‘Why is nutrition so confusing?’ is a common lament, but the truth is out there. Forget fad diets and media hype. It’s time to harness the power of science to create a healthy and sustainable diet.
What nutrients will help the microbes in your gut thrive?
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You want to encourage the growth of good bacteria in your gut to improve health. But which foods should you eat to do that? It turns out that nutritional labels aren’t much help figuring that out.
A mix of fats, such as those found in nuts, avocados, salmon and olives, could be healthy and more satisfying.
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When did eating become so confusing? In the 1960s, studies began to show a link between heart disease and dietary fat, and fat was demonized. As it turns out, fat is nuanced and may not be so bad.
Proper nutrition is critical to combatting the costly and deadly epidemics of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?