Eating to Help Control Cancer Metastasis
Randomized controlled trials show that lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer...
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Eating to Help Control Cancer Metastasis
Randomized controlled trials show that lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer survival. The leading cause of cancer-related death is metastasis. Cancer kills because cancer spreads. The five-year survival rate for women with localized breast cancer is...
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Dietary Components That May Cause Cancer to Metastasize
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Does Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) Help with Weight Loss?
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Should We Drink Kombucha
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Treating Hashimoto’s Disease (Hypothyroidism) Naturally with Diet
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Eating with Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
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A Healthy, Natural Source of Iodine?
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Vegans and Iodine Deficiency Risk
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What About Elderberry, Echinacea, and Cranberries for Colds and the Flu?
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Skip the Salt and Shake on Potassium Chloride?
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Chemical Safety, Cultivated Meat, and Our Health
More than 95 percent of human exposure to industrial pollutants like dioxins and PCBs comes...
Antibiotic Resistance, Cultivated Meat, and Our Health
Medically important antibiotics are being squandered by animal agriculture to compensate for typical factory farming...
Celebrating Food, Culture, and AAPI Month with Remy Morimoto Park
We had the pleasure of talking with Remy Morimoto Park about food, culture, and AAPI...
Food Safety and Cultivated Meat
What are the direct health implications of making clean meat—that is, meat without animals? In...
Statins and Muscle Pain Side Effects
Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while...
Eating to Treat Crohn’s Disease
Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those...
Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission
Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far...
Foods That Disrupt Our Microbiome
Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an...
Skincare as You Age Infographic
When I dove into the scientific research for my book How Not to Age, I...
Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet
What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can...
Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures
In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying...
Inhospitable Hospital Food
What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be...
Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding
Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable...
Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work?
Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients...
