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

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Is there a metabolically superior diet?

Apart from the correct answers that eating less and exercising more is the only real way to loose fat, some minor effects have been documented in different studies: The first type of diets are diets …
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Does any U.S.-sold brand of "100% pure" fruit juice contain added HFCS?

If this would be a common practice someone would be able to prove it If somebody would find a proof it would most likely lead to a legal case. Such cases exist: see eg (1) cited in the paper you prov …
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Is salt "white death"?

In addition to the other answers: Does this mean that it is best not to use any salt at all? Certainly not. Salt is necessary. If you don't eat enough salt you may end up with hyponatremia. Fr …
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Do "probiotics" have health benefits?

It depends on what you define as probiotics. If you are referring to the "food products mega-corporations" as you call them, the answer is most likely No, and arguments are given below. This does not …
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Does some apple juice contain dangerous amounts of arsenic?

As a complement to the answer given by oddthinking: When the Dr. Oz Show gave the FDA information suggesting that apple juice samples it had tested showed results as high as 36 parts per bill …
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Organic food is worse for the environment because it requires more land than non-organic food

Techniques like Life Cycle assesment (LCA) can be used to answer this kind of questions, but these techniques often need to make many assumptions. Some example studies and their references can be fou …
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