15 years ago, food scientists at University of California in Davis planted 10 adjacent fields to compare farming methods. The results? Definitive proof that organic growing methods result in distinct nutritional benefits. In the August 2008 issue of Cooking Light magazine, James Beard award winning food writer Peter Jaret reports that the UC Davis researchers […]
Category: Nutrition in the news
How fat is your state?
19% of the adults in my state are considered “obese”, yet we’re still considered the skinniest state in the nation. No wonder weight loss is such a large and growing industry! If almost 1 in 5 Coloradans are obese, and we’re the skinny state, what does that mean for the rest of the country? The […]
How does the Atkins Diet hold up after 2 years?
A study just released showed that participants in a 2-year weight loss study lost an average of 10.3 lbs. while following the Atkins low-carb diet. This was a eensy-weensy bit more than the participants following a Mediterranean diet (lost 10 lbs. average) and the ones on a low-fat diet (lost 6.5 lbs.). While the Dr. […]
Steamed about Sunscreen
Am I the only one who feels like every time I turn around I learn about some new threat to my health from a product I’ve felt safe with for years? Right now I feel this way about sunscreen. I already knew that the massive campaign to wear sunscreen has been so successful that many […]
Kids on Cholesterol Drugs
I was outraged to read that the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to “ward off future heart problems.” Wow. Pretty drastic measures, I would say, to administer drugs that haven’t been around long enough to have long-term, lifespan data to know what effects […]
