Do Pomegranates Live Up to Health Claims?
Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The case of POM Wonderful (the pomegranate juice company) vs. Federal Trade Commission made it all the way up to the U.S. Court...
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Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS?
Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth...
Weight-Loss Devices to the Extreme
Let’s discuss the safety and efficacy of various weight-loss methods, ranging from Botox and corsets...
From Gastric Balloons to Fake Knee Surgeries: When the Fix Is an Illusion
Sham surgery trials have shown that some of our most popular surgeries are themselves shams....
Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes?
By losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type...
The Hidden Costs of Bariatric Surgery
Weight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects. How Sustainable Is the Weight...
Is Surgery Necessary to Reverse Diabetes?
Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical...
Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond
The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the...
Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality
Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps...
Lose Weight with Cumin and Saffron?
The spice cumin can work as well as orlistat, the “anal leakage” obesity drug. In...
A Longer Life on Statins?
What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat,...
Taking Advantage of Sensory-Specific Satiety
How can we use sensory-specific satiety to our advantage? When we eat the same foods...
Dietary Diversity and Overeating
Big Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us. How did we evolve...
Hijacking Our Appetites
I debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient. The importance of satiety...
Lose 200 Lbs Without Feeling Hungry
I dive into one of the most fascinating series of studies I’ve ever come across....
Does Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) Help with Weight Loss?
For three cents a day, black cumin may improve our cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood...
Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission
Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far...
Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet
What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can...
Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?
Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help control cholesterol, blood...
Why Is Sorghum One of My New Favorite Grains?
Learn why sorghum is one of my favorite new grains. “Despite playing a significant role...
Ozempic (Semaglutide) and Other GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs: Their Uses, Side Effects, and More
Ozempic and others in a new class of weight-loss drugs have been called “the medical...
An Ideal Waist Size
The book Dieting Makes You Fat was published originally in the 1980s and then repeatedly...
An Ideal BMI
Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have...
Exploring the Obesity Paradox
How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr....
