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What is the Best Way To Eat

Jun 15, 2017RJacobyFood & Recipescarbohydrates, cholesterol, diet, fats, low fat, meat, nutrition, sugar, vegetarian diet

What’s “good” and “bad” in the name of health? Three accomplished physicians (Frank Lipman, Mark Hyman, and Joel Kahn) duke it out over the right way to eat for optimal health.

s the “obesity crisis” just a disguise for a deeper problem?

Mar 28, 2016RJacobyDr. J Recommends, Healthy Livingcarbohydrates, diabetes, diet, fats, high cholesterol, obesity, saturated fats

Great video in the TedMed series. What if obesity has nothing to do with eating too much? Peter Attia, MD, President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative, says we don’t know enough about the science of weight gain, and that clinicians — and society — should stop blaming the victims.

Changing Our Minds About Cholesterol

Jan 8, 2016RJacobyFood & Recipes, Industry Watchcholesterol, fats, high cholesterol, saturated fats

Go ahead, have that egg. Have several!

The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.

The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.