October 10, 2018 Food Science Meta-analysis of high vs low dose Vitamin D for prevention of fractures, falls, and effects of bone density concludes that the end result is the same. High and low doses had similar outcomes.
September 18, 2018 Bariatric Medicine Food marketing normalizing processed and junk food as a mainstay of our diets affecting our children’s health
August 31, 2018 Addiction UK proposes ban on energy drink sales to children. Same logic applies to alcohol and cigarette bans. Caffeine falls into that category for children.
August 30, 2018 Cardiovascular Diesase Dairy study results have more holes than Swiss cheese. It is the trifecta of being a press release, unpublished, and an observational study. Nothing to see here.
August 24, 2018 Food Psychology If you like coconut oil, use it. If you do not, then don’t. But do not overhype it claiming it is either a superfood (there are none) or The Great “Toxin” (of which it is not).
July 6, 2018 Food Another observational food study (please make it stop!!) that tries to link fast food consumption and in particular, hamburgers, with increased asthma and allergy risk.
June 25, 2018 Cardiovascular Diesase No study, just hypothesis that the amino acid arginine found in hemp (and produced in abundance by your own healthy body) can lead to high blood pressure treatment. Good luck with a compound that has a half-life of 2-6 seconds.
May 28, 2018 Food Science Egg study methodology and conclusions cracked beyond recognition. No evidence that there is a relationship between egg consumption and reduced risk of heart disease and all cause mortality.