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  1. Meat-Borne Infection Risk from Shopping Carts Meat-Borne Infection Risk from Shopping Carts April 17, 2012

    Exposure to meat packaging in the supermarket may lead to food poisoning in children placed in shopping carts.

  2. Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients? Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients? February 28, 2012

    Phytonutrients such as vitamin C prevent the formation of nitrosamines from nitrites, which explains why adding nitrite preservatives to processed meat can be harmful, but adding more vegetables and their nitrite-forming nitrates to our diet can be helpful.

  3. When nitrites go bad When nitrites go bad February 24, 2012

    Nitrites in processed meat form nitrosamines, a class of potent carcinogens found in cigarette smoke, which may explain why hot dog consumption has been associated with the two leading pediatric cancers, brain tumors and childhood leukemia.

  4. Asparagus pee Asparagus pee February 17, 2012

    Young infants and perhaps those with recurrent oxalate kidney stones should avoid beets, but most commonly the chief side effect is beeturia, the harmless passage of pink urine, though not all are affected, akin to the malodorous urine (“stinky pee”) that sometimes results from asparagus consumption.

  5. New vitamin B12 test New vitamin B12 test February 9, 2012

    Who should get tested for vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency and which is the best test to use: serum B12, methylmalonic acid (MMA), or holotranscobalamin levels?

  1. Amla and triphala tested for metals Amla and triphala tested for metals January 24, 2012

    Both U.S.-made and imported Ayurvedic dietary supplements have high contamination rates of toxic metals such as mercury, though only a small fraction of the levels found in canned tuna.

  2. Get the lead out Get the lead out January 23, 2012

    Toxic heavy metal contamination of Ayurvedic dietary supplements is in most cases intentional.

  3. Power plants Power plants January 16, 2012

    Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine’s arsenal came from natural products, from penicillin to the chemotherapy agents Taxol® and vincristine.

  4. Throw household products off the scent Throw household products off the scent January 4, 2012

    Volatile chemicals in consumer products such as air fresheners, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and dryer sheets may be hazardous.

  5. Preventing allergies in adulthood Preventing allergies in adulthood January 2, 2012

    The longest running study on vegetarians suggests that those eating plant-based diets have lower rates of chemical, drug, and environmental allergies.

  1. Preventing childhood allergies Preventing childhood allergies December 30, 2011

    What is responsible for the rising prevalence of atopic diseases such as food allergies, asthma, hay fever, and eczema?

  2. Dietary guidelines: pushback from the sugar, salt, and meat industries Dietary guidelines: pushback from the sugar, salt, and meat industries November 8, 2011

    The Sugar Association, Salt Institute, and American Meat Institute all railed against the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

  3. Nation’s diet in crisis Nation’s diet in crisis October 19, 2011

    Survey reveals the vast majority of Americans are not eating healthy even by U.S. dietary guideline standards.

  4. The effect of canned tuna on future wages The effect of canned tuna on future wages October 6, 2011

    The mercury contamination in tuna and other fish may adversely impact future earnings by impairing brain function and leading to a loss of intelligence (IQ).

  5. The effect of soy on precocious puberty The effect of soy on precocious puberty August 29, 2011

    Meat, animal protein, and soymilk (soya milk) can affect premature breast development in girls.