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Nutrition in Three Words

By Rob Archangel, 180DegreeHealth.com staff writer? Happy Monday, everyone! Only eighteen days left ’til the solstice and the end of the Mayan Calendar. Whooo-daddy! Who knows what’s gonna happen? Haha. Anyway, I’ve been rabbit riding across the web, spreading glad tidings and 180D cheer, ?and I bring you a gift today: a lovely little piece from our inestimable Mateo, entitled...

Dangers and Myths of Low Carb Diet Plans

The world is drowning in low carb diet plans. Low carb fever has swept the nation, and perhaps the world. If anything, with #1 documentary films like Tom Naughton’s Fat Head and groundbreaking books like Gary Taubes’s Good Calories, Bad Calories, the low carb diet has done nothing but gain steam since the days of Atkins. This, in part, is a beautiful thing. The low carb diet masters...

Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods

We now have the amazing technology to splice foreign genetic material into plants and animals to create more well-endowed species. Isn’t it great! It’s the best thing since Jesus turned all of that bread and fish and stuff into wine or whatever. Or is it? Genetically engineered foods are pretty messed up.? Strictly from a moral, or ethical, or even historical perspective –...

Dangers and Side Effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup

It’s made from corn silly! It’s good for you! Has anybody seen those ads?? The ones put out by the Corn Refiners Association?? I have. Not only are there numerous dangers of high-fructose corn syrup, there’s actually dangers of high-fructose corn syrup commercials – I laughed so hard when I saw those I nearly fell out of my chair and bonked my head. The high-fructose corn...

Dangers and Side Effects of Aspartame Products

Aspartame isn’t exactly tame as its name suggests. Aspartame dangers and aspartame side effects are reported on a continual basis to the FDA. In fact, aspartame is responsible for more health complaints than any other commonly-used food additive in the United States. Aspartame products include, first and foremost, diet sodas. Yeah, you know, the stuff that Michael J. Fox used to do...