Using Cherries to Treat Gout
Over the last 40 years, the burden of gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, has risen...
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Is Moringa the Most Nutritious Food?
Before speculating about the reason for the “explosive” increase in autism, one has to make sure the explosion is real. In 1943, a famous paper was published in which Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, described a series of children with “fascinating peculiarities.” He thought that “these characteristics form...
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Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” in Meat
As a rule, “high-ranking public-health officials try to avoid apocalyptic descriptors. So, it’s worrying to...
Drugs vs. Lifestyle for Preventing Diabetes
In just one decade, the number of people with diabetes has more than doubled. According...
How to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Diabetes
Thirty years ago, virtually all diabetes in young individuals was thought to be autoimmune Type...
Hummus for a Healthy Heart
I’ve talked previously about the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of various phytonutrients in beans, but...
What to Do If You Suspect Gluten Problems
Symptoms of gluten sensitivity include irritable bowel type symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, and...
How a Gluten-Free Diet Can Be Harmful
Until only a few years ago, almost the whole of the scientific world maintained that...
Gluten Sensitivity Put to the Test
In 1980, researchers in England reported a series of women with no evidence of celiac...
Should We Take Chlorella to Boost Natural Killer Cell Activity?
Multiple studies published over the last few decades suggest that exercise can mitigate the decline...
A Simple Yet Neglected Cure for Childhood Constipation
Back in the 1950s, it was suggested that some cases of constipation among children might...
How to Cook Broccoli
When I used to teach medical students at Tufts, I gave a lecture about this...
The #1 Dietary Risk Factor Is Not Eating Enough Fruit
The Global Burden of Disease Study published in 2012, is the most comprehensive and systematic...
New DVD Covers Splenda, Lupus, CoQ10, & Reversing Diabetes
On April Fool’s Day, 1998, the FDA approved the artificial sweetener sucralose, sold as Splenda....
Why Are Chickens Fed Prozac?
Between 1940 and 1971, the synthetic estrogen DES was prescribed to several million pregnant women...
Making Your Own Mouthwash
The effects of a vegetarian diet on systemic diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases...
Bile Binding Beets
In my video Breast Cancer and Constipation, I discussed how fruits and veggies bind carcinogenic...
Bile Acids and Breast Cancer
Why do constipated women appear to be at higher risk for breast cancer? The results...
Evidence-Based Nutrition
Dr. Esselstyn’s landmark study, demonstrating that even advanced triple vessel coronary artery disease could be...
The Dietary Link Between Acne and Cancer
Acne is an epidemic skin disease of industrialized countries, reaching prevalence rates of over 85 percent of...
How to Suppress the Aging Enzyme TOR
Over the last decade, more than 5,000 papers have been published about TOR, an engine-of-aging...
Free App for Android & iPhone and Top 10 Videos of 2015
The second half of my new book (and New York Times Bestseller for the third...
Starch-Blocking Foods for Diabetics?
How did doctors treat diabetes before insulin? Almost a thousand medicinal plants are known antidiabetic...
Which Works Better: Adding Beans or Portion Control?
People who eat the most legumes appear to only have a fraction of the risk...
Which Nut Suppresses Cancer Cell Growth the Most?
People who eat nuts in their adolescence may have a better chance of fighting off...
