by Michael O'Neill | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rick Foster recounts in the Huffington Post what happened to his health markers after cutting sugar for a year. Amongst other things, he reports: Weight: 25lb reduction without dieting Blood pressure: 137/88 –> 105/72 Triglycerides: 141–> 78 Glucose:...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
In his recent article, writing for Discover, Gary Taubes takes Harvard School of Public Health and UC San Diego researchers to task for impersonating actual scientists and making dietary recommendations. …every time that these Harvard researchers had claimed...
by Michael O'Neill | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just checked my mail and was excited to see that Hy-Vee, one of the local grocery stores I shop at, has agreed to stop stop stocking pink slime. That’s awesome news, and I’m glad they stopped the whole “blame the consumer” approach to...
by Michael O'Neill | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to the press release, researchers at Johns Hopkins will announce details of an interesting new study on June 3, at the American College of Sports Medicine. At this time, they aren’t releasing the full research…but the teasers in the press release...
by Michael O'Neill | Mar 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
So I wrote HyVee to see if they use “pink slime” in the ground beef I buy at the meat counter. Here is their response: Dear Mr. O’Neill, Thank you for contacting Hy-Vee via our website to express your concern about the use of Lean Finely Textured Beef...
by Michael O'Neill | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
New research out of Israel and published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition compares low-carb, high protein diets to low fat and Mediterranean diets and reports that low-carb diets beat others for weight loss at 6 months and 2 years. Additionally,...
