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The Origin of U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Current U.S. dietary policies still reflect the basic design of the food guides from the early part of this century. In 1894, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed the first food composition tables and dietary standards for Americans. In 1916, the first daily food guides appeared in U |
Good Medicine Archive
2011 Issues Ivy League Animal Cruelty: PCRM Uncovers Shocking Animal Cruelty at Nation's Top Schools Good Medicine Autumn 2011 Vol. XX, No. 3 |
Just the Facts
Rats Laugh When Tickled Like humans, rats laugh when tickled. Animal behaviorists have found that rats chirp when they are tickled. Some laugh more than others, and those rats who chirp less seem more prone to anxiety. Jammin’ Pectin, found in citrus fruits, apples, and other fruits, has been shown to help |
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Crematoriums Feel the Heat From Obesity Expanding waistlines in the United Kingdom are forcing many crematoriums to enlarge their furnaces to accommodate larger coffins. Most standard furnaces, which fit coffins 16 to 20 inches, are too narrow to fit the wider coffins, which now go up to 40 inches to accommodate b |
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Who’s Mad? This February, another Alberta dairy cow was found to have mad cow disease, reportedly Canada’s 18th case of the brain-wasting disease. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein famously suggested that farmers should cover up such cases when one arose |
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Go the Extra Mile Carnegie Mellon University researchers report that 83 percent of the average U.S. household’s carbon footprint for food comes not from transporting it, but simply from growing and producing it. The most important step is going meatless. Cutting out meat for just one day a week is more effective |
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On Second Thought, Make Mine Organic Manufacturers have promoted genetically engineered soybeans that can withstand sprayings with glyphosate herbicide. However, Marc Lappé of the Center for Ethics and Toxics of Gualala, Calif., recently found "herbicide-tolerant" soybeans to be 12 to 14 percent lower |
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind Children who live closer to cheap burgers and fries are more likely to be obese, according to a study from the College of William & Mary. Even after adjusting for economic status, proximity to fast-food restaurants was tied to obesity and higher body mass indexes. Rocking Reds Dave |
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More Than He Could Chew When Chad Ettmueller of Cumming, Ga., tried to eat a double-meat, double-cheese sandwich, loaded with five types of meat and three types of cheese, he ended up in the hospital with a dislocated jaw. Doctors were able to surgically treat him 14 hours later. It’s All in the Delivery Lo |
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And They Can’t Drive, Either This summer, an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashed into a home in Mount Pleasant, Wis.—the second crash involving a Wienermobile in less than two years. Veggie Plate Several groups are pushing to establish a special vegetarian license plate in Virginia. The proposed desi |
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Ancient Arteries CT scans of Egyptian mummies show evidence of heart disease, which is usually thought of as a disease caused by the modern diet and sedentary lifestyles. High-status Egyptians ate a diet high in fatty meat from cattle, geese, and ducks. |
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RESEARCH ETHICS By Kristie Stoick, M.P.H., and John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL RESEARCH Lab-Grown ‘Livers’ Are Promising Animal-Testing Alternative Scientists at Newcastle University in northeast England reported in late October that they had succeeded in producing “mini |
2000 Year in Review
RESEARCH ISSUES On Capitol Hill PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., and research coordinator Andy Breslin provided in-depth critiques of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) High Production Volume Challenge, a massive animal |
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Monsanto Picks up Its BGH and Goes Home The Canadian government has rejected Monsanto’s bid to push bovine growth hormone in Canada. The injectable hormone is designed to force a cow’s body to make more milk with less feed. The decision, reached after nine years of review, was not that BGH is risky for hum |
Doctors Weigh in on
WASHINGTON—Doctors and dietitians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are available for interviews on two major nutrition stories—a cover article in yesterday's New York Times Magazine about the Atkins Diet and |
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