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Our Tax Dollars Subsidize Unhealthy Foods

Michael Greger MD | June 25, 2015 | Health

Read More: American Egg Board, animal products, beans, chicken, Coca-Cola, corn, corn syrup, cost savings, dairy eggs, empty calories, factory farming practices, Farm Bill, farmers, feed additives, fish, fruit, grains, industry influence, marketing, meat, Medicare, milk, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Dairy Council, National Pork Producers Council, pork, poultry, seafood, soda, soy, standard American diet, subsidies, sugar, tobacco, turkey, vegetables

Why do food companies sell junk? Because unhealthy commodities are highly profitable. This is in part because of their "low production cost, long shelf-life, and high retail value," which create perverse incentives for industries to market and sell more......

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My Testimony Before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee

Michael Greger MD | January 16, 2014 | Health

Read More: American Institute for Cancer Research, beans, beef, blood pressure, body mass index, candy, cardiovascular disease, cheese, cholesterol, chronic disease, dairy, Dean Ornish, diabetes, Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, eggs, federal, fiber, folate, fruits, government, HbA1C, hypertension, Jill Nicholls, Kathy Freston, lobbying, lobbyists, lower ischemic heart disease, Marilu Henner, meat, milk, Mona Sigal, mortality rate, National Confectioner's Association, National Dairy Council, nutrition, Nutrition Update for Physicians, obesity, phytonutrients, plant-based diet, pork, saturated fat, soda, sugar, trans fat, USDA, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grains

                This week I had the honor of speaking before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which is responsible for making evidence-based recommendations on the next round of federal nutrition advice. Normally such......

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Skim Milk and Acne

Michael Greger MD | July 12, 2012 | Health

Read More: acne, bioactive molecules, cancer, dairy, dairy cows, diabetes, diseases, estrogen, hormones, milk, National Dairy Council, obesity, sex hormones, skim milk, teenagers, whole milk

The National Dairy Council denies that milk intake causes acne, but a study they supported--the Harvard Nurse's Health Study--found otherwise, as I show in my 3-min. video National Dairy Council on Acne and Milk. The conclusion reads: "We found......

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