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• April 12, 2013
  The McGovern Report

  The story behind the first U.S. dietary guidelines explains why to this day the decades of science supporting a more plant-based diet have yet to fully translate into public policy.
• February 18, 2013
  Are Cats or Dogs More Protective For Children’s Health?

  Sharing one's home with a cat or dog may decrease the risk of infectious diseases in children, including ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and gastroenteritis.
• January 4, 2013
  Flesh and Fructose

  Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular..
• January 2, 2013
  Miocene Meteorites and Uric Acid

  Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications does this have for our health today?
• December 25, 2012
  Whole Grains May Work As Well As Drugs

  The consumption of three portions of whole grains a day appears as powerful as high blood pressure medications in alleviating hypertension.
• December 24, 2012
  Metabolic Syndrome and Plant-Based Diets

  Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is characterized by the so-called “deadly quartet,” abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high..
• December 21, 2012
  Potassium and Autoimmune Disease

  Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms, including boosting our adrenal gland function due to the consumption of potassium rich foods.
• December 4, 2012
  Erythritol May Be a Sweet Antioxidant

  The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other low and non-caloric natural and artificial sweeteners and may actually have antioxidant potential.