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Doing right by your diet

Q: What’s wrong with the American diet? A: Over the last 40-50 years we’ve changed our diet radically and moved to a diet with lots of processed foods, lots of refined grains and fats, lots of meat - lots of everything except fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. We know this diet is linked to chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, several types of cancer and heart disease.

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