Diet and Evolution: How Modern Diets Clash with our Genes
Why is obesity a problem today? Why does high blood pressure and diabetes continue to rise, while cardiovascular disease remains the...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 30, 2018
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Macronutrient Intake: America Averages [Interactive Charts]
Carbohydrate Intake; Sugar Intake; Fat Intake; Saturated Fat Intake; Protein Intake. Sugars are a subcategory of total carbohydrates, and...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 30, 2018
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How Vitamins Helped Shape Modern Medicine
Nutrition science is often the center of jokes about the seemingly never-ending flow of contradicting research. Eggs are good for you....
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 30, 2018
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Sugar Consumption in America: Do You Eat More than Average?
We’ve heard it before: _We eat too much sugar! _But just how high is sugar consumption in America? Short answer? Very High. “90% of...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 30, 2018
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Micronutrient Deficiency: 5 Groups At Risk
Most of the world does not eat a well-balanced diet. In fact, the Global Nutrition Report has found that 1 in 3 people are malnourished.
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 29, 2018
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Chronic Disease Prevention: 7 Nutrition Related Diseases
Diet is one of the most important lifestyle factors for health. Learn about 7 nutrition related chronic diseases.
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 28, 2018
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Too Much Protein: Is It Possible? Who Should Cut Back?
Is it possible to eat too much protein? In this post, we’ll summarize the research to see how much protein you need per day and what...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 28, 2018
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Diet and Longevity: Okinawa's Secret
For some us, numbers just make sense. So when I learned that inhabitants of Okinawa, Japan (one of the Blue Zones harboring a...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 28, 2018
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3 Global Micronutrient Deficiencies: How You Can Help
Persistence of Global Micronutrient Deficiencies Although the developed world has largely eliminated many acute diseases that stem from...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 18, 2018
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What Counts as Fat?
The question isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. There’s what society says. This depends on where you live as much as it does when you...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 17, 2018
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What is Metabolism? [Infographic]
1. BMR. Speaking of breathing, your basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is your “minimal cost of living.” That means, you need to burn these...
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Brian Bender, PhD
- Sep 13, 2018
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Top Non Meat Sources of Protein (Best of 6 Food Groups)
Nearly every type of meat is an excellent source of quality protein. Beef, poultry, fish, you name it. They all contain significant...
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