Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, introducing the controversial topic of fats. This piece from the New York Times offers numerous current news reports on coronavirus updates…the theme of the stories and the theme of FoodWISE: We need to be informed consumers…New York Times on coronavirus
Tag: diets
What’s the deal with cholesterol?
Gigi Berardi reports from FoodWISE on “The Framingham Study,” and here, a side note: Results from Framingham
FoodWISE, science, and the importance of slow information during the coronavirus pandemic
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on diets and our source of information around diets, and advocates slow information for understanding them—as well as understanding lifestyle options during the coronavirus pandemic, as reported here: What are colleges in Washington state doing this fall? Image source: previous vlogs
FoodWISE, science, blueberries
“Why, then, have we been told for so long to stay away from eggs? To answer this question, we need to know what to look for in respectable research.”—FoodWISE Gigi reads in part 2 of FoodWISE, Our Personal World of Food—who and what do we believe about food? Only a handful of us are fortunate…
FoodWISE, eggs, science, and colleges opening (eggs, good idea—colleges, bad idea)
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on science, and mentions why “the biggest threat posed by reopening colleges is not to students, faculty, or staff, but to the surrounding community.” See here: cancel college
FoodWISE and honest science
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on the science of food and diets, but asks questions about the nature of science, as well. So, does Stanford, here: could Stanford be Cornell?
FoodWISE and science
Gigi Berardi begins Section 2 of Part 2 of FoodWISE, on the role of science in our beliefs about food. And here, an interesting review of a new novel that takes a critical look at lying—and how lies are delivered. elena-ferrante-lying-life-of-adults
FoodWISE and successful “diets”
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, continuing on with her section, “Believing Diets.” Provocative article from the Seattle Times: people living longer?
FoodWISE and yo-yo dieting
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, what happens when we “yo-yo” diet? Lose and regain the same 10# or 25# or 125#? Our bodies are complex, sophisticated and, at times, unpredictable. Read about all that in The Atlantic tonight: the pandemic’s central mystery.
FoodWISE and eating fat to lose fat?
Eat fat to lose fat? Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on the body’s daily nutrient requirements and how it very cleverly adjusts when we practice caloric restriction (via ketosis and more). And, two articles tonight, what’s a clean wine after what’s a clean wine after all? AND food security issues, again. Image, my preferred…