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Your Preference: Investigating the Differences

The teenagers in the movie, All Jacked Up, goes on to say that fructose and high fructose is a sweetener that can put on weight and can be a precursor for diabetes, yet you don’t feel full from it. This … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Stop and Think

The teenagers in this movie, All Jacked Up, ask, “Why is ‘my generation’ sicker than your generation?” The movie also states that 2/3 of the American high school students have middle aged diseases, such as an increase in blood pressure, … Continue reading

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Is Your Food Addictive?

I am learning from more and more sources about how salt, fat, and sugar in our foods claims to lead to addictions. It is beginning to make sense. The movie, Food, Inc., claims that 1/3 of people born in America … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Convenience Now or Health Scare Later?

The bigger question and issue is how does drinking soda (or other less than nutritious items) influence our health and the health of our children and families? With less calcium, does that lead to more osteoporosis or broken bones? How … Continue reading

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The China Study: Plant to Animal Diet

T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, was interviewed during the Vegetarian Summerfest, in the movie, Veducated. He has a degree in nutritional biochemistry and has been a Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He was part … Continue reading

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