Small Bites
Andy Bellatti’s Small Bites blog aims to deliver information on a variety of nutrition topics in a straightforward fashion free of hype, magic bullets, and quackery.
In these times of information overload and self-appointed gurus who lack basic nutrition science concepts, Small Bites delivers precise and scientifically sound advice to help you achieve your health goals.
Although nutrition is at the core of Small Bites, the effects of politics, business, advertising, public health, and emotions can not
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Feb 07, 12 05:40AMI’ve seen a glimpse of the future — and it frightens me. Behold “H.U.M.A.N healthy vending”machines. You know, H.U.M.A.N as in “Helping Unite Man And Nutrition”? Th e...
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Feb 06, 12 08:40AMBig Dairy – more specifically, the Milk Processors Education Program – has a hefty advertising budget. Roughly $70 million a year, to be quasi-exact. Most people are familiar with their &l dquo...
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Jan 20, 12 12:11AMTime for another giveaway. This time around, you have a say in the final product, since the prize is your very own case of You Bars (a company I blogged about three years ago, and am happy to see do v ery...
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Jan 19, 12 03:53PMVitamin D is a nutrient (well, technically a hormone) that has had a substantial amount of research devoted to it over recent years. As someone who enjoys keeping up with the latest findings, I am oft en...
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Jan 18, 12 04:49PMTime to check in with one of Big Food’s latest campaigns. In this instance, we turn our attention to Kellogg’s, which has rolled out quite the online defense of their various cereal lines. How...
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Jan 13, 12 02:27PMUPDATE (1/17): Paula Deen has announced she has been living with Type 2 diabetes for 3 years. Oh, and she’s endorsing Novo Nordisk. UPDATE 2 (1/17): Dear members of the media: dietary fat has no thing...
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Jan 13, 12 12:10PMI thought it would be fun and informative to feature some of the more interesting questions I have received via email and social media over the past few weeks. Here they are — with my answers, o f...
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Jan 11, 12 02:27AMAs regular Small Bites readers know, I am a vocal fan of sea vegetables. They are highly anti-inflammatory, a good source of omega 3 fatty acids not found in other plant-based foods, and offer a nice array...
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Jan 10, 12 12:37PMThe beverage industry has always been home to potions that try to provide “added value” (and calories, artificial ingredients, sugars, dyes, and cost) to the very thing most people need to drink...
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Jan 09, 12 11:14AMJudy Converse, MPH, RD, LD has been a registered dietitian for over 20 years. She has a master’s degree in public health nutrition from the University of Hawaii, a bachelor’s degree in foo d...
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