A significant body of research now suggests that dietary exposure to glyphosate can alter the microbiome in the human stomach. One outcome of shifting the microbiome in the human GI track is what is often referred to as “sour stomach.” Anyone who has experienced a sour stomach knows what it is (but perhaps not by […]
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Early menopause is defined as the cessation of ovarian function before the age of 45. It impacts about 10% of women and heightens risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and other diseases. Research has uncovered few ways to prevent early-onset menopause. But scientists at the University of Massachusetts have found one way to reduce the odds […]
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The conclusion of a provocative, March 2017 commentary in JAMA Pediatrics is short and to the point – “…processed food is an experiment that failed.” The author, Dr. Robert Lustig, is a pediatric endocrinologist at U.C. San Francisco. He has carried out multiple studies on the impact of diet on children’s growth, development, and metabolic diseases. […]
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“Stop Picking on Potatoes. They can feed the world” appears in the food section of the January 25, 2017 Washington Post. Written by the paper’s senior food writer, Tamar Haspel, it begins by noting that just about everyone, and all institutions offering advice on what Americans should eat, stress the same thing – eat more […]
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Fresh off the printer is a new paper featured in Nature: Scientific Reports that describes important new research by an international consortium of scientists led by Robin Mesnage from the Gene Expression and Therapy Group at King’s College of London. It appears that for the first time, clear evidence has been published of subtle metabolic […]
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A wide body of research, involving work with dozens of organisms spread all over the tree of life, has shown that restricting caloric intake tends to promote longevity. But it can also reduce energy levels and impair reproductive performance. Scientists have shown that the plant secondary metabolite and antioxidant resveratrol mimics the impacts of caloric […]
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A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Panel on Agriculture says two billion people lack the range of vitamins and minerals in their diet needed to keep them healthy. This report also highlights a fact about global nutrition that few people realize: obesity and stunting from undernourishment now occur in the […]
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Cudos to Nina Teicholz and the L.A. Times for this provocative piece about the politics of food science in America over the last 75 years. Teicholz reminds us about the recent controversy over the revelation that Harvard scientists in the 1960s were paid by industry reps to downplay the dangers of sugar to ensure that fat and […]
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I follow statistics on global food trade closely, but was still shocked by some of the findings in the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG’s) assessment of whether, and to what degree, U.S. agriculture “feeds the world” as is so often claimed. A few key findings from this report: 86% of all US exports in 2015 went […]
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Tamar Haspel is a talented food writer for the Washington Post. She often delves into food quality and health issues. In this “Unearthed” piece she uses dollars per calorie as the basic metric of the cost of “healthy” food, and compares basics like flour and vegetable oils to processed foods like Doritos and hot dogs. […]
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