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• May 10, 2012
  National Dairy Council on Acne and Milk

  The Harvard Nurses' Study found an association between high school dairy intake and severe physician-diagnosed acne.
• May 1, 2012
  Eating Healthy on the Cheap

  Plant-based diets may offer the best investment for dietary health.
• April 27, 2012
  Preventing COPD With Diet

  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is now the third leading cause of death. The good news is that in addition to smoking cessation there are dietary interventions that can help prevent COPD.
• March 14, 2012
  Harvard’s Meat and Mortality Studies

  Monday, March 12, 2012, the Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study concluded that red meat consumption was associated with living a significantly shorter..
• 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 2, 2012
  Plant-Based Atkins Diet

  Harvard study found that men and women eating low carb diets live significantly shorter lives, but what about the "eco-Atkins diet," a plant-based low carbohydrate diet?
• January 4, 2012
  Throw Household Products Off the Scent

  Volatile chemicals in consumer products such as air fresheners, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and dryer sheets may be hazardous.
• November 1, 2011
  Plant Protein Preferable

  Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard's nutrition department, recommends we emphasize plant sources of protein rather than animal sources.