What Is the Best Food for Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease?
What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate more healthfully? Experimentally, when...
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A Surprising Vegetable Approach to Insomnia
Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of the health consequences of obesity, A is for Arthritis, as I discussed in my previous blog post, and B is...
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Is Cannabis a Cancer Cure?
Some studies on mice show that cannabis makes cancer better, while others show it makes...
Does Smoking Cannabis Cause Lung Cancer?
On a puff-by-puff basis, cannabis smoke deposits four times more tar in the lungs than...
Coffee Benefits Blocked by Adding Milk?
I open my video Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee? with a graph...
Blueberries to Benefit Mood and Mobility
The consumption of berries can enhance “beneficial signaling in the brain.” Plant foods are our...
The Link Between Chicken Consumption and Urinary Tract Infections
Only about one in four people have heard of Campylobacter, compared to 90 percent who...
Treating Psoriasis with Aloe Vera
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease that affects about one in 40 people, making...
How to Eat to Reduce Cancer Risk
What does the best available balance of evidence say right now about what to eat...
How to Treat Canker Sores
Vitamin C, turmeric, beta-glucan fiber, and vitamin B12 are put to the test for recurring...
The Benefits of Broccoli and a New Recipe
If there were such a thing as a “superfood,” cruciferous vegetables like broccoli would certainly...
Tea Tree Oil and Hormonal Side Effects
Do the estrogenic effects of tea tree oil get absorbed through the skin? Concern has...
Safety Concerns with Tea Tree Oil?
What, if any, are the caveats for tea tree oil use and tips on safe...
Safety Concerns with Henna?
Is there risk of lead and PPD contamination of red and black henna? The “average...
Chlorella Put to the Test
Chlorella is put to the test for liver disease, cholesterol, and detoxifying carcinogens. “Depression is...
How Might Ginger Help with Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease?
Ground ginger powder is put to the test for weight loss and nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Why I Don’t Recommend Melatonin Supplements
Over-the-counter melatonin (“anti-gonad hormone”) supplements tend not to contain what they say they do, and...
Jet Lag Treatment Cheat Sheet
Use cheat sheets to figure out exactly when and how to treat jet lag using...
Upcoming Webinar on Vitamin K and Recipe for Veggie Mac & Cheese
My next webinar is on vitamin K. It’s been touted for bone, brain, and heart...
Paper-Filtered Coffee and Cholesterol
New data suggest even paper-filtered coffee may raise “bad” LDL cholesterol. As I discuss in...
How to Handle Raw Poultry
Poultry is the most common cause of serious food-poisoning outbreaks, followed by fish, then beef....
EMF Sensitivity Put to the Test
There have been at least 46 studies involving more than a thousand people to see...
Does Switching from Cannabis Smoking to a Vaporizer Reduce Respiratory Symptoms?
Cannabis vapor has less tar, but may contain more ammonia. What happens to respiratory symptoms...
Lung Inflammation Smoking Cannabis vs. Cocaine vs. Tobacco
There is unequivocal evidence that regular cannabis smoking causes acute lung inflammation, but what are...
Natural Treatment for Breast Engorgement
Cabbage is put to the test in a randomized controlled trial. My video Benefits of...
