Dissected: Cutting to the Heart of Health News

Overindulging on pizza: can our bodies handle the excess fat, calories, and carbs?


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In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Aisha Harris to discuss the effects of overindulging on on food-- namely, pizza. The episode was informed by a news article and a peer-reviewed journal article.

Dr. Aisha Harris is a board certified Family Medicine physician who works in under-resourced populations in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. She is the primary contributor to the BLK FAM DOC platform that strives to improve health literacy and access by sharing health information through diverse outlets. Find her at https://www.blkfamdoc.com/.

 

News Article

Melore, C. (2020). Pig out! You can eat all the pizza you want (occasionally) without damaging your health, study claims. Study Finds, 2020 (August 13). Retrieved from https://www.studyfinds.org/you-can-eat-all-the-pizza-you-want-without-damaging-health/

Journal Article

Hengist, A., Edinburgh, R. M., Davies, R. G., Walhin, J. P., Buniam, J., James, L. J., . . . Betts, J. A. (2020). Physiological responses to maximal eating in men. Br J Nutr, 124(4), 407-417. doi:10.1017/S0007114520001270

 

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