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Sugar, soybean oil, and you

By Jim July 25, 2015

Saturday Short Takes 1. Putting Added Sugar in Context The FDA is proposing to add information to food labels that would tell you the percent of the daily value of added sugar you'll be getting per serving ("Proposed Label Would Give Context to Sugar in Foods," Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press). The base recommendation would be to consume no more than 50 grams of added sugar in a day, which is ten percent of a 2,000 calorie diet. One bottle of soda pop could blow your daily sugar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Watch, News & Commentary Tagged With: FDA, soy, sugar, whole food

The bean that ate America

By Jim August 23, 2011

Those Americans like me with reservations about eating soy are apparently a small minority of the populace.  According to a recent survey, 81% of Americans view soy as healthy. OK, the Consumer Attitudes about Nutrition survey (PDF file) was conducted by the United Soy Board (USB), so there is reason to be suspicious of its findings. Oddly, I'm not that suspicious. I think the average American doesn't know beans about soy, but is willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Just a short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Food, Personal Reflection Tagged With: allergies, fish, flax seed, food, low-carb, omega-3, soy, USDA, whole foods

Rounding up more of the usual suspects: soy

By Jim August 21, 2011

In my last post, I speculated about my sensitivity to wheat, noting that having virtually eliminated wheat from my diet, I have also eliminated chronic digestion problems that seemed to be getting worse as I aged. It was easy to finger wheat, which has a growing reputation as a bad dietary player for many people. Both the gluten and lectin families of proteins in wheat have been connected to health problems that fall under the heading of "inflammation." In the post, I considered a couple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Low-Carb Basics, Personal Reflection Tagged With: allergies, cancer, food, soy, wheat

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