Science and evidence-based policies are under attack. Don’t see it? Consider the budget cuts, censorship of government researchers, and threats to government agencies that put our health, food, and climate at…
Author: Caitlin Dow
That was the first question tackled by the Nutrition Science Intitiative’s Energy Balance Consortium of 10 obesity experts. (NuSI was largely financed by billionaire former hedge fund manager John Arnold…
“There are about three dozen chronic diseases and conditions associated with excess sitting,” says James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic. For example, people who report sitting for the…
In the Nurses’ Health Study, which tracked 85,000 women for 16 years, those with the healthiest lifestyles had about a 90 percent lower risk of diabetes than those with unhealthy lifestyles…
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. Nestle is the author of nine books including Food Politics:…
Less salt lowers blood pressure and disease. It’s no surprise that cutting salt lowers blood pressure. That has been shown in studies that compare higher- versus lower-salt diets in both…
“I’ve been feeling great and seem to have more energy,” wrote “Robert” on amazon.com after he started drinking apple cider vinegar every day. If you believe what you read, vinegar—especially…
“The evidence is very strong and very consistent,” says Paul Whelton, professor of epidemiology at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. “A higher potassium intake may blunt…