This week, read about why diets shouldn’t be restrictive, a great sports science/nutrition site, US Dietary Guidelines report, exercise and depression, skeptics and acupuncture, maximalist shoes, benefits of walking vs running, another reason to cut back on soda, emotional eating, and more. Why Diets Shouldn’t Tell You What to Restrict This is an excellent article, […]
Category Archives: Nutrition
What’s in the US Dietary Guidelines Report?
A panel of nutrition experts has released a report to craft the 2015 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A goal of the guidelines is to provide evidence-based nutrition recommendations, and this report certainly seems to be on the right track. There will likely be complaints about the new guidelines, probably following the theme of criticisms […]
Healthy or Hype? Almond Milk
Plant-based milks are becoming more popular. Almond milk is leading the way, and currently dominates the plant-based milk market. Is it as healthy as it sounds? What is Almond Milk? Almond milk is made by soaking almonds in water until soft, blending with water to a milk-like consistency, and removing solid particles. It is popular […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about the Food Babe, the war on wheat, selling the fantasy of high protein everything, impressive graphics of vaccine effectiveness, training your brain to run faster, a scandalously bad article on HPV vaccines, and more. The Food Babe Way is Out! Unfortunately this book gives Vani Hari (aka the “Food Babe”) another […]