What is the best diet for health? What is the best diet for weight loss? These are common questions for many people, and misinformation abounds through bestselling books, media reports, internet blogs, and well-meaning friends. Who should you believe? WEIGHT LOSS Beware of fad diets promising quick results. Often these diets aren’t nutritionally sound and […]
Category Archives: Disease Prevention
Food Psychology: What is Controlling your Eating?
Have you finished a bag of chips when you only wanted a few? Do you eat only when you are hungry? If physiological cues were the sole determinants of our eating habits, the nation’s obesity and health statistics would look quite different! Ubiquitous food marketing and advertising make it obvious that many other factors have […]
Food Rules
Choosing what to eat for good health is confusing for many people. Despite the guidelines and efforts of nutrition experts, health officials, and various health groups, the typical Western diet remains a major contributor to poor health and chronic disease. Nutrition science has uncovered a wealth of clues to linking components of diet to disease, […]
Research Updates
I enjoy keeping up-to-date with the latest nutrition, sports science, and disease-prevention research. Remember, although one study can make a dramatic headline, it often takes years of research and different kinds of studies to show how something is affecting our health. Below are links to research that caught my attention. I’ll be updating the list […]