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  1. Treating COPD with Diet Treating COPD with Diet April 30, 2012

    Dietary interventions, including increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing meat intake, may not only help slow the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but may actually improve lung function.

  2. Preventing COPD with Diet Preventing COPD with Diet April 27, 2012

    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.

  3. Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat February 29, 2012

    The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an array of processed meats including chicken, turkey, and pork.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  1. Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad? Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad? February 23, 2012

    If the nitrates in vegetables such as greens are health-promoting because they can be turned into nitrites and then nitric oxide inside our bodies, what about the nitrites added to cured meats such as bacon, ham, and hot dogs?

  2. Avoiding a Sugary Grave Avoiding a Sugary Grave December 29, 2011

    500 foods were tested for advanced glycation end products (AGEs).

  3. Arsenic in Chicken Arsenic in Chicken February 7, 2011

    The poultry industry feeds their birds millions of pounds of arsenic-containing drugs every year.

  4. Hot Dogs & Leukemia Hot Dogs & Leukemia November 22, 2010

    How much cancer risk can be avoided through lifestyle change?

  5. What Is Really in Hot Dogs? What Is Really in Hot Dogs? September 30, 2010

    What percentage of a hot dog is actually muscle tissue?