Do Potatoes Shorten Your Life?
Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters? Is there a link...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters? Is there a link between potato intake and the incidence of hypertension? Harvard researchers followed the diets and diseases of more than 100,000 men and women for decades and...
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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...
The Link Between Milk and Parkinson’s Disease
Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or...
Plant-Based Hospital Menus
The American Medical Association passed a resolution encouraging hospitals to offer healthy plant-based food options....
Treat the Cause
Treat the underlying cause of chronic lifestyle diseases. It’s been said that more than 2,000...
Are Raw Mushrooms Safe to Eat?
Microwaving is probably the most efficient way to reduce agaritine levels in fresh mushrooms. There...
Eating to Help Control Cancer Metastasis
Randomized controlled trials show that lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer...
Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function?
If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured”...
An Ideal BMI
Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have...
What About Saturated Fat and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?
How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became westernized...
Children’s Cereals: Candy for Breakfast?
Plastering front-of-package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract us from the...
Is All Vegan Food Healthy?
How do healthier plant-based diets compare to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods when it...
Circadian Rhythms and Our Health and Weight
Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a...
Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test
For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve talked...
Sugar and Gaining Weight
The sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms...
The Safety of Keto Diets
What are the effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease...
Keto Diet to Effectively Fight Cancer?
What does the science say about the clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and...
The Political Power of the Food Industry
What can millions of dollars in the hands of the lobbying industry do to shut...
High Oxalate Greens and Kidney Stones
Given their oxalate content, how much is too much spinach, chard, beet greens, chaga mushroom...
Attempts by Big Sugar to Manipulate the Science
“Corporations are legally required to maximize shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health...
Cheese and the Comparison Challenge
Dairy is compared to other foods for cardiovascular (heart attack and stroke) risk. When studies...
Testing Berries and Nuts, Two of the Best Brain Foods
Randomized controlled studies put nuts, berries, and grape juice to the test for cognitive function....
Doctors Tested for Basic Understanding of Mammogram Math
If doctors don’t understand health statistics, how can they possibly properly counsel patients? “In these...
Tomato Sauce Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato...
