Doesn't dietary fat 'clog up' the arteries and cause coronary disease?  It would seem from popular press that this has been proven beyond a shadow of…

With the publication of Dr. Key's Seven Country Study, the origins of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis were laid down.  The major problem was that this was …

“It is now increasingly recognized that the low-fat campaign has been based on little scientific evidence and may have caused unintended health cons…

The populations of China and the Far East are slowly developing the same epidemic of diabetes and obesity that has overtaken the United States.  As n…

For years, fructose was considered a benign sweetener because of its low glycemic index.  Fructose was found naturally in fruits.  The problem, as o…

The epidemiological evidence linking sugar consumption and diabetes as well as obesity is overwhelming.  Very little controversy surrounds this fact.…

Sugars are fattening.  Of that, there is really little doubt.  Almost everybody can agree upon this fact.  The reason it is fattening is a little m…

Diluted vinegar is a traditional tonic for weight loss.  Indeed, mention of this remedy is found as far back as 1825, when Brillat-Savarin wrote ab…

Devotees of the low carb approach faced the red meat dilemma.  Meat was supposed to be non fattening because it was not a carbohydrate.  However, so…

Our dilemma here is that there are really two opposing effects of meat and other animal proteins.  One is to raise insulin which tends to cause weigh…