How to Increase Gut Bacterial Richness
We live in an “obesogenic environment,” with cheap junk food everywhere, thanks in part to...
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Building an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Meet Nisha Vora. We had the pleasure of talking with Nisha about all things spices. How did you learn about spices and their culinary richness? Were you taught by someone in your family, did you learn from experience, or...
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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...
Final Fasting Webinar and New DVD
I knew next to nothing about fasting until I did this deep dive into the...
How Could There Be Such a Disconnect Between the Science and Medical Practice?
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable and related to nutrition.” According to the...
Why a Resource Like NutritionFacts.org Is So Necessary
In a study of the dietary advice given by newspapers in the United Kingdom, “no...
Why Is Extra Salt Injected into Meat?
Why is the salt industry so powerful? It has its own PR and lobbying firms...
How Can Animal Protein Intake Increase Childhood Obesity Risk?
If pregnant crickets are exposed to a predatory wolf spider, their babies will hatch, exhibiting...
Vitamin D Supplements for Reducing Cancer Mortality
It all started with a famous study entitled “Do sunlight and vitamin D reduce the...
Dairy Industry Responds to Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer
What was the response to the revelation that as many as 37 percent of breast...
Cow Cancer Virus Implicated in Breast Cancer
Up to 20 percent of all cancers in general are linked to infections, particularly viruses,...
Should You Be Concerned About Bovine Leukemia Virus in Milk?
Decades ago, concern was raised that the milk of dairy cows frequently contains a leukemia-causing...
Vegans Should Consider Taking DHA Supplements
We are all fatheads. Indeed, about half the dry weight of our brain is fat....
Do DHA Supplements Improve Brain Function?
The concept of vitamins was first described by none other than Dr. Funk. In his...
Why Did Doctors Keep Prescribing Cancer?
We’ve known about the role of estrogen in breast cancer going back to the 1800s,...
Preorder How Not to Diet Now!
My new book How Not to Diet is now available for pre-order! It’s hard to...
The Best Source of Resistant Starch
Resistant starch wasn’t discovered until 1982. Before that, we thought all starch could be digested...
The Answer to a Colon Cancer Mystery
Fiber and Colon Cancer Protection Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer...
