One would think that producers of the Dr. Oz show would pay at least a little attention to the widely publicized study that appeared in the British Medical Journal examining the health...
The bloggers are abuzz about a paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine that after reviewing 72 major studies found no relationship between saturated fat intake and heart disease. The reaction was...
There is a lot of buzz around a set of scientific papers that calls into question the effectiveness of multivitamin supplements. Let me add a few notes to the buzz as the vitamin supplement...
Butter or margarine? Olive oil or canola oil? Low fat diets or high fat diets? You would think that after literally thousands of studies we would have some straight forward answers about the effect...
Who would have guessed that a song by the Guess Who would become a health anthem? 鈥淪ilent footsteps crowding me, Sudden darkness but I can see, No sugar tonight in my coffee, No sugar tonight in my...
Back in the early 70s, just as I was developing an interest in the chemistry of food, I came across a witty quote by Mark Twain. 鈥淧art of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and...
Sticking to the Mediterranean diet聽鈥撀爈ow in meat and dairy products,聽high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish聽鈥撀爓ould seem to be a good start. A study of close to 500聽seniors with mild...
If you want to lengthen your life, you need to lengthen your telomeres. That鈥檚 the message from the marketers of a pricey dietary supplement called TA-65. How pricey? Try up to $4000 for a six...
鈥淥bservational鈥� studies are interesting but 鈥渋nterventional鈥� studies are the nuts and bolts of nutritional science. And talking about nuts, a study just published in the New England Journal of...
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