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Weight Bias in Health Care
Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of weight bias and discrimination, which may be a sensiti…
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Nuts, Meat, and the Flaw in Nutrition Studies
Do people who eat nuts live longer simply because they replace protein from animals with protein from plants? The American Journal of Clinical Nutri…
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Micromorts: Putting Risk Into Perspective
A micromort, a unit for comparing and communicating risk to patients, is equivalent to a one-in-a-million chance of dying. Hundreds of millions of o…
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What Foods Help Hair Growth?
Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss. Androgenic or androgenetic alopecia is one of the most common chronic problems s…
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The Benefits and Risks of Hair Loss Drugs
What are the pros and cons of Propecia and Rogaine for hair loss? “Any consumer looking on the Internet for a treatment for hair loss is exposed to…
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Do Hair Growth Supplements Work?
Might biotin or zinc supplements prevent hair loss in men and women? By the time we’re 50, about half of us, men and women, will experience hair lo…
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The Protein Debate: Why Source Matters More Than Amount
I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality. In 2019, Dr. David Katz and colleagues, including one of my favori…
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Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Safe and Effective?
Healthy kidneys are required for potassium excretion. If you aren’t sure if you’re at risk, ask your doctor about getting your kidney function tested…
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Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Worth Trying?
Is potassium chloride a win-win by decreasing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake? Of all the terrible things about our diets, high dietar…
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The Mineral Intake Recommendations Only 1 in 6,000 U.S. Adults Meet
A staggering 99.99% of Americans fail to get the minimum recommended potassium intake (despite it being perhaps only half of our natural intake) and …
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