Nutrition experts and the medical community alike have long advised against eating red meat, saying that regular consumption leads to a higher risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, -five separate reviews- of the studies used to establish the red-meat warnings have shown that the evidence against red meat may not be as strong as previously thought. So what's the deal?...
The word ‘diet’ alone can make most people jump to the thought of restricted food choices and (more often than not) defeat – but the rise of fad dieting over the past few years has for many people, increased the appeal of losing weight and losing it fast. According to -Reader’s Digest-, there are many dangers to fad dieting including dehydration, tiredness, digestive problems and malnutrition. These...
If the first image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase "Paleo diet" is one of a cave man then you at least have a foggy notion of the bare bones of this diet. Beyond that, things might seem murky. As modern man and woman continue on our often frustrating path toward health and fitness, many of our contemporaries subscribe to the notion that we could in fact learn a thing or two about diet from...