Make Sure Iodine Is in Your Prenatal
Although severe iodine deficiency was eliminated in the United States nearly a century ago after...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
The number one killer on Earth is a bad diet, and high blood pressure is killer number two. The reason it’s so deadly is that it increases your risk of dying from so many different diseases—from heart disease and stroke...
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The Healthiest Way to Eat Paleo
There have been about a half dozen studies published on Paleo-type diets, starting around 20...
What About Canned Fruit?
Food cans used to be soldered with lead compounds—so much so that people living off...
Why Doctors Are So Drug Happy
Who funds most of the studies that show drugs are safe and effective? The drug...
Dishonest Doctors
One of the critical questions to ask whenever reading a medical journal article is, “Who...
TV Appearance, Now Hiring, and New Swag
You asked for more merch, and we answered! We’re rolling out new items on the...
Should We Increase Our Protein Intake After Age 65?
A study that purported to show that diets high in meat, eggs, and dairy could...
Dialing Down the Grim Reaper Gene
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be a 100 years old. What’s their...
A Highly Effective, Cheap, Easy-to-Use, Safer Treatment for Heavy Periods
Ginger is most famous for its role in preventing and alleviating nausea and vomiting. There...
Pomegranates Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
The pomegranate “has been revered through the ages for its medicinal properties”––so much so that...
Why Some Dairy Products Are More Closely Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s. Each year in the United...
Why There Is So Much Commercial Corruption in Nutrition
The prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes has skyrocketed, as has the number of...
Meat Can Cause Stress Hormone Levels to Rise and Testosterone Levels to Drop
A critique of the scientific validity of the dietary advice in Men’s Health magazine discovered...
Sign Up for My Webinar on Intermittent Fasting
Some of the most common questions I receive are about ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting,...
How to Avoid BPA
The purported link between obesity and hormone-disrupting plastics chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) was initially...
The Diet We Were Designed to Eat
There are three broad theories about evolution and food. One is that humans have become...
What’s the Secret to Latino Longevity?
Latinos living in the United States tend to have “less education, a higher poverty rate, and...
The Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer on Breast Cancer Risk
Hops have been used for centuries as a flavoring agent in beer, but “[o]ver the...
Beer Phytoestrogens
Why do alcoholic men develop so-called man boobs and other feminine traits? We know estrogens...
Estrogenic Growth Promoters in Meat
In 1979, an epidemic of breast enlargement was noted in Italian children. Poultry or veal...
Why We Should Cut Down on Salt Independently of Blood Pressure
If you put people on a low-salt diet, meaning only getting twice as much sodium...
The Best Dried Fruit for Osteoporosis
“We are in an epidemic of osteoporosis. There can be no doubt about that.” Ten...
How to Lower Phthalate Exposure Through Diet
Phthalates are hormone-disrupting plastics chemicals linked to a number of adverse health effects, such as...
Preview the Cover of How Not to Diet
My next book is nearing completion! I am thrilled to announce that my next book...
