Guest Post By Dr. Susan Rubin Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. When it comes to food, we’ve been counting calories for years expecting a weight loss result that hasn’t materialized. While the food industry would like us to believe that […]
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The New York Times this morning has a piece on soda taxes that gives a great big kiss to our parents blog–Better D.C. School Food–for its coverage of the meals being served in D.C. Schools. The Times is examining the utility of and politics surrounding soda taxes, such as the one now pending before the […]
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We’ve always known that carbohydrates–not meat or fat–are the real risk for arterial and heart disease. But a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association points directly to sugar as a risk for bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The study found that sugar supresses HDL, or “good” cholesterol, and raises triglyceriedes, […]
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