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Dr. Greger on Alcohol
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What Are the Best and Worst Foods?
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The Health Benefits of Laughter, Tears, and Kisses
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The Effect of Animal Protein on the Kidneys
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How Healthy Is the Mediterranean Diet?
The heart of a traditional Mediterranean diet is mainly vegetarian—much lower in meat and dairy...
Plant-Based Is Not the Same as Vegetarianism
Referring to heart disease, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD asks, “Why is there reticence to...
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Best Food for the Common Cold
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How Too Much Cholesterol Can Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease
Millions suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and the available and foreseeable treatments are disappointing at best....
Who’s Right in the Salt Debate?
For decades, a sometimes furious battle has raged among scientists over the extent to which...
How to Treat Ulcerative Colitis with Diet
The rotten egg gas, hydrogen sulfide, is one of the main malodorous compounds in human...
What Do the Longest Living People Eat?
The dietary guidelines recommend that we choose meals or snacks that are high in nutrients...
Best Foods for COPD and Peripheral Artery Disease
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Uncovering the Early Silent Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
In 1985, a Swiss pathologist noted Alzheimer’s disease-like changes—plaques and tangles—in the brains of about...
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