Peeling Back the Onion Claims
What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions? Onions are potentially a good source of antioxidants, which, interestingly, are concentrated in the outer layers just beneath the papery peel. White onions,...
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Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements?
What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects...
Does Marijuana Affect Weight Gain or Bone Density?
Are the apparent adverse effects of heavy cannabis use on the bone just due to...
How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting?
Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting...
Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories?
How may we preserve bone and mass on a low-calorie diet? One of the...
Muscle Shrinkage and Bone Loss on Keto Diets?
Ketogenic diets have been found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and...
Is It Safe to Take Acid-Blocking Drugs?
Do the benefits outweigh the risks of acid-blocker drugs, also known as proton pump inhibitors...
Lead Contamination in Calcium Supplements
Do calcium citrate and calcium carbonate have as much lead as calcium supplements derived from...
How Much Lead Leaches Into Organic Chicken Bone Broth?
“Lead poisoning still occurs in the United States despite extensive prevention efforts and strict regulations.”...
What Should We Do to Lower Lead Levels in Breast Milk?
What are the effects of sodium and calcium intake on blood lead levels in pregnant...
Vitamin D Supplements for Increasing Aging Muscle Strength
We have known for more than 400 years that muscle weakness is a common presenting...
How Phytoestrogens Can have Anti-Estrogenic Effects
When the Women’s Health Initiative study found that menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy suffered...
Why Some Dairy Products Are More Closely Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s. Each year in the United...
The Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer on Breast Cancer Risk
Hops have been used for centuries as a flavoring agent in beer, but “[o]ver the...
The Best Dried Fruit for Osteoporosis
“We are in an epidemic of osteoporosis. There can be no doubt about that.” Ten...
Is the Risk of Skin Cancer from Sun Exposure Overblown?
By the turn of the 20th century, rickets, the vitamin D deficiency disease, was rampant,...
What Is the Optimal Vitamin D Level?
How Much Vitamin D Should We Take? If everyone took 2,000 units of vitamin D...
Where Vitamin D Supplements Fail
The Benefits of Vitamin D As I discuss in my video Do Vitamin Supplements Help...
Changing Protein Requirements
There has been a history of enthusiasm for protein in the nutrition world. A century...
Cancer-Causing Caramel Color
Caramel coloring may be the most widely consumed food coloring in the world. Unfortunately, its...
Almonds vs. Rice vs. Potatoes for Osteoporosis
Currently, an estimated ten million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, causing more than a million fractures, including...
Don’t Be Confused by Big Salt
High blood pressure is not the only harmful effect of too much salt—it’s also been...
The Risks and Benefits of Calcium Supplements
There has been an assumption for decades that as a natural element, calcium supplements must...
If Calcium Supplements Aren’t Safe, What About Calcium in Food?
In 12 short years, government panels have gone from suggesting widespread calcium supplementation may be...
