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  • Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine
    Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine
    Modest lifestyle changes that include the avoidance of alcohol may cut the odds of breast cancer in half, but certain grapes appear to contain natural aromatase inhibitors that may undermine the..
  • Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much is Safe?
    Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much is Safe?
    Nearly 5,000 breast cancer deaths a year may be attributable to just light drinking (up to one drink a day).
  • Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis
    Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis
    A similar exponential increase in carotid artery plaque buildup was found for smokers and egg eaters.
  • Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention?
    Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention?
    Eating fiber-containing foods—especially nuts—during adolescence may significantly lower the risk of developing potentially precancerous fibrocystic breast disease (fibroadenomas).
  • Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence
    Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence
    Nut consumption does not appear to lead to the expected weight gain.
  • Mineral of the Year—Magnesium
    Mineral of the Year—Magnesium
    Despite promising autopsy and population data suggesting that inadequate magnesium intake is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death, it wasn't until recently that this was demonstrated in prospective..
  • Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death
    Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death
    Death in America is largely a foodborne illness. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to..
  • What Women Should Eat to Live Longer
    What Women Should Eat to Live Longer
    A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurse's Health Study compares the danger of smoking cigarettes to the danger of animal product consumption (cholesterol) and the benefits of plant foods..
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