Sia Hurst - Author - Center for Nutrition Studies https://nutritionstudies.org/author/shurst/ Food. Science. Health. Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:19:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Food for Thought Series: Redefining Science as a Whole https://nutritionstudies.org/food-for-thought-series-redefining-science-as-a-whole/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:19:47 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33836 Reductionism is the dominant paradigm of science today. It is time to break the chains of reductionism and free science from its profit-driven prison.

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Written by Sia Hurst.

]]> Food for Thought Series: Assessing the Truth Behind Nutrition & Health Claims https://nutritionstudies.org/food-for-thought-series-assessing-the-truth-behind-nutrition-health-claims/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:00:44 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33602 The confusion surrounding health claims, and especially claims about the role of nutrition in specific diseases, like type 2 diabetes, can be overwhelming and sometimes discouraging. It often takes great personal responsibility and effort to assess the truth of competing claims. But even then—where do you begin?

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]]> Food for Thought Series: Is Health Care Actually Disease Care? https://nutritionstudies.org/food-for-thought-series-is-health-care-actually-disease-care/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:40:05 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33197 Despite spending more on reactive healthcare than any other country, standard treatment is one of the top killers in the US.

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]]> Food for Thought Series: The Reductionist Paradigm Is Killing Us https://nutritionstudies.org/food-for-thought-series-the-reductionist-paradigm-is-killing-us/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:46:32 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33303 Reductionism has a way of mangling the truth so it does more harm than good. Wouldn’t we all be better off if we knew the Whole truth?

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