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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. Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon March 1, 2012

    Frying bacon outdoors decreases the concentration of airborne nitrosamine carcinogens.

  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. Pretty in Pee-nk Pretty in Pee-nk February 20, 2012

    Beeturia, the passage of pink urine after beetroot consumption, is a reminder that phytonutrients circulate throughout our bloodstream, explaining the connection between “garlic breath” and the use of garlic as an adjunct treatment for pneumonia.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Is Artificial Butter Flavor Harmful? Is Artificial Butter Flavor Harmful? November 1, 2010

    The connection between diacetyl and the devastating lung disease bronchiolitis obliterans.