It’s time for another installment of Smart Nutrition here on Midday.
When it comes to nutrition, we’re often faced with information overload and conflicting conclusions from different studies. For example, if you drink one diet soda per day, do you increase your chances of getting dementia? Maybe. Maybe not. Broccoli is good for you, right? If you have irritable bowel syndrome, not so much. Same goes for cauliflower, cabbage and Brussel sprouts. Good for most people most of the time, but not all people, all of the time.
How are we to make sense of the steady stream of research about what to eat and what to avoid -- and just how much of a connection is there between what we eat and diseases we may develop? Should we try to eat well? Sure, of course. But a lot of us are confused by what seem to be varying conclusions when it comes to food research. A new study sheds some light on why making the best nutritional choices can be challenging for a lot of us -- and why the sources of our information about nutrition are not always the most reliable.
To help us sort this all out today, we turn to Monica Reinagel, The Nutrition Diva. She is an author and a licensed nutritionist who blogs at nutritionovereasy.com. And she joins us on Midday every other month to discuss the latest trends in food, health and nutrition, and take your calls, emails and tweets.
