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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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Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins?

  “Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins?” By our 70s, one in five of us will suffer from cognitive impairment, and within 5 years half will progress to dementia, in a progression from cognitive impairment without dementia, to dementia and death. The earlier we can slow or stop this process, the better. Although an effective…

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