Newly discovered internal documents reveal that Big Sugar downplayed the risks of sugar in the ‘60s while exaggerating the dangers of fat. This post from The Two-Way: NPR highlights how 50 years ago, the sugar industry quietly paid scientists to point blame at fat. In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards ... Continue Reading
How Big Sugar Industry Demonized Healthy Fat
Newly discovered documents show that Big Sugar paid scientists in the 1960s to shape the debate around heart disease, sugar and fat. This post from The New York Times reveals how the sugar industry smartly shifted the blame to fat. The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promotesaturated fat as the culprit ... Continue Reading
Healthy Food That Competes with Superfoods
You can’t live on superfoods alone. Healthy food that is high on nutrition and low on hype does exist but is being overlooked. This post from Chicago Tribune highlights why it’s good to look beyond the obvious superfoods. So-called "superfoods" have been garnering so much attention the last few years, you've got to wonder what people did before pomegranates, kale and acai ... Continue Reading
Latest Dietary Guidelines Advise Quitting Sugar
Updated every five years, the recently announced federal dietary guidelines packed in some surprises despite being similar to those of the past 35 years. This post from Well blog reviews what’s new in this year’s dietary guidelines: there’s welcome news for lovers of shrimp, eggs and coffee, but some confusion on fat and conflicting information over meat. There’s good news, ... Continue Reading
The 10 Diet Myths That Wreck Your Health
In this post from The Sydney Morning Herald, Sarah Berry clears the air on some long-held diet myths that have been debunked by the ever-evolving field of nutritional science. "Dietary advice does not merely need a review; it should not have been introduced." This is the arresting conclusion made in a new review published in BMJ's Open Heart journal. In this instance, the ... Continue Reading