Diet Science

Hot Dogs and Brain Tumors in Children

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 18 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about several studies connecting sodium nitrate that's in hot dogs and brain cancer, leukemia or other conditions in children.

Fake Antioxidants - Don't Be Fooled!

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

This week Dee talks about BHA, BHT, and TBHQ - three synthetic compounds that do nothing like an antioxidant in the body and studies suggest are harmful to consume.

Chocolate - Food of the Gods

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 18 years by staying away from processed foods. This week Dee talks about the health benefits of Cacao after visiting a chocolate farm in Hawaii.

Introducing the Healthy Coconut Nectar

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 18 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about Coconut Nectar and its amazing healthful qualities.

Can People Get Addicted to Cheese?

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 18 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about how cheese can be addictive and what to do if you think you are.

BPA Alert for Canned Foods

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 18 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about the recent Federal BPA Alert about it’s prevalence in the lining of canned gioods. Dee helps us understand BPA’s harmful effects and leads us to the companies that are not using this liner.

Common Food Additives to Avoid

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 17 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about the common food additives in packaged school lunches and other processed foods, namely Sodium Nitrite, Acesulfame Potassium, and BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole).

Is There Anything Natural About Fructose?

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Diet Science is a fun 5 to 7 minute weekly program with insights and straight scoops on today's health and diet issues from Dee McCaffrey, CDC. Dee is an Organic Chemist who lost 100 pounds, nearly half her body weight, and has kept it off for over 17 years by staying away from processed foods.

This week Dee talks about Fructose. Is it natural when it's in our sodas and packaged foods? Listen in a find out!

Nutritional Benefits of Raw Chocolate

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

This week Dee talks about the nutritional benefits of raw chocolate.

Yay!

Diabetes Now Linked to Sodas

Dee and Michael McCaffrey — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:34:13 -0400

This week Dee talks about a huge longitudinal study that connects sodas to diabetes.