Diet Detectives

Food of the Week: Grapefruit If you have the winter food blues and don't want to see another potato, leafy green or beet ever again, don't worry--it's citrus season too, so this week we will be featuring grapefruit for the first...

Kamal answers some questions about bread and gluten on his blog:

Ask Kamal: "When is Bread good and when are MRIs bad?" - PainDatabase Paleos think bread will kill you. Well, it might. But so could surfing the web all day, going rafting, or living on a fault line. Let's get practical.

For most, a vegan diet is based on ethics and compassion for animals. But trying a vegan diet can also open up a world of foods that you might not have tried otherwise, like different types of fruits, vegetables and new cuisines. Here are some tips for going vegan from the NY Times Well Blog:

How to Go Vegan Vegan chefs, who agree that changing eating habits overnight can be challenging, offered advice for stocking a vegan pantry and finding replacements for dairy products.

Interesting history of sugar and health policies surrounding it--nutrition science is never straightforward when business and politics get involved!

http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2012/10/sugar-industry-lies-campaign

Big Sugar's Sweet Little Lies How the industry kept scientists from asking: Does sugar kill?