Nutrition Controversies
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Should you chuck your erythritol-sweetened products?
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Recently, during a break at a nutrition conference, I sidled up to the beverage station and made myself a cup of tea. Looking at the sweetener options, I saw a variety of packets containing, variously, sugar, Splenda, and Nutrasweet. Nope!…read more
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Leyla Weighs In: American Heart Association is still saturated fat phobic
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Despite so much scientific evidence absolving saturated fats as dangerous to the heart and promoting heart disease, the AHA is still having trouble discerning fact from fallacy when it comes to informing the public about health. As Dr. Hoffman referred to in…read more
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The 14 worst health news stories of 2022 (part one)
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
In keeping with an Intelligent Medicine tradition, as the year draws to a close, I offer you a compendium of the worst health news stories of 2022. It’s kind of like the late Mr. Blackwell’s list of the year’s Worst-Dressed Women. These stories…read more
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Ask Leyla: Which matters more—the amount or type of calories you consume?
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Q: What difference does it make if I’m on a low-fat or low-carb diet for weight loss? Isn’t it all about the calories? Don’t I have to burn more calories than I take in? A: It does make a difference…read more
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NYC Mayor Adams’ misguided hospital diet “reforms”
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Last week, New York City’s government website NYC.gov triumphantly announced: “Mayor Adams, NYC Health and Hospitals CEO Katz, Announce Successful Rollout and Expansion of Plant-Based Meals as Default Option for Patients in NYC Public Hospitals” A default option means that, unless you…read more
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“EAT-Lancet” is hard to digest
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Recall that back in 2019, the prestigious international medical journal Lancet issued a call for curbing meat consumption. The EAT-Lancet Commission invoked the alleged health benefits of reducing intake of animal protein and claimed plant-based eating could help save the planet. The food…read more
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GERD diet myths debunked
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Shibboleth: noun. A belief or custom that is not now considered as important and correct as it was in the past. I addressed a common nutritional shibboleth recently, which holds that dietary fat intake is responsible for raising triglycerides (actually, it’s carbs). Another shibboleth…read more
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The great fish oil debate (Spoiler alert: It works!)
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
When it comes to the debate over fish oil’s heart benefits, medical opinion keeps shifting more than lead changes in a Duke/North Carolina March Madness basketball showdown. But the tide has turned with a couple of recent studies. “Omega-3 fish…read more
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We’ve been missing the boat on weight loss
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Last week, top obesity researchers challenged the calories-in/calories-out hypothesis that has dominated our approach to weight loss for decades. Study Finds heralded: “Overeating doesn’t cause obesity” And Science Daily proclaimed: “Scientists claim that overeating is not the primary cause of obesity” It all sounds…read more
Categories: Nutrition Controversies
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
In commemoration of Black History Month, I've compiled an impressive list of prominent African American…
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Despite so much scientific evidence absolving saturated fats as dangerous to the heart and promoting…
Each year we make a big to-do about American Heart Month. We’re reminded to eat well,…
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