Why Do Heart Doctors Favor Surgery and Drugs Over Diet?
When he was a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. published a...
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Certain gut bacteria can supercharge the benefits of soy foods, resulting in even more bone protection, better control of menopausal symptoms, and lower prostate cancer risk, but how can we foster the growth of these good bacteria? “Menopause is characterized by a decrease...
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Phytates in Beans: Anti-Nutrient or Anti-Cancer?
In my videos, Phytates in the Prevention of Cancer and Phytates for Rehabilitating Cancer Cells,...
How Phytates Fight Cancer Cells
Phytate is a compound found in beans, grains, nuts and seeds. The average daily intake...
Colon Cancer Prevention: Is It the Fiber or the Phytates?
Dietary factors are considered the most important environmental risk factors for cancer. Within recent years,...
Low Carb Diets Found to Feed Heart Disease
People going on low carb diets may not see a rise in their cholesterol levels....
Nuts May Extend Your Lifespan by About 2 Years
We’ve known that increased nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of major...
How Curry Can Kill Cancer Cells
It is estimated that the human body consists of ten or so trillion cells. Almost...
Testing Turmeric on Smokers
Researchers are becoming increasingly aware of “plant-derived substances that act as chemopreventive agents.” Chemopreventatives are...
Why Are Cancer Rates So Low in India?
It is estimated that many tumors start around the age of 20. However, detection of...
Red Dye No. 3 and Thyroid Cancer
Fifteen million pounds of food dyes are sold every year in the U.S. Why? Foods...
How to Reduce Exposure to Alkylphenols Through Your Diet
Alkylphenols are industrial chemicals that are found in hair products, spermicides, cleaning products and detergents. They...
Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies
In my video Preventing Childhood Allergies, I noted a study in Japan that found higher...
Slowing Cognitive Decline with Berries
A plant-based diet is thought to have played a significant role in human evolution and...
What is ‘Meat Glue’?
The so-called “meat glue enzyme” transglutaminase is used by the meat industry to add value...
Is Liquid Smoke Safe?
We know smoke inhalation isn’t good for us, but what about smoke ingestion? Decades ago,...
Does Antioxidant Intake Matter for Stroke and Heart Disease?
In my video Food Antioxidants and Cancer, I talked about how antioxidants from whole plants...
Does Antioxidant Intake Matter for Cancer?
The USDA removed their online antioxidant database of foods, “concerned that ORAC values were routinely misused...
Is Buying Organic Worth It? A Review of the Science in New DVD
One of the most common questions I get when I speak is “What do you...
Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety
Aromatherapy — the use of concentrated essential oils extracted from plants to treat disease —...
Peeks Behind the Egg Industry Curtain
The American Egg Board is a promotional marketing board appointed by the U.S. government whose...
What’s Driving America’s Obesity Problem?
Currently, nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight. By 2030 it is estimated more than half...
Food Manufacturers Get to Decide If Their Own Additives Are Safe
In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced their plans to all but eliminate...
Meat Industry Wins Right to Sell Tainted Meat
In my last post, I talked about a particularly virulent strand of Salmonella traced to...
Chicken Salmonella Outbreaks Show Food Safety Systems Failure
Salmonella causes more hospitalizations and more deaths than any other foodborne illness, and it’s been...
