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  1. Cheese Mites and Maggots Cheese Mites and Maggots May 4, 2012

    Cheese manufacturers use spider-like insects and fly larvae to impart particular flavors and aromas to certain cheeses.

  2. Coffee and Cancer Coffee and Cancer April 3, 2012

    Coffee consumption is associated with a modest reduction of total cancer incidence.

  3. Flax and Fecal Flora Flax and Fecal Flora March 30, 2012

    The trillions of good bacteria in our gut can be thought of as an additional organ, metabolizing, detoxifying, and activating many crucial components of our diet. The formation of lignans from phytonutrient precursors found predominantly in flax seeds is one such example.

  4. Lung Cancer Metastases and Broccoli Lung Cancer Metastases and Broccoli March 21, 2012

    The anti-proliferative effects of cruciferous vegetable phytonutrients may decrease the metastatic potential of lung cancer, the number one cancer killer of women.

  5. Liver Toxicity Due to Broccoli Juice? Liver Toxicity Due to Broccoli Juice? March 15, 2012

    6,000 cups of broccoli a year is probably too much.

  1. Bacon and Botulism Bacon and Botulism February 27, 2012

    The nitrite preservatives in processed meats such as bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs form carcinogenic nitrosamines but also reduce the growth of botulism bacteria, forcing regulators to strike a balance between consumers risking cancer or a deadly form of food poisoning.

  2. Bulking up on antioxidants Bulking up on antioxidants January 31, 2012

    Even when fiber and fruit and vegetable intake are kept constant, choosing foods richer in antioxidants may increase stool size, which is associated with lower cancer risk.

  3. Amla versus cancer cell growth Amla versus cancer cell growth January 12, 2012

    Indian gooseberries (amla), an important plant in Ayurvedic medicine, may have anti-cancer properties, as well as cough-, fever-, pain-, stress-, and diarrhea-suppressing effects.

  4. Inflammatory remarks about arachidonic acid Inflammatory remarks about arachidonic acid September 30, 2011

    Arachidonic acid may play a role in cancer, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders.

  5. Bowels of the Earth Bowels of the Earth September 28, 2011

    Which country has the largest (and smallest) average stool size.

  1. Food mass transit Food mass transit September 27, 2011

    Most women experience a four-day intestine transit time, likely too long to meet the target 200 gram (half pound) minimum fecal output for cancer prevention.

  2. Stool size matters Stool size matters September 26, 2011

    Larger bowel movements are associated with lower risk of appendicitis, colon cancer, constipation, and diverticulitis.

  3. Relieving yourself of excess estrogen Relieving yourself of excess estrogen September 23, 2011

    Women eating vegetarian may have lower breast cancer rates because they have larger bowel movements.

  4. Cancer prevention and treatment may be the same thing Cancer prevention and treatment may be the same thing September 19, 2011

    Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so early detection via mammogram may be too late.

  5. Is Dragon Fruit Good For You? Is Dragon Fruit Good For You? May 21, 2011

    The role this exotic fruit plays in health promotion.