Tag Archives: What’s

What’s the Skinny on Fat?

Low-fat foods may seem healthy, but they’re often loaded with sugar and other unhealthy ingredients. These can lead to excessive hunger, weight gain and disease. The truth is that in order to make something taste good and be shelf-stable while removing fat, manufacturers increase sugar, salt, add emulsifiers and other chemicals. What should be a… Read More: What’s the Skinny on Fat? »

Whats the difference between vegatarians and vegans diet

There are many reasons for a shift toward plant-based eating. Some people also have concerns about the treatment of animals for food production, and the impact on the environment. There is no one definition of a plant-based diet, but most experts agree that it means primarily eating plants, although small or occasional amounts of any… Read More: Whats the difference between vegatarians and vegans diet »

What’s a diagnosis about? COVID-19 and beyond

By MICHEL ACCAD Last month marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Graunt, commonly regarded as the father of epidemiology.  His major published work, Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality, called attention to the death statistics published weekly in London beginning in the late 16th century.  Graunt was skeptical of how… Read More: What’s a diagnosis about? COVID-19 and beyond »