I’ll be honest. When I first set up an interview with Dr. Shawn Baker to discuss his wildly popular Carnivore Diet, I assumed he was a pretty crazy dude. Granted, I had never met him, but I knew that his diet—which can be summed up in 10 words: Eat meat...
Minneapolis, MN—Healthier diets have the potential to significantly reduce the environmental impact of agriculture and food production, according to research from the University of Minnesota and Oxford University, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The researchers outlined the significance of the study, writing, "Dietary...
Can you do a keto diet as a vegan? Well, if you ask my friend Dr. Will Cole, he’ll definitely answer “yes,” albeit with a small caveat (more on that in a moment). Keto has a lot of benefits for many people—advantages I’ve written about elsewhere (including in this magazine).
Sydney, Australia—Following a healthier diet rich in produce, fish, nuts and spices for just three weeks was shown to significantly decrease symptoms of depression, researchers from Macquarie University, Australia, report in PLOS ONE. According to an overview of the research on ScienceDaily, the randomized controlled trial included 76 university students, ages 17...
Massachusetts—American adults are still consuming too many low-quality carbohydrates and more saturated fat than recommended, according to a new study written by researchers from Tufts University and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, published in JAMA, looked at dietary trends over an 18 year period, according to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unlike some of the other diets WholeFoods has covered in the past few months—Mediterranean and Plant-Based come to mind—Whole30 has a precise definition, an exact set of rules, and a thorough list of don’t-eats. The concept: Eat whole foods for 30 days, which the diet’s creators say is the time...
Bethesda, MD--The National Institute of Health (NIH) in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) announced results of a randomized controlled trial that examined the effect of heavily versus minimally processed diets. Subjects (10 healthy females and 10 healthy males) were admitted to the...
A U.S. study linking diet and cancer risk found that an estimated 80,110 new cancer cases among adults 20 and older were attributed to eating a poor diet, according to CNN. Conducted in 2015 and recently published in the JNCI Cancer Spectrum, the study found that junk food consumption was...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has withdrawn its support of the “Planetary Health Diet,” following pressure from an Italian official who raised concerns about the impact of the diet on people’s health and livelihoods, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Planetary Health Diet is the result of a...
Weight management is a popular topic in conversation everywhere, and Expo was no exception. There was a wide range of products, and a variety of diets were represented, but there were a few major trends that dominated. Keto. “Good fats” were a topic of conversation and a marketing tactic. Real-Zymes...
