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  1. Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation May 16, 2012

    The variety of fruit and vegetable consumption may decrease disease risk, independent of quantity.

  2. The Safer Cinnamon The Safer Cinnamon April 24, 2012

    There are four common types of cinnamon: Vietnamese, Chinese (cassia), Indonesian, and Ceylon (true) cinnamon. Which is safest in terms of the level of coumarin, which may damage the liver at toxic doses?

  3. 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.

  4. Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants January 27, 2012

    Even when choosing the same quantity of fruits and vegetables, those making higher antioxidant choices experienced a reduction in C-reactive protein (inflammation) levels.

  5. Dragon’s Blood Dragon’s Blood January 25, 2012

    The four most antioxidant-packed natural substances so far tested are cloves, amla (Indian gooseberries), triphala (a combination of amla, bibhitaki, and haritaki fruits), and dragon’s blood.

  1. Dried Apples Versus Cholesterol Dried Apples Versus Cholesterol January 10, 2012

    Which common dried fruit is the most antioxidant-packed: apple rings, dried apricots, dried cherries, dried mango, prunes, or raisins?

  2. 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?

  3. Glycotoxins Glycotoxins December 28, 2011

    Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in our diet are thought to accelerate the aging process.

  4. Chicken’s Fate Is Sealed Chicken’s Fate Is Sealed October 4, 2011

    The egg industry is attempting to improve the fatty acid lipid profile of eggs by feeding blubber from the Canadian harp seal hunt to laying hens.

  5. Chicken, Eggs, and Inflammation Chicken, Eggs, and Inflammation October 3, 2011

    Chicken and eggs are the top sources of arachidonic acid in the diet, an omega 6 fatty acid involved in our body’s inflammatory response.

  1. 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.

  2. Improving Mood Through Diet Improving Mood Through Diet September 29, 2011

    The purported role arachidonic acid plays in brain inflammation could explain why eliminating chicken, fish, and eggs may improve symptoms of mood disturbance, depression, anxiety and stress within two weeks.

  3. Egg Cholesterol in the Diet Egg Cholesterol in the Diet August 31, 2011

    Cardiology experts warn that eating even a single egg a day may exceed the safe upper limit for cholesterol intake.

  4. Convergence of Evidence Convergence of Evidence June 1, 2011

    Profile of an editorial published by Dr. Dean Ornish in the American Journal of Cardiology describing the optimal diet and how simple choices can be as powerful as drugs and surgery.

  5. Is Peanut Butter Good for You? Is Peanut Butter Good for You? May 26, 2011

    An update on the healthfulness of nut consumption and whether the cardiovascular benefits extend to peanut butter.