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Duct Tape for Wart Removal?

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Passing along this series from NutritionFacts.org. Duct Tape and Wart Removal Can You Really Remove Warts with Duct Tape? Which Type of Duct Tape Is Best for Wart Removal?
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Apple Cider Vinegar for Varicose Veins

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Apple cider vinegar has been stressed in many websites to help with varicose veins in the legs, which exists in 25-50% of adults. But does it work? You don’t know, until you put it to the test. In the link below, my colleauge, Dr. Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org reviews the results of a 'randomized controlled trial' on the effect of topical apple cider vinegar on varicose veins. "Topical Apple Cider Vinegar for Treating Varicose Veins" at NutritionFacts.org
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Frozen Veggies as Nutritious as Fresh Veggies?

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Several research efforts have concluded that nutrients in frozen veggies are generally similar in comparable fresh veggies (and sometimes greater), perhaps due to being blanched and flash frozen after harvesting. However, what do you think of frozen veggies? New research suggests that your perception could be a key factor in your willingness to give frozen veggies a chance in your diet. For me, I find certain frozen veggies are quite good (e.g., corn, peas), while others...
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Later Evening Meal Versus Earlier Evening Meal for Weight Loss

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A really cool study recently examined 82 women on a hypocaloric diet, who were randomly assigned to an ‘early evening meal group’ (EEM; 7:00-7:30pm) or a ‘late evening meal group’ (LEM; 10:30-11:00pm) for 12 weeks. 1 The EEM group did lose a little more weight, about 4.5 lbs, on average, than the LEM group (15 lbs vs.10.5 lbs), leading the authors to conclude that, “eating an earlier evening meal resulted in favorable changes in weight loss...
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Mind Over Myth


I had the honor of being asked to be a part of the Fall 2020 lecture series put on every year by the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine  for students, faculty and practitioners. In this presentation I discuss the evidence-based process I developed over the years to help educate on health and fitness myths through fitnesspudding.com—to not be fooled by having a mind over myth. Be sure to follow the Texas Chapter of...
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Halloween Toys: A Trick or Treat?

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Metabolism Myths | Expert Series Podcast


I was honored to connect with my friend Dr. Bill Campbell, an expert on metabolism myths, as a part of the new, FitnessPudding.com Expert Series Podcast.  View on Youtube Follow Dr. Campbell on Instagram: @billcampbellphd If you enjoy, please like, subscribe and consider donating to help deliver more myth-busting content, faster.  
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How COVID-19 Causes of Loss of Smell

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A peculiar side effect of COVID-19  is a loss of smell (anosmia), which according to researchers at Harvard Medical School is not a myth. Curious how it works? Read More
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10,000 Step Myth?

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Some say that the 10,000 step per day guideline is a myth, because it was built on bad science. But, as far as we know, it was built on no science — likely originating with a Japanese marketing slogan for a pedometer in the 1960s, literally translated as ’10,000 steps meter’. More slogan than science — at first. Following a cohort of over 2,000 free-living adults in Australia between 2000 and 2005, researchers discovered that increasing...
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Radiofrequency for Fat Loss?

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Claims are made that radiofrequency, a form of high‐frequency electromagnetic energy, as from radios, cellphones and microwaves, can heat fat cells enough to activate lypolysis, or their breakdown into fatty acids and glycerol. If not consumed for energy, they will be converted back to storage or accumulate in the liver. Despite a recent research review that concluded there is “little evidence to prove [these] effects of [radiofrequency] on adipose tissue,” 1 the idea still persists that...
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