
Kids who eat whole grains for breakfast do better on tests than those who eat sugary cereals such as Cap’n Crunch, a […]