U.S. 2010 Dietary Guidelines: conflicts of interest

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The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a review of the U.S. 2010 Dietary Guidelines,  which were published earlier this year. These guidelines are evidently written with conflicting interests in mind, giving almost equal weight to the welfare of the …

I didn’t lose weight by eating 1 less slice of pizza

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I don’t believe I am capable of eating just 1 slice of pizza. I used to eat WAY too much pizza.  It has at least 2 things in it that I’ve given up along the way to losing 125 lbs: …

Government cheese

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A sad story in the New York Times about how your tax dollars have promoted increased use of cheese.  Some quotes: … one [Domino's pizza] slice contains as much as two-thirds of a day’s maximum recommended amount of saturated fat, which …