Keto diet: based on science or millions of dollars
Do low-carbohydrate diets have a metabolic advantage for weight loss and what can happen to CrossFit trainees who switch to a Keto diet?
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A political lesson on the power of the food industry
An unbelievable story about what lobbying millions can do to shut down efforts to protect children.
Continue ReadingPregnant women, dates, Jesus, and the Quran
From the 37th week of pregnancy up until their first contraction, they ate six dates a day and the cervical ripening in first-time mothers...
Continue ReadingPhytic acid: contrary to everything you have heard before
Contrary to popular belief, phytic acid in whole grain rice, beans, and similar foods not only promotes health, but also improves bone density.
Continue ReadingGluten: no more controversies
Milioni ljudi koji nisu osetljivi na gluten po proseku troše oko tri puta više na bezglutenske namirnice, a nastavljaju da jedu životinjske proizvode. U čemu je stvar?
Continue ReadingFind Out If Your Doctor Takes Drug Company Money
In the 90s, doctors met face to face with drug industry representatives about once a week. Today, your family doctor may meet with drug company employees on average, 16 times a month.
Continue ReadingYou switched to a plant-based diet and you constantly feel hungry
Most vegetables are low in calories and provide us with very little energy. Some fruits have more calories, some less. But there is one food group that is rich with calories and which should form the foundation of a plant-based diet.
Continue ReadingWhy chocolate tastes so good
What's up with chocolate? Find out why it tastes so good, what's actually happening with your body while you eat it and how you can make any meal taste better.
Continue ReadingIllusion of contradiction: Pig fat is the 8th most nutritious food
Many people want to take responsibility for their health, but they are confused. Right when they decide to change their lives and start researching, they immediately encounter a mountain of contradictions. And that's enough to confuse and discourage most people. But contradictions in the absolute sense no longer exist.
Continue ReadingShould plant proteins be combined?
The myth that plant proteins are incomplete, necessitating protein combining, was debunked by the scientific nutrition community decades ago.
Continue ReadingHow not to die from diabetes
Almost two million people in the region of ex-YU have diabetes and spend years on insulin because no one tells them that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, arrested, and even reversed with a plant based diet.
Continue ReadingIf industrial fructose is bad, what about fructose in fruit?
Does the fructose naturally found in fruit have the same adverse effects as industrial fructose such as table sugar and high fructose corn syrup?
Continue ReadingHow much do doctors learn about nutrition in medical schools?
While bad nutrition advice from federal authorities has been chalked up to corporate influence, bad advice from the medical profession more likely arises out of ignorance. What is the status of nutrition education in medical schools?
Continue ReadingWhat is truly healthy food and what is the difference between a vegetarian, vegan, and a whole food plant based diet?
If vegan food does not automatically mean healthy food, then what is truly healthy food and how can you tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy food?
Continue ReadingBlood Type Diet: Debunked
It was Adolf Hitler who coined a propaganda technique 'The Big Lie,' arguing that people are more likely to believe colossal untruths...like the blood type diet.
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