Nutrition – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:59:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Nutrition – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 White Death, White Gold: Milk’s Historic Peril and Saving Pasteurization https://brewminate.com/white-death-white-gold-milks-historic-peril-and-saving-pasteurization/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:10:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260594 Pasteurization’s success is so complete that it often becomes invisible, a background technology of safety like chlorination and

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]]> The Pastoral Illusion: Why Raw Milk’s Rustic Image Masks Real Dangers https://brewminate.com/the-pastoral-illusion-why-raw-milks-rustic-image-masks-real-dangers/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:10:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260474 The debate over raw milk is not simply about taste or tradition. It is a reminder of how

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]]> ‘The Great Masticator’: The Fletcherist Dietary Fad in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries https://brewminate.com/the-great-masticator-the-fletcherist-dietary-fad-in-the-late-19th-and-early-20th-centuries/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:09:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260600 Fletcherism’s legacy is not merely that of a peculiar dietary eccentricity but of a revealing moment in the

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]]> The Myth of the Purge: How Detox Diets Sell a Problem the Body Already Solved https://brewminate.com/the-myth-of-the-purge-how-detox-diets-sell-a-problem-the-body-already-solved/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:08:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260481 The detox industry may continue to sell the fantasy of the quick fix, but the truth is more

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]]> Blue Promises, Murky Truths: The Methylene Blue Hype and Its Hidden Risks https://brewminate.com/blue-promises-murky-truths-the-methylene-blue-hype-and-its-hidden-risks/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:07:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260488 Methylene blue may remain a useful medical tool in its narrow, evidence-based contexts. Outside of that, it is

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]]> Nanobots in Your Caesar? The Bizarre World of Edible Vaccine Conspiracies https://brewminate.com/salad-as-surveillance-the-edible-vaccine-conspiracy-and-americas-cult-of-control/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:22:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258263 The edible vaccine conspiracy is, in a way, a folk tale for the digital age—mixing magic, medicine, and

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]]> Feeding the Machine: RFK Jr., Mom’s Meals, and the Illusion of Nutrition Reform https://brewminate.com/feeding-the-machine-rfk-jr-moms-meals-and-the-illusion-of-nutrition-reform/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:21:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258256 It’s about the gap between our national conversation about health and the structures we actually fund and accept.

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]]> Nutrition Advice Is Rife with Misinformation and Pseudoscience https://brewminate.com/nutrition-advice-is-rife-with-misinformation-and-pseudoscience/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:22:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=250141 Promises of quick health fixes are too good to be true. By Dr. Aimee Pugh BernardAssistant Professor of

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]]> Fake Nutrition: The Modern ‘Paleo’ Diet Isn’t Really Paleo https://brewminate.com/fake-nutrition-the-modern-paleo-diet-isnt-really-paleo/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:20:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=248687 Ancient human diets were not primarily based on animal protein. By Mapping IgnoranceChair of Scientific CultureUniversity of the

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]]> The Surprisingly Intolerant and Often Dangerous History of Milk https://brewminate.com/the-surprisingly-intolerant-and-often-dangerous-history-of-milk/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:20:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=250310 An udderly fascinating chronicle of milk. By Daniel FernandezEditorial InternSmithsonian Magazine On May 8, 1858, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper ran

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