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If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you’ll remember a post in June myth-busting the safety and effectiveness of dietary supplements, including herbal and botanical preparations. Dietary supplement manufacturers appeal to our desire to treat conditions in a “natural” way. Unlike the tightly controlled pharmaceutical industry however, the supplement business is truly the wild west. No one is looking out for the consumer; there is no way to tell what you are purchasing. T

There is nothing like a good piece of steak or chicken on the grill. But is it safe to eat foods charred on the grill? According to the National Cancer Institute, more research is necessary, but there may be reasons to be cautious when eating very well done meats. Cooking meat over an open flame on the grill produces chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In lab studies, these chemicals have been linked to changes in DNA

Are you feeling a little sluggish after your summer vacation? After last week’s clean eating post, one reader asked me to cover the subject of detox diets. The concept sounds appealing on the surface—no one wants to burden their body with toxins. The idea of cleaning out, especially after a few days of indulging sounds smart, but is a detox diet what it takes to accomplish that? Our bodies encounter “toxic” things every day. Even water and oxygen can be toxic in large amo

“Clean Eating”--Gwyneth Paltrow’s doing it. So is Panera Bread. Spend any time on Instagram, and you’ll inevitably see the hashtag #eatclean. But what is clean eating exactly? In this week's Nutrition Mythbusters, we’ll take a closer look at eating clean and why this term is confusing and in many ways, meaningless. The concept of clean eating started innocently enough. Eat more whole foods—fruit instead of juice, plenty of vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and healt