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Dietary Guidelines 2010: A Worthwhile Read

In case you missed it Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 was published this month.1 Commissioned by law, the Dietary Guidelines are revised and published every 5 years as a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the … Continue reading

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A Food-Based Approach to Eating

The science of nutrition is changing and not in the way you might expect. After years of “reductionist” thinking — where food has been viewed as the sum of its parts – a call to treat food as food has … Continue reading

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Sugar In = Cholesterol Out

Added sugars hit a new low this week. A study published in JAMA April 21, 2010 found that people who consume higher quantities of added sugars have worse cholesterol profiles than those who consume less. First of, what are added … Continue reading

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Are We Getting Nutrition All Wrong? (Part 2)

This past weekend was spent in the “mecca” of wellness and prevention — Southern California. As I strolled through a Santa Monica farmer’s market surveying farm fresh foods, learning about organic farming, and yes, trying raw (unpasteurized) milk, I could … Continue reading

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World Diabetes Day 2009

One of the recurring themes of BeyondApples.Org is that preventive health guidelines are and should be based on solid evidence. Most people in the general public appreciate that new drugs are rigorously tested in clinical trials — highly controlled experiments in which some people are … Continue reading

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