Pickled Paradox: Kimchi’s Link to Stomach Cancer
What explains the Achilles’ heel in certain Asian diets? For decades, Japan has had the...
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Pickled Paradox: Kimchi’s Link to Stomach Cancer
What explains the Achilles’ heel in certain Asian diets? For decades, Japan has had the longest life expectancy in the world, while spending just a fraction on healthcare compared to other high-income countries. This longevity has been attributed in part...
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Can Coffee Help Parkinson’s Symptoms?
Coffee can improve Parkinson’s symptoms within three weeks compared to placebo, but do the benefits...
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Our gut flora is determined by what we eat, for good or for ill. When...
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Why don’t more big payors in health care embrace plant-based eating? Many of the diseases...
Fenugreek May Help Sexual Function, Period Pain, and Lactation
The hormonal benefits of fenugreek extend beyond the muscle-bulking testosterone boost. In my video about...
How Much Do New Chemotherapy Drugs Extend Life?
If you put together all the new chemotherapy drugs approved over a dozen years, the...
Chemotherapy Is Expensive—Is It Effective?
Most chemotherapy drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without evidence...
How Many Minutes of Life Does a Burger Cost?
If you care about your health so much that it would be unthinkable to light...
How Big Meat Distorted the Evidence
Big Meat downplays the magnitude of meat mortality. A series of studies published in the...
The Meat Papers Contradicted Their Own Data
The meat industry’s own study concluded that meat consumption increased the risk of cancer, heart...
The Many Conflicts of Interest Behind the Meat Studies
The same person paid by Big Sugar to downplay the risks of sugar was paid...
Meat Studies Fail to Apply GRADE Properly
The meat industry comes up with a perversion of evidence-based medicine. A series of articles...
When Should We Rely on Observational Studies?
How legitimate is the common corporate criticism of the scientific nutrition literature that the credibility...
Big Sugar Twists the Science behind the Dietary Guidelines
How did Big Corn Syrup and other corporate sugar titans hijack the scientific process? In...
The Corporate Playbook behind Undermining Dietary Guidelines
International Life Sciences Institute, a nonprofit, is accused of being a front group for Coca-Cola...
The Burden of Weight Bias
Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of...
Weight Bias in Health Care
Please note: This blog and its accompanying video discuss the important and troubling issue of...
Nuts, Meat, and the Flaw in Nutrition Studies
Do people who eat nuts live longer simply because they replace protein from animals with...
Micromorts: Putting Risk Into Perspective
A micromort, a unit for comparing and communicating risk to patients, is equivalent to a...
What Foods Help Hair Growth?
Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss. Androgenic or androgenetic...
The Benefits and Risks of Hair Loss Drugs
What are the pros and cons of Propecia and Rogaine for hair loss? “Any consumer...
Do Hair Growth Supplements Work?
Might biotin or zinc supplements prevent hair loss in men and women? By the time...
The Protein Debate: Why Source Matters More Than Amount
I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality. In 2019,...
Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Safe and Effective?
Healthy kidneys are required for potassium excretion. If you aren’t sure if you’re at risk,...
