Reversing Diabetic Blindness with Diet
Though many reported feeling better on Dr. Walter Kempner’s rice and fruit diet, he refused...
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Do Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds Help an Enlarged Prostate?
The consumption of berries can enhance “beneficial signaling in the brain.” Plant foods are our primary source of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, but some plant foods may be better than others. As I’ve explored before, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial...
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Optimal Bowel Movement Position
Compared to rural African populations eating traditional plant-based diets, white South Africans and black and...
Optimal Bowel Movement Frequency
Lasting for 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the greatest ancient civilizations—with a vastly...
Plant-Based Diets as the Nutritional Equivalent of Quitting Smoking
Despite the most widely accepted and well-established chronic disease practice guidelines uniformly calling for lifestyle...
New Remote Job Openings at NutritionFacts.org
Even as of this week, 20 months after publication, How Not to Die is in the top...
Big Sugar Flexes Its Muscles
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends we reduce our consumption of salt, trans fats, saturated...
How to Treat the Root Cause of Diabetes
After about age 20, we may have all the insulin-producing beta cells we’re ever going...
Even Children Are Getting Gastric Bypasses Now
Weight loss surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread and is being performed in...
Treating the Root Cause of Acid Reflux
In terms of preventing acid reflux heartburn, high-fat meals cause dramatically more acid exposure in...
Mozart as Medicine
We’ve been playing music since the Paleolithic Era, 40,000 years ago. Music as therapy has...
My New DVD Starts Streaming Today
My new DVD is out today and is available as a streaming video so you...
What to Eat to Cure High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure ranks as the number-one risk factor for death and disability in the...
Fifty Times Lower Colon Cancer Risk
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, after...
Treating Kidney Stones with Diet
Studies suggest that excessive consumption of animal protein poses a risk of kidney stone formation,...
Ginger Root for Migraines
Many successful herbal treatments start like this: Some doctor learns that some plant has been...
Sushi Worm Parasite
There was a report recently of a woman in San Francisco suffering from gnathostomiasis. I...
Plant vs. Animal Iron
It is commonly thought that those who eat plant-based diets may be more prone to...
Should Cancer Patients Avoid Raw Fruits and Vegetables?
Back in the 1960s, a patient isolator unit was developed for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy....
How Much Nutrition Education Do Doctors Get?
In the United States, most deaths are preventable and related to nutrition. Given that the...
Using a Smell Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology appears to start in the part of the brain that handles...
Can Oatmeal Reverse Heart Disease?
Fiber continues to be singled out as a nutrient of public health concern. We’re getting...
How Much Water Should We Drink Every Day?
More than 2000 years ago Hippocrates (460–377 BCE) said, “If we could give every individual...
Best Foods for Acid Reflux
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common disorders of the digestive tract....
What Happened to the Rice Diet?
During his career at Duke, Dr. Walter Kempner treated more than 18,000 patients with his...
