Are Branched-Chain Amino Acids Good for Us? 

Are Branched-Chain Amino Acids Good for Us? 

I discuss why we may not want to exceed the recommended intake of protein. Diabetes isn’t just about the amount of body fat, but also the distribution of body fat. At 0:26 in my video Are BCAA (Branched-Chain Amino Acids) Healthy?, you can view cross-sections of...
The Efficacy of Weight-Loss Supplements 

The Efficacy of Weight-Loss Supplements 

Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss? In a previous discussion, I noted that an investigation found that four out of five bottles of commercial herbal supplements bought at major U.S. retailers—GNC, Walgreens, Target, and Walmart—didn’t...
The Safety of Weight-Loss Supplements 

The Safety of Weight-Loss Supplements 

Only 2 out of 12 supplement companies were found to have weight-loss products that were even accurately labeled. According to a national survey, one-third of adults who have made serious attempts at weight loss have tried using dietary supplements, for which Americans...
The Pros of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease 

The Pros of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease 

See what a penny a day’s worth of garlic powder can do. In ancient Greece, “the Art of Medicine was divided into three parts”: cures through diet, cures through drugs, and cures through surgery. Garlic, Hippocrates wrote, was one such medicinal food, but that was to...
Pre-Cut Vegetables and Endotoxins 

Pre-Cut Vegetables and Endotoxins 

Endotoxins can build up on pre-cut vegetables and undermine some of their benefits. You may remember when I introduced the endotoxin theory literature in my video The Exogenous Endotoxin Theory, which sought to explain how a single Sausage and Egg McMuffin meal could...
Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? 

Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? 

The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on Foods and Nutrition was presented with a new product, Vi-Chocolin, a vitamin-fortified chocolate bar, “offered ostensibly as a specialty...