Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk
Preventing and treating chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke with diet and lifestyle changes is not just safer but may be dramatically more effective
View ArticleInhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds
The yellow fluid around tomato seeds appears to suppress platelet activation without affecting blood clotting. This anti-inflammatory effect may explain why eating tomato products is associated with...
View ArticlePreventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Diet
The role of the Mediterranean diet in preventing and treating dementia.
View ArticlePreventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes
Lifestyle changes could potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease every year in the United States
View ArticleHow Much Added Sugar Is Too Much?
Are table sugar and high fructose corn syrup just empty calories or can they be actively harmful?
View ArticleCaloric Restriction vs. Plant-Based Diets
What is the best strategy to lower the level of the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1?
View ArticleGMO Soy and Breast Cancer
The hormonal effects of the Roundup pesticide on GMO soy put into perspective.
View ArticleIs the Pesticide Glyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup Safe?
Higher levels of pesticides on GMO soy is a concern since Monsanto’s Roundup has been shown to have adverse effects on human placental tissue.
View ArticleAre GMOs Safe? The Case of Roundup Ready Soy
Genetically engineered soybeans have significantly higher pesticide residues than organic or conventional non-GMO soy.
View ArticleAre GMOs Safe? The Case of Bt Corn
So much of the information about genetically modified crops is wrong—on both sides of the debate. What does the best available evidence have to say about the human health implications of Bt corn?
View ArticleAntibiotics: Agribusinesses’ Pound of Flesh
The FDA’s suggestion that the meat industry voluntarily stop feeding antibiotics by the ton to farm animals to fatten them faster falls short of the changes needed to forestall the epidemic of...
View ArticleHospitals Selling Sickness
The movement to remove fast food operations from hospitals parallels the successful movement in the 80s to bar hospital tobacco sales.
View ArticleDairy Estrogen and Male Fertility
Sex steroid hormones in meat, eggs, and dairy may help explain the link between saturated fat intake and declining sperm counts.
View ArticleThe Role of Diet in Declining Sperm Counts
The ongoing global drop in male fertility may be associated with saturated fat intake and lack of sufficient fruits and vegetables.
View ArticleJuicing Removes More than Just Fiber
The majority of polyphenol phytonutrients may be bound to fiber, helping to explain the marked difference in health impacts between whole fruit and fruit juice.
View ArticleInfectobesity: Adenovirus 36 & Childhood Obesity
Studies on more than a thousand children suggest that a viral infection may play a role in childhood obesity by increasing both the number and size of fat cells.
View ArticleTurmeric Curcumin & Pancreatic Cancer
Carcinogens in grilled and baked chicken may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, while curcumin, the yellow pigment in the spice turmeric, may sometimes help even in advanced stages of the disease.
View ArticleCan Flaxseeds Help Prevent Breast Cancer?
Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1.
View ArticlePCBs in Children’s Fish Oil Supplements
A study of 13 over-the-counter children’s fish oil supplements found that all were contaminated with PCB pollutants.
View ArticleHow Much Hibiscus Tea Is Too Much?
The impressive manganese content of hibiscus tea may be the limiting factor for safe daily levels of consumption.
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