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Nation’s diet in crisis

Nation’s Diet in Crisis In 2010, the USDA officially revised the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, which raises the question: How have we been doing with the old guidelines? What’s wrong with the standard American diet? This is a table reporting compliance with the 2005 guidelines, which were not particularly stringent. For example, they recommend we should…

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Can Morbid Obesity Be Reversed Through Diet?

“Can Morbid Obesity Be Reversed Through Diet?” Dr. Walter Kempner introduced the first comprehensive dietary program to treat chronic kidney disease, and in doing so also revolutionized the treatment of other disorders, including obesity. Kempner was Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Duke, where he came up with the so-called “rice diet,” which basically consisted of…

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Can Morbid Obesity Be Reversed Through Diet?

  Can Morbid Obesity Be Reversed Through Diet? Dr Walter Kempner introduced the first comprehensive dietary program to treat chronic kidney disease and, in doing so also revolutionized the treatment of other disorders, including obesity. Kempner was Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Duke, where he came up with the so-called rice diet, which consisted of…

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