Food and Health, Prevention
We’ve heard the recommendation to reduce the amount of added sugar we consume in order to promote good health, but what exactly is added sugar? And what is the difference between added sugar and naturally-occurring sugars?
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What’s the Difference Between Natural and Added Sugar?
We’ve heard the recommendation to reduce the amount of added sugar we consume in order to promote good health, but what exactly is added sugar? And what is the difference between added sugar and naturally-occurring sugars?
Prevention, Kids
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed adding a Daily Value (DV) maximum for added sugars to the Nutrition Facts Label. Here's what you need to know...
Food News: The FDA, Daily Values, and Added Sugars
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed adding a Daily Value (DV) maximum for added sugars to the Nutrition Facts Label. Here's what you need to know...
Themes for nutrition classes, presentations, and wellness fairs
Putting together a comprehensive and engaging cooking demonstration is hard work -- but that's about to change.
Prizes and Incentives for Nutrition Classes, Wellness Fairs, Employee Wellness Programs
Health fair prizes or incentives can move games, presentations, and activities from good to great!
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What role does vitamin K play in heart and bone health? Are Americans getting enough of it? Find out in the latest research review from James J. Kenney, ?PhD, FACN...
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Low Vitamin K2 Linked to Calcified Arteries and Weak Bones
What role does vitamin K play in heart and bone health? Are Americans getting enough of it? Find out in the latest research review from James J. Kenney, ?PhD, FACN...
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The most obvious tragic flaw in an otherwise mostly science-based report was the Advisory Committee's questionable decision to no longer include any limit on dietary cholesterol intake.
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New U.S. Dietary Guidelines To Drop Cholesterol Limits
The most obvious tragic flaw in an otherwise mostly science-based report was the Advisory Committee's questionable decision to no longer include any limit on dietary cholesterol intake.
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The experience from England seriously undermines Dr. Oparil's editorial claim that the PURE study results ?... call into question the feasibility and usefulness of dietary sodium as a population-based strategy for reducing blood pressure.? This makes me wonder why none of the science writers and journalists who were so...
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Might Reducing Salt Intake Promote ?Cardiovascular Disease?
The experience from England seriously undermines Dr. Oparil's editorial claim that the PURE study results ?... call into question the feasibility and usefulness of dietary sodium as a population-based strategy for reducing blood pressure.? This makes me wonder why none of the science writers and journalists who were so...
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The claims being made by the authors of the two PURE articles are troubling because the preponderance of credible scientific data continues to show that elevated BP is the single greatest CVD risk factor in most populations. Data from controlled clinical trials show that dietary salt in excess of...
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Do New Studies Refute the Benefits of Reducing Salt?
The claims being made by the authors of the two PURE articles are troubling because the preponderance of credible scientific data continues to show that elevated BP is the single greatest CVD risk factor in most populations. Data from controlled clinical trials show that dietary salt in excess of...