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What Can You Do for a Fatty Liver?
It’s normal to have a certain amount of fat in your liver, because processing dietary and blood fats is a big part of what the liver does. But in certain situations, fat can start to build up in the...
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Can a Gluten Free Diet Help with Thyroid Disease?
Jessica writes:“I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism several months ago. There are many websites, blogs, and Facebook groups for people with hypothyroidism that insist that you have to go gluten-free....
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Can You Be Resistant to Weight Loss?
Most of us who counsel people on weight management eventually run into overweight people who seem to be unable to lose weight, even when they do everything right. They monitor their caloric intake (or...
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The 10 Most Nutritious Foods for the Money
If you’re trying to eat a healthy diet on a limited budget, you’ll quickly run into a dilemma: The cheapest sources of calories - dollar menu, anyone? - are not terribly good for you. At the same time,...
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How Salty Foods Affect Hunger and Weight Loss
Most of the warnings we hear about reducing the amount of salt in our diets have to do with reducing the risks related to high blood pressure. But a new study suggests another reason that some people...
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Test Your Summer Nutrition Smarts
Summer officially begins this weekend (here in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway). To celebrate, I have a little quiz for you to test your summer nutrition savvy. Can you get a perfect score? (If you're...
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"What the Health" Documentary: A Review
A number of you have asked me to respond to a new documentary called What the Health, which you can find on Netflix or Vimeo. This is the latest in a growing number of documentary films focusing on how...
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Does Losing Weight Release Toxins?
Gene writes: “I’ve read that toxic chemicals get stored in our fat cells and that when you lose weight, these are released into your body. But all the sources I can find are companies selling detox...
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What Can You Do for a Fatty Liver?
It’s normal to have a certain amount of fat in your liver, because processing dietary and blood fats is a big part of what the liver does. But in certain situations, fat can start to build up in the...
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Can a Gluten Free Diet Help with Thyroid Disease?
Jessica writes:“I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism several months ago. There are many websites, blogs, and Facebook groups for people with hypothyroidism that insist that you have to go gluten-free....
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Can You Be Resistant to Weight Loss?
Most of us who counsel people on weight management eventually run into overweight people who seem to be unable to lose weight, even when they do everything right. They monitor their caloric intake (or...
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The 10 Most Nutritious Foods for the Money
If you’re trying to eat a healthy diet on a limited budget, you’ll quickly run into a dilemma: The cheapest sources of calories - dollar menu, anyone? - are not terribly good for you. At the same time,...
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Nutrition Tips for Beating Jet Lag
Whether you’re traveling for work or pleasure, jet lag can put a damper on things, especially if your travels take you across three or more time zones. It takes a while for your body’s circadian...
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What Is Mycoprotein?
Becca writes:"I'd love to hear your thoughts on mycoprotein. I've been using it as a chicken substitute but I don't know much about it."“Myco” refers to things related to fungi but mycoprotein is not...
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2 Ways to Hack Your Blood Sugar
It’s perfectly normal for your blood sugar to rise after a meal, as your body converts the food you eat into energy. This is known as your post-prandial glucose response. But you don’t want your blood...
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Can You Be Healthy at Any Size?
Is carrying a few extra pounds really as big a deal as everyone makes it out to be?It’s true that body weight is strongly correlated with the risk of various diseases such as heart disease, stroke,...
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The Low-Carb Craze: Are Carbohydrates Killing Us?
A big new study, published last month in the Lancet, suggests that cutting back on carbohydrates and eating more fat may extend your life. At first glance, this new finding might seem to validate the...
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Should You Follow Tom Brady’s Nutrition Advice?
NFL star Tom Brady’s book just hit the shelves accompanied by massive fanfare. The book outlines his TB12 Method, a holistic approach to training, nutrition, and lifestyle that promises to help you...
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How to Build More Muscle with Less Protein
Buckle your seat belts and pull out your pocket protectors: We’re going full nutrition-nerd today, talking about the role of dietary protein in maximizing muscle protein synthesis. But don’t assume...
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3 Ways to Improve Your Nutrition This Fall
As autumn gets under way in the Northern Hemisphere, here are three tips for transitioning out of summer and into the cooler weather. For our many readers from the Southern Hemisphere, I realize that...
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