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Questions tagged [nutrition]

Use this tag for claims regarding the way we eat, and the effects eating has on our bodies.

Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthful diet.

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What is the best way to sit while having food?

I have read various claims regarding the best position to eat: sitting on the floor, sitting on a chair, standing, etc. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating: Eating while sitting on the floor is believed to be healthier than eating…
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Can Type I diabetes be cured with a raw food diet and exercise?

Sergei Boutenko is an author who promotes "wild edibles". He claims, at age 9, to have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Some time later, he started a raw food diet and regular exercise. One day, about a month into raw foods, when I was doing a…
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How many days can you live without food?

I am a Malaysian. A few days ago, one of my country's political speakers claimed he didn't eat anything for 10 days, and he just survived by drinking water. This phenomenon really make me interested in how human can do that just by using the…
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Goat's milk as an anti-inflammatory?

I've been having this discussion with a friend. He has been suggesting that I try goat's milk as it would help with my stomach problems. After looking around, I found some claims about how goat's milk has anti-inflammatory properties. A few red…
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Genetically modified crops

Possible Duplicate: What risks exist with GMO, but not with selective breeding? I heard that one of the reasons that people oppose GM food is because GM crops when digested create a protein that humans may not be able to process. Is there any…
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Are sucralose ("Splenda") and all other chlorinated hydrocarbons toxic?

Possible Duplicate: Long term effects of sucralose Is it true that sucralose is the only chlorinated hydrocarbon we eat and that chlorinated hydrocarbons are inherently toxic? (I realize the source of these claims is the pro-sugar brigade)
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Do McDonald's burgers resist decomposing because it harms any life form that ingests it?

Possible Duplicate: Do McDonald's burgers have an unnaturally long lifespan? Its a recurring theme over a few…
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Does drinking milk tea after drinking lemon tea make you sick?

Possible Duplicate: Does drinking milk and orange juice together cause digestion problems? Someone told me not to drinking milk tea after drinking lemon tea, or the reverse. He told me the milk and the lemon juice will conglomerate together. And…
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Can Ayurvedic treatment reduce symptoms and needed anti-inflammatory medication in ulcerative colitis patients by more than 75%

I found a study on Research Gate titled Effects of Ayurvedic treatment on forty-three patients of ulcerative colitis This paper was originally published in An international quarterly journal of research in Ayurveda and claims that Ayurvedic…
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Are pomegranate seeds edible?

My dad usually eats cherry seeds, which seemed dangerous to me, so I searched it online and indeed it can be dangerous. Today, I was about to eat a pomegranate but I wasn't sure if the seeds are edible. My parents said it's okay. But that's what…
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Does blending fruit affect the fibre to make you hungry again faster?

This New York Times article makes the claim that: The fiber in whole fruit “acts as a net” to slow down the process by which the body turns sugar from food into blood sugar, Ms. Krieger said, and though the smoothie still contains fiber, it has…
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Did the Mayo Clinic in the 1900s find 4-5 quarts (~4 litres) of raw milk a day to be healthy?

According to this claim by realmilk.com, THE MILK CURE: In the early 1900s, the Mayo Clinic administered the “Milk Cure,” which consisted in drinking 4-5 quarts of raw milk per day, obtaining favorable results for a range of illnesses including…
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Does boiling water with solid silver kill germs?

I was in China recently, and the tour guide mentioned that in some parts of China, the water quality is not good (due to pollution). To get around this problem, some locals used solid silver and boiled it together with water, so that "germs in the…
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Is llama meat popular amongst Britain's gurkha communities?

In "Eating this exotic meat may seriously damage your health" (2013-06-16) The Independent claims: Although still relatively rare, llama is increasingly popular, especially among Britain’s gurkha communities, which regard it as a premium meat. I…
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Does Tilapia have a greater inflammatory potential than bacon?

From: http://www.eatthis.com/tilapia-is-worse-than-bacon While most health experts agree we should be eating more fish (for all the reasons listed above), this Eat This, Not That! research has found the inflammatory potential of farmed tilapia to…
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