What Should We Drink? 

What Should We Drink? 

Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. If you’ve watched my videos or read my books, you’ve heard me say, time and again, the best available balance of evidence. What does that mean? When making decisions as...
Headache and Migraine Relief from Foods 

Headache and Migraine Relief from Foods 

Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.  Headaches are one of the top five reasons people end up in emergency rooms and one of the leading reasons people see their doctors in general. One way to try to prevent them is to identify their...
Children’s Cereals: Candy for Breakfast? 

Children’s Cereals: Candy for Breakfast? 

Plastering front-of-package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract us from the incongruity of feeding our children multicolored marshmallows for breakfast. The American Medical Association started warning people about excess sugar consumption more...
Is All Vegan Food Healthy? 

Is All Vegan Food Healthy? 

How do healthier plant-based diets compare to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods when it comes to diabetes risk?  In my video on flexitarians, I discuss how the benefits of eating a plant-based diet are not all-or-nothing. “Simple advice to increase the...
How Much Added Sugar Is Okay? 

How Much Added Sugar Is Okay? 

Public health authorities continue to lower the upper tolerable limit of daily added sugar intake. Dating back to the original “Dietary Goals for the United States” in 1977, also known as the so-called McGovern Report, leading nutrition scientists didn’t only call for...
Exploring Indian Cuisine with Sheil Shukla

Exploring Indian Cuisine with Sheil Shukla

We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Sheil Shukla about his work, food, traditional Indian culture, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. We hope you enjoy this interview. Please tell us a little bit about your work and career. My name is Sheil Shukla, DO,...