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Paula Deen: The Lost Teaching Moment

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 04.24.2012

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Dr. Jonny Bowden

If only the message from the media about Paula Deen had been "We're all eating too much sugar!" Instead, a perfectly good teaching moment was wasted in a sea of inanities about the "dangers" of eating fat.

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Low-Carb Diets Linked With Type 2 Diabetes

Tim Harlan, M.D. | Posted 06.24.2011

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Tim Harlan, M.D.

Fad diets are clearly not all they are cracked up to be. Most are simply made up of theories that seldom get put to the test other than with the anec...

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Fat or Carbs: Which Is Worse?: A Response

John McDougall, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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John McDougall, M.D.

Pointing the guilty finger away from fat and towards carbohydrates is self-serving for those diet experts who themselves refuse to give up their high-fat diet.

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What Ever Happened to the Venerable Hamburger?

Dr. John Salerno | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. John Salerno

So why would we say you shouldn't eat hamburger, chopped meat, ground beef, or the other iterations this product is sold under. Without sounding too much like an old fogey, hamburger is just not what it used to be.

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Happiness in the Post-Shopping Economy

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

My late mother used shopping as a hobby. If she were still alive, I wonder if she would be looking for something else to occupy her time. It seems many Americans are.

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Low-carb? Low-fat? Study finds calories count more

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.17.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Low-fat, low-carb or high-protein? The kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that really counts is cutting calories and...

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Low-Carb Diet Causes Memory Loss

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dieters who eliminate carbohydrates from their diet may lose some extra pounds, but it could leave them fuzzy headed and forgetful, says a new study. ...

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Low Carbohydrate Diets and the Political Conventions

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jonny Bowden

We make our alliances based on unconscious motivations then look for evidence to justify the choices. I've noticed a parallel between choosing sides in the nutrition war and in politics.

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