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Can Exercise Counteract a High-Fat Meal?
There is a window of time in which sufficient physical activity can help mediate some of the damage caused by eating an unhealthy meal. I’ve previou…
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How a Single Meal Can Cripple Your Arteries and Lungs
What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal? We are only as old as our arteries. What can we do to preserve arterial function as we age? A …
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What Is the Best Poop Position?
The Squatty Potty is put to the test. Previously, I’ve talked about the potential efficacy of prunes and dried figs to keep us regular. What influenc…
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Can Ultra-Processed Foods Be Fixed by Tweaking Their Nutrients?
What happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber content in the first randomized controlled trial? In the Un…
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How the Fight to Ban Trans Fat Was Won
What was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate the food industry failed? There are three broad approach…
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Why Healthy Fast-Food Menu Options Can Backfire
Adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human psychology. In 2017, and to …
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Which legumes are best at inhibiting the matrix metalloproteinase enzymes that allow cancer to become invasive? Although we’re spending billions of…
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
How can we avoid the breakdown products of pesticides that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as much as if you carried APOE e4, the so-cal…
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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?
I quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunch meat. In 2018, arguably the most prestigious c…
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The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer
How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch…
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