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Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Body Weight with Rick Mattes [Podcast]
If you’re looking for ways to reduce the calories, carbohydrates and sugars from your diet, then you’re not alone. Low-calorie sweeteners are one option many people turn…
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Fast Take: Should You Be Passing on Protein?
A new study from Finland is adding fuel to the food tribe debate, and protein enthusiasts may not like the headlines this study is generating. Given the…
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Sound Science: A High-Level View of Low-Calorie Sweeteners
We’re back with another installation of Sound Science, the forum where we spotlight quality research studies and scientific conclusions that may have flown under your radar. This…
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Sound Science: Caffeine and Athletic Performance
Whether you run on caffeine or caffeinate up before your run, here’s a bit of good news to jump start your day. In a study published in…
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Sound Science: Time to Cheer for Corn
In previous posts we’ve highlighted the importance, safety and other positive attributes of genetically engineered (GE, Genetically Modified Organism or GMO) crops. Biotechnology’s use in food production…
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Fast Take: Takeaways from a New Study Pitting Low-Carb & Low-Fat Diets Against One Another
Low-carb? Low-fat? Personalized to your DNA? There’s a lot of hype about which diet, if any, is best for your long-term health. New research from JAMA may…
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Fast Take: “Ultra-Processed” Foods and Cancer
In today’s food-centric culture, the phrase “processed foods” gets thrown around a lot. Typically the term carries a negative undertone and sometimes for good reasons. For example,…
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Fast Take: This Is No Time to Disparage Asparagus
I hope that you’re reading this before you decided to throw that new bunch of asparagus directly in the trash can (if not, I’m sorry for your…
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