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At the last Winter Olympic Games, which country won more medals than any other? The U.S.? China? Russia? No, it was Norway—a record 39 medals. How does a country with about five million people outperform countries such as Germany with 80 million, Canada with 35 million, or the U.S. with 325 million? As you might […]
In my travels, I stay in a lot of hotels and speak in many venues from convention centers to hotel ballrooms. No matter the season, I can count on there being a team of kids staying in the hotel. I don’t mean professional teams; I mean kids’ teams from baseball and softball, gymnastics, volleyball, and […]
The scientific paper about nutrition education programs from South America was an opinion piece derived from a student’s dissertation defense. It addressed nutrition labels in Brazil: the labels were too focused on the caloric content instead of the ingredient information. The paper gives an example of two foods that have 97 calories but are vastly […]
One of the problems today with public nutrition education programs is that there’s an important element that would prefer it not be done. In fact, food manufacturers are doing all they can to avoid any approach that may impact sales of high-fat, high-sodium, high-sugar, and highly processed food. I get it—they want to sell as […]
I recently read a couple of articles, one from a newspaper and another from a journal, that talked about South American countries and how their governments should deal with the obesity epidemic and how some are approaching this issue. There may be lessons we can use here for us in the U.S. and other parts […]
The question is simple: do we avoid all sugary drinks, including fruit juices? The best I can come up with is to withhold judgment and don’t get excited about it for now. Let’s take a look at what the concerns of the researchers were and then my concerns. Researchers’ Concerns The first is that the […]
In Tuesday’s Memo, I reviewed the methodology of the NutriNet-Santé study in France. As I suggested, it was solid. The sugary drink choices included fruit juices, sodas, sugar-sweetened hot and milk beverages, sports drinks, and energy drinks. In terms of the data collection, I can’t think of anything they could have done better. Turning to […]
Sugar has been in the news with the publishing of the latest results from the NutriNet-Santé study from France. The headlines of press releases suggest that drinking as little as four ounces of a sugary drink, including fruit juice, per day was related to an increased risk of getting cancer. Sugary drinks of all types […]
The controversy regarding MSG certainly won’t end with this Memo, but I want you to know what the research says so you can make an informed decision. There’s no question that some people have sensitivities to certain food additives, and I’m not diminishing that response in any way. My point in doing this series of […]
People have been ranting against MSG for decades, but I never paid attention until I read a study on a group of subjects who said they had a negative response to eating Asian foods. The subjects were tested under four scenarios consecutively, dependent on their response to the prior test results. The study demonstrated that […]
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