How Prebiotic Foods Keep Your Microbiome Healthy
We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our...
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How Prebiotic Foods Keep Your Microbiome Healthy
We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If you look at the classics—the most frequently cited articles in the scientific nutrition literature—the original glycemic index paper ranks tenth,...
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How We Eat vs. How We Think We Eat
The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media...
The Link Between Breast Cancer and a Virus in Meat and Dairy
Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from...
Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
As many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the...
NDMA: A Cancer-Causing Contaminant in Meds and Meat
Billion-dollar drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than is found...
Peeling Back the Onion Claims
What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from...
How to Boost Your Life Expectancy by 12 to 14 Years
What can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending lifestyle changes? A pivotal paper published in...
Do Vitamin C Supplements Help Reduce Anxiety?
What are the risks and benefits of using vitamin C for depression and anxiety? “In...
Which Potato Is the Most Nutritious?
Are yellow-fleshed potatoes healthier than white? And what about the glycoalkaloid toxins? The high glycemic...
How to Tame Blood Sugar Spikes after Eating Potatoes
Broccoli, vinegar, and lemon juice are put to the test to blunt the glycemic index...
Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load
If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated,...
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Potatoes and Diabetes: It’s Complicated
Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or...
Prunes: Nature’s Answer to Constipation
Prunes, figs, and exercise are put to the test as natural home remedies for constipation....
Glycidol: The DNA-Damager in Fried Foods
Glycidol may help explain why people who eat fried foods get more cancer. “The main...
Building an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like? “Intervention studies to enhance healthy ageing need appropriate...
What Foods Trigger Inflammation?
Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are...
Do Pomegranates Live Up to Health Claims?
Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and...
Fighting Cancer with Whole Plant Foods
The foundation of cancer prevention is plants, not pills. “The vast majority of cancer research...
Eating Organic: Can It Lower Your Cancer Risk?
Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? What are the effects of pesticides...
What Does Personalized Nutrition Actually Deliver?
There’s a lot of focus on personalized nutrition, but maybe we should focus on taking...
The Link Between Milk and Parkinson’s Disease
Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or...
Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS?
Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth...
