What Can We Learn From a Century-Old Study on Nutrition and Cancer?
We have certainly learned a lot about the nutrition-cancer connection in the last century – or have we? What can we learn by taking a look at a 100-year-old study?
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Nelson Huber-Disla is the managing editor for the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied English. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, and he is the contributing author of The Future of Nutrition: An Insider’s Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting it Wrong, and How to Start Getting it Right.
We have certainly learned a lot about the nutrition-cancer connection in the last century – or have we? What can we learn by taking a look at a 100-year-old study?
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The concept of “superfoods” is an old one, but it has become even more popular as sections of society have become more health conscious and desperate to combat chronic lifestyle-related diseases. Unfortunately, this focus on individual foods has downsides, even in the case of legitimately healthful foods.
In light of the continued spread of COVID-19, many people have taken a new interest in the relationship between nutrition and immunity—a welcome and encouraging development, despite the negative circumstances. Unfortunately, though, this interest has also opened the door to a great deal of confusing, misleading, or even blatantly false information. Let’s stick to the … Continued
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