The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer
How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed...
Tag: beans
A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch meat, causes cancer? “It is rare, in the history of nations, that one finds good reasons to...
View Latest Blog
Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity?
Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid...
Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load
If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated,...
Potatoes and Diabetes: It’s Complicated
Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or...
Fighting Cancer with Whole Plant Foods
The foundation of cancer prevention is plants, not pills. “The vast majority of cancer research...
Which Foods Help a Leaky Gut?
What is the recommended diet for treating leaky gut? Which foods and food components can...
Keeping Better Score of Your Diet
How can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of...
Eating to Treat Crohn’s Disease
Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those...
Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet
What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can...
What About Millet and Diabetes?
What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes...
Plant-Based Meats and Puberty, Obesity, and Fracture Risk
What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture...
Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?
What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits...
How Healthy Are the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat vs. Beef?
What happens when you compare the trans fats, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol levels in...
Eating to Reverse Heart Failure
An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an...
Eating to Fight the Climate Crisis
The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health. “Scientists have...
Junk Food in Hospitals
Why is hospital food so unhealthy? “Put in stark terms, CVD [cardiovascular disease] claims 1...
Treat Type 1 Diabetes with a Plant-Based Diet?
Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough? The International Journal...
Is Creatine Safe and Efficient for High Homocysteine?
Those on a healthy plant-based diet who have elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin...
Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine in Vegetarians?
What are the consequences of having to make your creatine rather than relying on dietary...
Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin...
What About Animal Protein and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?
Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity? ...
What About Vegan Junk Food and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?
Just because you’re eating a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn’t mean you’re eating healthfully. “Plant-Based...
The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians
The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests...
Eating to Lower Lp(a)
What should we eat—and not eat—to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a)? Lipoprotein A,...
