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WHO ADDED ALL THAT SUGAR TO MAPLE SYRUP? Who knew that we could weave such a tangled web when we practice not to deceive, but to inform? Ted Kyle of ConscienHealth reports on Vermont maple producers and legislators protesting an FDA requirement to label all the sugar in maple syrup as added sugar. Vermonters …
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DIABETES IN CATS Diabetes in cats resembles type 2 diabetes in people. The causes aren’t fully understood, but both genetic and environmental factors are believed to contribute. However, for those quick to point the wagging finger at “sugar” causing obesity and diabetes, cats don’t eat sugar. They don’t have a sweet tooth. A small Swedish …
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VEG OR MED FOR WEIGHTLOSS AND HEART HEALTH? Take your pick! According to research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, vegetarian and Mediterranean diets are likely equally effective in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke. The study included 107 healthy but overweight participants, ages 18–75, who were randomly assigned to follow …
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MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND DEPRESSION A new trial from Deakin University shows improving diet quality helps treat major depression. “We’ve known for some time that there is a clear association between the quality of people’s diets and their risk for depression,” says Professor Felice Jacka, president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. “This is …
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MISTAKEN BELIEFS ABOUT PET NUTRITION AND OBESITY Obesity in pets is at epidemic proportions. Obesity and overweight are an important health issue for more than half of our furry friends. Obesity continues to be the greatest health threat to dogs and cats. It is a disease that kills millions of pets prematurely, can cause complications …
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GOOD CARBS CONSENSUS The International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC) released a public statement outlining the scientific consensus on the health benefits of eating wholegrain foods such as brown rice, oats, corn, barley and more in November 2017. Most of the studies the consensus statement was based on were observational as there are very few clinical …
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NUTS TO YOU At the start of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the every-resourceful alien Ford Prefect buys six pints of beer, ostensibly as a relaxant, as the world is about to end … To his beers Ford Prefect also added several packets of salted peanuts from the bar. Most bars have nuts. Some …
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CAN CHICKEN SOUP CURE A COLD? Of all the homemade winter cure-alls, chicken soup is the best known and most loved. In fact, the term “chicken soup” has become idiomatic for all things restorative; benefiting every possible problem from the head to the soul. In many different cultures, chicken soup is a traditional treatment for …
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PROTEIN AND THE PROSPECT OF DIABETES There have been a couple of prospective studies or what we are now going to call “Methodist ministers and Cuban rum” studies recently on protein intake and risk of type 2 diabetes. The findings of the University of Eastern Finland study in the British Journal of Nutrition suggest the …
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FUDGING CONCLUSIONS ABOUT CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION “We have a pretty good idea of how to curb childhood obesity.” Such convictions run deep. And because of those convictions, prevention is a frontline strategy for dealing with childhood obesity. So, it’s especially dispiriting when we see the scientific literature stained by a paper that fudges conclusions about …
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