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• April 24, 2013
  Plant-Based Diets For Breast Pain

  Plant-based diets appear to offer relief from a variety of menstrual symptoms, including cramping, bloating, and breast pain (cyclical mastalgia).
• March 25, 2013
  Flaxseed vs. Prostate Cancer

  What happens when men with prostate cancer and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) are placed on a relatively low-fat diet supplemented with ground flaxseeds?
• December 19, 2012
  98% of American Diets Potassium Deficient

  Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium due primarily to inadequate plant food intake.
• October 31, 2012
  How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs?

  Based on the half-life of industrial pollutants children may be exposed to in the womb or at the breast, how many years does it take for them to detoxify their bodies (assuming they're brought up on..
• October 4, 2012
  Too Much Soy May Neutralize Benefits

  Vegans consuming 7-18 servings of soy foods a day may end up with circulating IGF-1 levels comparable to those who eat meat.
• September 28, 2012
  How Plant-Based to Lower IGF-1?

  Those eating vegan had significantly lower IGF-1 levels and higher IGF binding proteins than those just eating vegetarian, suggesting that the more plant-based one's diet becomes, the lower one's..
• September 27, 2012
  The Answer to the Pritikin Puzzle

  Lower cancer rates among those eating a plant-based diet may be a result of reduced blood levels of IGF-1 and enhanced production of IGF-1 binding protein.
• September 20, 2012
  Some Prostates Are Larger than Others

  Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH—an enlarged prostate gland—affects 80% of older men, but like many other Western chronic diseases it appears to be a consequence of our diet.