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Is there any food or beverage that leads to a 鈥渘egative" calorie balance?

20 Mar 2017

Easy answer. No. There is nothing that can be consumed that causes a greater expenditure of calories than it provides. But advertisers have given the idea a shot. But it wasn鈥檛 long before the idea...

Pizza Pie in the Sky

20 Mar 2017

Imagine being admitted to a hospital with a heart attack and a doctor asking how many times a week you eat pizza. This was the actual question that was asked of 507 heart attack victims and 478...

Gluten-free Diets and the Mythologies Surrounding Them

20 Mar 2017

This week鈥檚 column is guaranteed to generate controversy. There will be all sorts of anecdotes from people who say they have lost weight, gained energy and just feel better after eliminating wheat....

How to Keep Alzheimer's at Bay

20 Mar 2017

Sticking to the Mediterranean diet聽鈥撀爈ow in meat and dairy products,聽high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fish聽鈥撀爓ould seem to be a good start. A study of close to 500聽seniors with mild...

Arsenic in Treated Wood

20 Mar 2017

What comes to mind when you think of arsenic?聽 Inheritance powder?聽 The possible murder of Napoleon?聽 Poisoned wells in Bangladesh?聽 Well, how about playgrounds, decks or picnic tables?聽 Concern...

Can "Kombucha tea" prevent the flu?

20 Mar 2017

While some people are looking to stockpile Tamiflu in case the bird flu strikes, a few others are placing their bets on a foul concoction with a folkloric history of curing everything from AIDS and...

A Sour Lawsuit

20 Mar 2017

I don鈥檛 know who Debbie Banafsheha is, but she is abusing the legal system for personal gain through spreading twaddle. Debbie has sued Heinz for what she claims is false advertising because the...

Whole grains and protein, part of a complete breakfast

20 Mar 2017

"Eat Your Oatmeal! Study Finds That a Bowl a Day May Keep the Grim Reaper Away,' screams a headline reporting on a study by researchers at Harvard University.聽Somewhat overly optimistic, given that...

The Golden Marketing of Golden Alcohol

20 Mar 2017

Marketing these days is often based not on what is in a product, but rather on what it doesn鈥檛 contain. Labels scream no cholesterol, no trans fats, no gluten, no BPA, no phthalates, no parabens...

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