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Dirty Little Secret: Orange Juice Is Artificially Flavored to Taste Like Oranges “The flavor packs aren't listed in the ingredients because they're technically derived from "orange essence and oil", whatever the hell that means. So just remember, when you buy Orange Juice next time, even though it says 100% juice (which it is), it's still 100% artificially flavored.”

Dietary Fiber Intake and Mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. (Arch Intern Med. 2011) “Dietary fiber may reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular, infectious, and respiratory diseases. Making fiber-rich food choices more often may provide significant health benefits.”

Eating processed foods dumbs down kids “The researchers found that a diet heavy in processed food at the age of three was associated with lower IQ five years later. A healthy diet at three was associated with a higher IQ later on. However, the researchers found that changes to children's eating habits after the age of three made no difference to their IQ.”

Health Benefits of Broccoli Require the Whole Food, Not Supplements “New research has found that if you want some of the many health benefits associated with eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables, you need to eat the real thing -- a key phytochemical in these vegetables is poorly absorbed and of far less value if taken as a supplement. … “Some vitamins and nutrients, like the folic acid often recommended for pregnant women, are actually better-absorbed as a supplement than through food," Ho said. "Adequate levels of nutrients like vitamin D are often difficult to obtain in most diets. But the particular compounds that we believe give broccoli and related vegetables their health value need to come from the complete food." The reason, researchers concluded, is that a necessary enzyme called myrosinase is missing from most of the supplement forms of glucosinolates, a valuable phytochemical in cruciferous vegetables. Without this enzyme found in the whole food, the study found that the body actually absorbs five times less of one important compound and eight times less of another.”

Is Stevia a Good Substitute for Sugar?

Mediterranean Diet: A Heart-Healthy Plan for Life “The Mediterranean diet is a dietary pattern characterized by high consumption of monounsaturated fatty acids, primarily from olives and olive oils; daily consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and low-fat dairy products; weekly consumption of fish, poultry, tree nuts, and legumes; a relatively low consumption of red meat; and a moderate daily consumption of alcohol, normally with meals.”

More Power to the Cranberry: Study Shows Juice Better Than Extracts at Fighting Infections

New Salt Paper Causes Controversy

Saturated Fat: Not Quite So Bad After All?

Study confirms safety, cancer-targeting ability of nutrient in broccoli, other vegetables “Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that helps them prevent cancer, has been shown for the first time to selectively target and kill cancer cells while leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.”

The difference between fructose and glucose

The effect of mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome and its components a meta-analysis of 50 studies and 534,906 individuals. “These results are of considerable public health importance, because this dietary pattern can be easily adopted by all population groups and various cultures and cost-effectively serve for primary and secondary prevention of the MS and its individual components.”

The Mainstreaming of Vegan Diets

USDA Ditches Food Pyramid for a Healthy Plate

U.S. News Releases Ranking Of Best Diets For Healthy Eating

Vegans' Elevated Heart Risk Requires Omega-3s and B12, Study Suggests

Walnut May Be Top Nut for Heart Health “Walnuts are the No. 1 nut for heart health, says a researcher who presented his findings Sunday at the American Chemical Society annual meeting. That's because walnuts were found to have more antioxidants -- and better-quality antioxidants -- than other popular nuts tested, says Joe Vinson, PhD, a researcher at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. Antioxidants protect cells against damage caused by harmful molecules known as free radicals. The damage can play a role in heart disease and other health conditions. ''Nuts are good for your heart," Vinson says. They can lower cholesterol, reduce the oxidative stress caused by the free radicals, and decrease unhealthy inflammation, he says.”

When Your Healthy Diet Isn't So Healthy

ARTICLES:

2010 Dietary Guidelines From USDA and HHS

Choose My Plate (Dinner Plate Replaces Food Pyramid)

Harvard launches “Healthy Eating Plate” in response to USDA’s MyPlate

Salmon—Heart Health in a Can

The Mediterranean Diet

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Association Between Dietary Pattern and Serum C-Reactive Protein in Japanese Men and Women. (J Epidemiol. 2011)

Is the Western diet adequate in copper? (J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2011)

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