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A new study confirms the already well-documented link between eating a lot of meat and increased risk of disease and earlier death. That seems extreme, I know, but there's both good science behind it and a silver lining. The bad news: red meat particularly is closely associated with a wide spectrum of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The good news: replacing animal protein with plant protein is equally associated with a decreased risk of death. (De

They've been with us as long as we've had stable agriculture. Humans seem hardwired to want to look healthy, wealthy or wise - however that "look" is conveyed in a given culture. (Remember than sun-tans, for instance, for most of human history have signaled poverty, linked with toiling in the sun. Only recently have tans been associated with leisure time away from desk work. Or Renaissance paintings and sculptures depicting full-figured women who clearly enjoyed more-than-suf

Fad diets and quick-weight-loss schemes are most often more trouble than they're worth - heading toward yo-yo weight gain, malnutrition and dehydration. (More on that in another post.) Needless to say, the most reliable and safest way to getting to and maintaining a healthy weight is changing your eating habits. There is a lot of really valuable information in the field of nutrition, and the science is fascinating, and sometimes complex. Even with a degree in nutrition or wit