Vegans and Iodine Deficiency Risk
Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine. “Adequate dietary iodine is required for normal...
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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?
Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine. “Adequate dietary iodine is required for normal thyroid function.” In fact, the two thyroid hormones are named after how many iodine atoms they contain: T3 and T4. “Given that iodine is extensively...
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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...
Acne and Vitamin B12
Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections. “Acne...
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 Homocysteine, Vitamin B12, and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?
Not taking vitamin B12 supplements or regularly eating B12-fortified foods may explain the higher stroke...
The 411 on Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes blanketing the earth....
Toxoplasmosis Prevention
What are the risks of contracting the brain parasite toxoplasma from cat litter or meat? ...
Are Apricot Seeds an Alternative Cancer Cure?
If you choose alternative cancer treatments, do you live longer? In addition to conventional therapies,...
Does a Macrobiotic Diet Help with Diabetes?
What happens when you add massive amounts of carbohydrates in the form of whole grains...
How to Treat Canker Sores
Vitamin C, turmeric, beta-glucan fiber, and vitamin B12 are put to the test for recurring...
Updated Vitamin B12 Recommendations Infographic
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes that blanket the...
What’s Best for Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis): Coconut Oil vs. Mineral Oil vs. Vaseline
Natural topical remedies for eczema, including licorice root gel, St. John’s Wort cream, and emollients...
The Foods to Avoid to Lower Stroke Risk
“Stroke remains one of the most devastating of all neurological diseases,” killing about 5 million...
The Diet We Were Designed to Eat
There are three broad theories about evolution and food. One is that humans have become...
Reversing Massive Obesity with Diet
Dr. Walter Kempner introduced the first comprehensive dietary program to treat chronic kidney disease and,...
The 3 Vitamins That Prevent Brain Loss
By our seventies, one in five of us will suffer from cognitive impairment. Within five...
The Vitamin Everyone on a Plant-Based Diet Needs
A new study from China found that compared to omnivores, those who ate egg-free and...
The Healthiest Diet for Weight Control
We know that vegetarians tend to be slimmer, but there’s a perception that veg diets...
Food Dyes and ADHD
There are currently thousands of additives in our food supply. Some are good—like supplementing foods...
What Is the Healthiest Meat?
Thanks to the Chinese space program, scientists in Beijing recently published a formal nutritional analysis...
Vitamin B12: How Much and How Often?
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes that blanket the...
Vegan B12 Deficiency: Putting It Into Perspective
When CNN’s documentary The Last Heart Attack premiered—documenting Bill Clinton’s attempt to reverse his heart...
