“10 Americans”
Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, presents “10 Americans” about the research done by the EWG, its implications, and some of their goals for the future.
Archive of entries posted by Jesse Johnson
Research Collected: March 2015
breastfeeding, microbiome, stress, diabetes
Explanations of Type 2 Diabetes
I started with a question: Is there an agreement that insulin resistance is involved in type 2 diabetes? I just wanted to know what the popular websites that people would be researching type 2 diabetes would be saying about the causes (etiology) of this disease. What I found was there is generally a hypothesis that …
Polyfaces Trailer
This is a 9 minute trailer for a documentary on Polyface Farm called “Polyfaces”.
Research Collected: February 2015
antibiotics, exercise benefits, nutritional deficiency and obesity, sauna benefits, gluten, tobacco smoking, hormone therapy and ovarian cancer, fluoride, thimerosal, sugar and hypertension
2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans rescinds restrictions on dietary cholesterol
From the 2015 guidelines (in Part D. Chapter 1: Nutrient Intake and Nutrients of Concern): Previously, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that cholesterol intake be limited to no more than 300 mg/day. The 2015 DGAC will not bring forward this recommendation because available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and …
Research Collected: January 2015
sleep and eating, birth control and brain cancer, diabetes and leptin and glucagon and insulin, placebos, bpa and bpa-free
Why conclusions in recent research on whole grains can be dismissed
From the abstract conclusion of Association Between Dietary Whole Grain Intake and Risk of Mortality: “These data indicate that higher whole grain consumption is associated with lower total and CVD mortality in US men and women, independent of other dietary and lifestyle factors.” True. Continuing: “These results are in line with recommendations that promote increased whole …
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Research Collected: December 2014
pertussis, time-restricted feeding, cancer, intelligence, behavior, diet
“The Two Big Lies of Type 2 Diabetes”
Dr. Jason Fung sums up 2 of the big myths about type 2 diabetes and presents an hour long lecture going into more detail (which I recommend watching for those interested in this subject): At the Intensive Dietary Management Clinic we treat many people with type 2 diabetes. Patients often come to our clinic with two …