The modern food environment is bad news for anyone trying to improve their health through diet and/or weight loss. Fortunately, we can work around it. Why do we overeat, even though we’re aware of the importance of healthier eating? In our modern food environment, we are...
Weight Management in a Dirty World You probably have a junk drawer at home. It holds a mishmash of nuts and bolts, some old keys, a pair of pliers, a night-light bulb and a roll of duct tape? Your body also collects junk. This “junk” comes from...
The average children's breakfast cereal contains more than TWICE as much sugar as ice cream. Meet the breakfast cereals that want to destroy you By Nathanael Johnson There’s a breakfast cereal out there that’s 88 percent sugar: Lieber’s Cocoa Frosted Flakes. Basically, it’s a bowl of sugar, with...
A study published in the journal Nature Communications puts forthshocking new claims about the detrimental effects of sugar intake at levels currently considered safe. Researchers at the University of Utah fed mice a daily diet of 25 percent extra sugar — the equivalent of a healthy human...
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food “sheds light on how the foods are created and sold to people who, while not powerless, are extremely vulnerable to the intensity of these companies’ industrial formulations and selling campaigns.” What can I say? Read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&smid=fb-share&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1367647576-C9uDsDlJowyuqURaAjLkvw ...