A cousin of the meatball ( ), the meatloaf is a traditional German dish. The recipe below is for a meal that feeds 4-8 people. The ground be...
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Growth hormone: The fountain of youth
Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated with aging, and, m...
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Intermittent fasting, engineered foods, leptin, and ghrelin
Engineered foods are designed by smart people, and the goal is not usually to make you healthy; the goal is to sell as many units as possibl...
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The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: More smoking is associated with more plaque, unless you eat more eggs
I blogged before about the study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis ( ). This stud...
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Half-hearted Atkins diet and cardiovascular disease
I would like to comment on a recent article comparing the Atkins, Ornish and South Beach diets (Miller et al., 2009; full reference at t...
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38 g of sardines or 2 fish oil softgels? Let us look at the numbers
The bar chart below shows the fat content of 1 sardine (38 g) canned in tomato sauce, and 2 fish oil softgels of the Nature Made brand. (The...
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