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Benefits of Quinoa for Lowering Triglycerides
How do the nutrition and health effects of quinoa compare to whole grains?
Flashback Friday: Boosting Brown Fat Through Diet
The fat-burning properties of brown adipose tissue can be boosted by cold exposure, certain flavor molecules, and arginine-rich foods.
The Role of the Toxic Food Environment in the Obesity Epidemic
Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic, such as sedentary lifestyles or lack of self-discipline, serve the needs of the manufacturers and marketers more than the public’s health and the interest in truth.
The Role of Corporate Influence in the Obesity Epidemic
Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal: maximize the irresistibility of their products.
Flashback Friday: Coffee & Mortality
What effect does coffee and tea consumption have on longevity, cancer risk, GERD reflux, bone fractures, glaucoma, sleep quality, and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)?
The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic
How the power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls.
The Role of Food Advertisements in the Obesity Epidemic
We all like to think we make important life decisions like what to eat consciously and rationally, but if that were the case we wouldn’t be in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
Flashback Friday: How to Reduce Your TMAO Levels
Should we be concerned about high-choline plant foods, such as broccoli, producing the same toxic TMAO that results from eating high-choline animal foods, such as eggs?
The Role of Marketing in the Obesity Epidemic
The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic.
The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic
Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions to support the likes of the sugar and livestock industries?