Category Archives: Diet

Eat Meat as a Garnish

Eat Meat as a Garnish
Reduce the climate impacts of meat production Enjoy the flavor of meat without harming the planet Americans eat a lot of meat. In 2018, the US Department of Agriculture estimated the total US consumption of beef, pork, and poultry equaled 220 pounds per person. This equates to an average of 276 grams (about 10 ounces)…
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The Power of Push-ups

Forty push-ups predicts vastly lower risk of cardiovascular disease Why would this be? A brand new study showed that active adult men who could perform 40 or more push-ups without stopping had a 96 percent (!) lower risk of new cardiovascular events over a 10-year follow-up period compared to active adult men who could perform…
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Low Fat? Low Carb?

Low Fat? Low Carb?
Maybe it doesn’t matter that much What about eating better? Chris Gardner’s article reporting the results of the DIETFIT randomized, clinical trial made a big splash in the news media in 2018. The trial tested whether a healthy low-fat or a healthy low-carb diet would promote greater weight loss. And the answer: A tie. Low-fat…
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How to Eat More Protein

Eating more protein may improve your health Omnivore or vegan? Let’s say you read my last blog post. You believe that eating at least 1.2 grams of protein per kg of body weight each day (at the low end of the range in the previous post) would improve your health. What might you eat to…
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