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Can Diet Coke Kill You? Part 2

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:10:11 +0000

Due to the great popularity of “Can Diet Coke Kill You?” combined with a lot of controversy over it, I have decided to write this follow-up post.

Most of the controversy over the last article was around the fact that the documentary I referenced cited data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) but that organization itself claims there is no proven link between aspartame and cancer.

What was presented previously was a short explanation of why aspartame is expected to cause cancer and other health problems and a summary of some information presented in Sweet Misery, including findings from analyzing NCI and other data. This article, however, cites other scientific findings and discusses the economic-political history of this topic a little bit as well.

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How to Become Vegetarian: 5 Key Steps (& Famous Vegetarian Celebrities)

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:01:56 +0000

If you are thinking about going vegetarian, here is a list of things that should help you to actually do it,… and to stick to it once you’ve started.

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10 Sustainable Lifestyle Tips: #1-5

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:16:19 +0000

In a previous post, I listed five of the best things I think you can do in order to live a sustainable lifestyle — #6-10. Now, here is the top five list.

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Food for Thought: We Are What We Eat

Beth Bader — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:48:05 +0000

The Journal of the American Dietetic Association just published a study that answered my question, “Why Eat at Fast-Food Restaurants: Reported Reasons among Frequent Consumers.”

According to the study, the main reasons people eat fast food:

It’s Fast: 92 percent
Easy to Find/Get: 80 percent.
Tastes Good: 69 percent
Cheap: 63 percent.

Fast, easy, cheap. These are the defining terms for the relationship with our food for nearly one in four adults and children daily, and at least three times a week per person.

More study results after the jump.

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Eat More Whole Grains, Less Eggs and Dairy to Lower Risk of Heart Failure

Derek Markham — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:49:06 +0000

5 million people in the United States have heart failure.

550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.

More than 287,000 people in the United States die each year with heart failure.

The estimated direct cost for heart failure each year is $29.6 billion in the US alone.

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