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“Happy Meals”: The Unhappy Truth

Most fast-food places trick children into eating unhealthy foods by enticing them with attractive packaging. They even include popular toys in the package to make these unwhole offerings irresistible. Parents and grandparents often treat the children to a “happy...

Hold the Cheese, Please

The next time you order your favorite sandwich for lunch, you should consider saying, “No cheese please.” Let me explain: We have previously reported in our book Salt Kills that cheese makes the list of the top 10 most unwanted salty items. Recently...

An Invitation to Dr. Oz Followers

Since I began my journey to persuade people to avoid salt in their food, people have often pushed back because of Dr. Oz’s position on salt. “Dr. Oz doesn’t think salt is such a bad thing,” they have told me. “ Dr. Oz uses salt,...

Highlights from CDC Report

Following are the horrifying highlights of the report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report released on February 7, 2013 and available online. Nine out of ten Americans do not follow recommended guidelines for salt intake. As a result, excess salt intake...

Coffee Is Not a Fruit or a Vegetable

Media reports in the recent times may have you believing that if you drink enough coffee you don’t have to be concerned about eating fruits and vegetables. After all coffee has the same antioxidants that prevent cancer and heart disease as fruit and vegetables...