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• February 22, 2012
  Vegetables Rate by Nitrate

  If nitrates can boost athletic performance and protect against heart disease, which vegetables have the most: beans, bulb vegetables (like garlic and onions), fruiting vegetables (like eggplant and..
• February 21, 2012
  Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet

  The nitrate in vegetables, which the body can turn into the vasodilator nitric oxide, may help explain the role dark green leafy vegetables play in the prevention and treatment of hypertension (high..
• January 3, 2012
  Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants

  A study of 15,000 American vegetarians suggests their lower chronic disease rates translate into fewer surgeries (including hysterectomies) and medications (including aspirin, sleeping pills,..
• December 28, 2011
  Glycotoxins

  Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in our diet are thought to accelerate the aging process.
• October 17, 2011
  Alkaline Water: a Scam?

  Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it snake oil. They both may be wrong.
• September 14, 2011
  Rosy Glow

  Erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign for heart disease.
• February 17, 2011
  Eliminating the #1 Cause of Death

  How to essentially eliminate the great scourge of the Western world.
• January 22, 2011
  Avoiding Other Banned Pesticides

  Industrial pollutants in the food supply may help explain the link between dairy consumption and Parkinson's disease.