The Risks and Benefits of Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin, has been used for thousands of years as...
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From Gastric Balloons to Fake Knee Surgeries: When the Fix Is an Illusion
Nearly one quarter of Americans have already been infected with the brain parasite toxoplasma. Toxoplasma is a brain parasite that may infect a million Americans every year, making it “a leading cause of severe foodborne illness in the United States.”...
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The Benefits of Ginger for Osteoarthritis
If ginger is so effective against migraines and also helps with the pain of menstrual...
Our Year-End Fundraiser Starts Now
The very first of the 4,990 citations in How Not to Diet relates to the...
How Not to Diet Out Now!
The big day is here! How Not to Diet is now available in book stores...
How Much Vitamin C Should You Get Every Day?
“For many years, the RDA [recommended daily allowance] for all vitamins were based on preventing...
#GivingTuesday: Support NutritionFacts.org
Today is #GivingTuesday, kicking off the charitable season with a celebration of giving and philanthropy....
Is Type 1 Diabetes Triggered by the Bovine Insulin in Milk?
The tight correlation among countries between the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and...
Milk Consumption Is Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes, which typically strikes children and young adults, is an autoimmune disease in...
How Phytoestrogens Can have Anti-Estrogenic Effects
When the Women’s Health Initiative study found that menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy suffered...
How to Lower Your Sodium Intake
Reduction of salt consumption by just 15 percent could save the lives of millions. If...
The Benefits of Wakame Seaweed Salad on Blood Pressure
I used to think of seaweed as just a beneficial whole-food source of minerals like...
Is Milk Lowering Uric Acid a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, is characterized by a slowness...
How to Achieve Food Synergy
There are thousands of phytochemicals that will never make it onto the side of a...
Why Hasn’t Bisphenol A (BPA) Been Banned Completely?
“The number of new chemicals is increasing exponentially, with approximately 12,000 new substances added daily…”—yet...
Morning Sickness Can Be Beneficial
“Since the beginning of time, pregnant women have been reported to suffer from a syndrome...
How to Increase Gut Bacterial Richness
We live in an “obesogenic environment,” with cheap junk food everywhere, thanks in part to...
The Benefits of Sesame Seeds for Knee Osteoarthritis
Doctors have been injecting arthritis patients with gold since the 1920s. In fact, “[g]old-based medicines...
Sparkling or Still Water for Stomach Upset and Constipation?
“Natural bubbling or sparkling mineral waters have been popular for thousands of years,” but manufactured...
Last Day to Register for Fasting and Cancer Webinar
Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the final webinar in my 3-webinar...
How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is the number-one risk factor for death in the world. In the...
How Not to Die from Kidney Disease
Kidney failure may be both prevented and treated with a plant-based diet, and it’s no...
How Not to Die from Diabetes
We’ve known since the 1930s that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, arrested, and even...
How Not to Die from Cancer
After Dr. Dean Ornish conquered our number-one killer, heart disease, he moved on to killer...
How Not to Die from Heart Disease
The most likely reason most of our loved ones will die is heart disease. It’s...
