Are Nuts and Peanut Butter Linked to a Longer Life?
Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest...
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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?
Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for death in human history, a poor diet causes more deaths than anything. Cigarettes only kill about 8 million people a...
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Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity?
Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid...
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...
Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load
If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated,...
Do Potatoes Shorten Your Life?
Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters? Is there a link...
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...
What Foods Trigger Inflammation?
Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are...
How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors?
People with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live...
How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts
Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart...
Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels?
If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO,...
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...
Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels
Having a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a...
A Longer Life on Statins?
What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat,...
The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects
A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right...
Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins?
What is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out...
Should You Take Statins?
How can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if...
True Health Intiative: Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet
The leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet. About...
Cleaning Products, Air Fresheners, and Lung Function
There is a reason the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prohibits not only...
Eating to Help Control Cancer Metastasis
Randomized controlled trials show that lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer...
Eating with Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
Is the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of...
Statins and Muscle Pain Side Effects
Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while...
