An overview of the Food Is Medicine movement.
Category: Disease Prevention
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All About Peppermint
Fermented Food & Health
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Do Added Sugars Add Up To More Heart Disease?
The story on sugar hasn’t been so sweet lately. About a week ago there was a flurry of publicity over a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association that linked sugar to heart disease. Given that February is American Heart Month, now seems a good time to look at the connection between added sugars and heart disease. Let’s get past the news-hour sound bite, however, and examine what the report actually showed, and what it might mean for your diet and health.