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Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory compound found in animal products.

Plant-based diets may be protective against multiple sclerosis because IGF-1 can prevent our immune system from eliminating autoimmune cells.

We may have a billion different types of antibody-releasing cells in our immune system, such that each recognizes a different molecular signature.

Because certain tumors such as breast cancers thrive in settings of low-grade inflammation, our immune response can sometimes facilitate tumor growth.

All sweeteners--natural and artificial, caloric and non-caloric—help maintain cravings for intensely sweet foods.

People consuming low calorie sweeteners may overcompensate by eating more than they otherwise would.

The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other low and non-caloric natural and artificial sweeteners and may actually have antioxidant potential.

Aspartame may be the reason that diet soda consumption during pregnancy has been linked to premature birth.

Case reports of fibromyalgia chronic pain sufferers cured by removing the artificial sweetener aspartame (Nutrasweet) from their diets.

This week Consumer Reports released a study showing the majority of retail pork tested was contaminated with antibiotic resistant strains of the foodborne bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica.