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Marla Szwast
Nov 2, 2019
Fighting Food Mythology
Because diet recommendations were never based on facts
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Marla Szwast
Oct 17, 2019
The Ugly Truth Behind BMI
Research Does Not Support Current Numbers
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Marla Szwast
Aug 27, 2019
Brain Fat is Cool
How to Get Your Kids Eating It, Even if They Hate Fish
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Marla Szwast
Aug 13, 2019
The Alarming Rate of Suicide Among Doctors
Why Are the Protectors of Life Killing Themselves?
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Marla Szwast
Aug 8, 2019
From Tired to More Tired
Why Doctors Don’t Test Fatigue Patients for Sleep Apnea
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Marla Szwast
Sep 18, 2018
Salt is as Essential to Life as Water
The Salty Truth: Episode 1: A Dozen Reasons to be Grateful for Salt
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Marla Szwast
Sep 16, 2018
Eat More Salt to Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease
The Salty Truth: Episode 7: Why Low Salt Diets are Dangerous for Your Heart
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Marla Szwast
Aug 19, 2018
How Low-Salt Diets Give Fuel to Addictions
The Salty Truth: How Eating Salt Can Keep Your Reward System in Normal Mode
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Marla Szwast
Aug 11, 2018
This is Why Low-Salt Diets Cause Obesity
The Salty Truth: Episode 5: The Link Between Salt Deprivation and Fat Accumulation
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Marla Szwast
Jul 24, 2018
Dopamine is not the Devil
Dopamine is getting a lot of blame for addiction, but dopamine is necessary to life, movement, and motivation.
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