How to Tame Blood Sugar Spikes after Eating Potatoes
Broccoli, vinegar, and lemon juice are put to the test to blunt the glycemic index...
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Protect Your Arteries from Saturated Fat with These Foods
How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch meat, causes cancer? “It is rare, in the history of nations, that one finds good reasons to...
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Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load
If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated,...
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NutritionFacts.org has a wide range of resources to help you on your journey to a...
Do Potatoes Shorten Your Life?
Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters? Is there a link...
Potatoes and Diabetes: It’s Complicated
Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or...
Prunes: Nature’s Answer to Constipation
Prunes, figs, and exercise are put to the test as natural home remedies for constipation....
Glycidol: The DNA-Damager in Fried Foods
Glycidol may help explain why people who eat fried foods get more cancer. “The main...
Building an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like? “Intervention studies to enhance healthy ageing need appropriate...
What Foods Trigger Inflammation?
Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are...
Do Pomegranates Live Up to Health Claims?
Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and...
Fighting Cancer with Whole Plant Foods
The foundation of cancer prevention is plants, not pills. “The vast majority of cancer research...
Eating Organic: Can It Lower Your Cancer Risk?
Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? What are the effects of pesticides...
What Does Personalized Nutrition Actually Deliver?
There’s a lot of focus on personalized nutrition, but maybe we should focus on taking...
The Link Between Milk and Parkinson’s Disease
Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or...
Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS?
Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth...
Weight-Loss Devices to the Extreme
Let’s discuss the safety and efficacy of various weight-loss methods, ranging from Botox and corsets...
From Gastric Balloons to Fake Knee Surgeries: When the Fix Is an Illusion
Sham surgery trials have shown that some of our most popular surgeries are themselves shams....
Nuts, Sperm, and Sex: The Surprising Connection
Walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts are put to the test for erectile and sexual function, sperm...
Which Foods Help a Leaky Gut?
What is the recommended diet for treating leaky gut? Which foods and food components can...
Could Your Pills and Food Be Causing a Leaky Gut?
Common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier, causing a...
Keeping Better Score of Your Diet
How can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of...
How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors?
People with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live...
How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts
Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart...
Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes?
By losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type...
