Beer and Wine, Is That Okay?

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Anastasia: Beer and wine is not so much the calories as may be the impacts of the alcohol. The most recent, i sort ofno, no alcohol, whatever is, is am best. Chocolate chip cookies are ok if you're a chocolate fan. Coffee is something that's getting better and better for people who like to drink it. I'm going to im not ready to step in theree and you don't drink at all, or do you? No, i do drink. But i'm aware of the research, and i think something recently came out about level alcohol which is good.

Shermer and de Salcedo discuss: her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at age 27 • her long-term psychological strategy for living with a serious illness • what “eating like a pig” actually means • our 70-year-old “diet detour” • the obesity crisis • how dietary studies are conducted • the baseline health of lab rats • static vs. dynamic metabolism • diseases you can treat, manage, or prevent with exercise • cholesterol and statins • why exercise is more important than diet • how you can have your cake and eat it, too.

Anastacia Marx de Salcedo is a food writer whose work has appeared in Salon, Slate, the Boston Globe, and Gourmet magazine and on PBS and NPR blogs. She’s worked as a public health consultant, news magazine publisher, and public policy researcher. She is the author of Combat-Ready Kitchen and lives in Boston, MA.