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10 10, 2016

Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
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Thiamine (Vitamin B1)

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Thiamine (Vitamin B1)

Vitamin B1 (also known as thiamine) is one of the eight B vitamins sometimes collectively known as B-complex. All B vitamins help you turn your food into energy, but they each have specific (if overlapping)

3 10, 2016

Vitamin A
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Vitamin A

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Vitamin A

The first installment in my new series- Vitamin and Mineral Mondays- is here! Join me each week for a look at a new vitamin or mineral and its benefits. Vitamin A is one of a

26 09, 2016

THE REAL DEAL ON FIBER: It’s way more important than we thought
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THE REAL DEAL ON FIBER: It’s way more important than we thought

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THE REAL DEAL ON FIBER: It’s way more important than we thought

When I was a kid, my grandmother was always trying to get me to eat a lot of foods you had to chew a lot. “Gives you roughage”, she’d say wisely. “Keeps you regular”. Well,

9 09, 2016

Grass-fed meat: Hype or Hope?
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Grass-fed meat: Hype or Hope?

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Grass-fed meat: Hype or Hope?

This is a fact: Cows weren’t meant to eat grain. Seriously. It’s just not their natural diet. You can make them eat it, just like you can make lions in the zoo eat Cheerios, but

29 08, 2016

The Bulletproof Coffee Phenomena
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The Bulletproof Coffee Phenomena

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The Bulletproof Coffee Phenomena

This last weekend I attended a seminar in San Diego, and one of the sponsors was Bulletproof Coffee. What is bulletproof coffee, you ask? The short answer is that it’s coffee with butter in it

18 08, 2016

Can Whey Protein Help You Lose Weight?
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Can Whey Protein Help You Lose Weight?

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Can Whey Protein Help You Lose Weight?

Whey protein may be a great weapon in the fight against type 2 diabetes. And it may also help you lose weight. We’ve actually known this for a while-- just last year, in the world

23 06, 2016

Grilling Your Way to Cancer? You don’t have to.
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Grilling Your Way to Cancer? You don’t have to.

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Grilling Your Way to Cancer? You don’t have to.

There is a smart way to grill, and a dumb way to grill. The first helps protect your health, the other does exactly the opposite.

15 02, 2016

Why I Hate the New Dietary Guidelines, Part Two
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Why I Hate the New Dietary Guidelines, Part Two

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Why I Hate the New Dietary Guidelines, Part Two

Last month I told you why I think it’s very hard to take the USDA dietary guidelines very seriously.

30 01, 2016

Turnips
Turnips

The 15 Foods (and 5 Beverages) I Can’t Do Without

Turnips

Whenever I think of turnips, I can’t help recalling that line in Tennessee Williams’s famous play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, where Big Daddy calls the little kids “no-neck monsters”! That’s because turnips have

25 10, 2015