Category Archives: Junk Science

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  West Side Chicago parents lose control of menu choices

  Posted on April 12, 2011 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Controversy & Scams, Health, Junk Science, News

  This recent article in the Chicago Tribune not only caught my eye, but made my blood boil. According to officials at a public school on Chicago’s West Side, parents are too stupid to make healthy choices about their children’s lunches. While they didn’t exactly use the word “stupid”, they might as well have. Officials at [...]

  Post Tagged with blog, children, diet, Dietary Guidelines, food, government intrusion, Health, low carb blog, nutrition, school lunches
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  Check out episode 2 of Low Carb Conversations

  Posted on March 18, 2011 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Junk Science, Low-Carb

  Hey Gang! I thought I’d let you know that episode 2 of Low Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore and Friends has been posted. In this podcast Jimmy and Mindy talk with Tom Naughton and me about the 2010 USDA Guidelines. We had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy the podcast! Click here [...]

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  Type 2 Diabetes and Carbohydrates

  Posted on March 8, 2011 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Health, Junk Science, Low-Carb, News

  Researchers make link between carbs and Type 2 diabetes –  I haven’t seen the abstract for this study, so I can’t give a whole lot of commentary on it. And to be fair, I want to remind you that correlation is not causation. That being said,  assuming it was done correctly,  this conclusion is not [...]

  Post Tagged with blog, diabetes, diet, Dietary Guidelines, exercise, food, Health, helpful tools, low carb blog, Low-Carb, nutrition, Nutrition & Metabolism Society, Research, studies, type 2 diabetes
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  Nutrition Experts Critique of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines

  Posted on February 15, 2011 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Events, Junk Science, Low-Carb

  Check out this fabulous press conference sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation to oust the irresponsible recommendations in the latest ruse called the 2010 Dietary Guidelines.  Sally Fallon and her colleagues do a fantastic job explaining why these recommendations are so detrimental to our health. It’s a bit long, but worth every minute. Watch [...]

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  See Fat Head for free!

  Posted on December 4, 2010 by Amy_Dungan in blog, Junk Science, Low-Carb

  The fabulous documentary Fat Head by comic genius Tom Naughton is now available for viewing for free on Hulu! If you haven’t had a chance to see it, now is the time! Tom was notified today that it’s the #1 Documentary on Hulu – and it was only added yesterday! Let’s keep that going and [...]

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