Uric Acid from Meat and Sugar
Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications...
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Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity?
Do the medium-chain triglycerides in coconut oil and the fiber in flaked coconut counteract the negative effects on cholesterol and artery function? Studies of populations who eat a lot of coconuts are “frequently cited” by those who sell coconut oil...
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Go Nuts for Breast Cancer Prevention
The Black Women’s Health Study, which highlighted collards and carrots, was out of Boston University....
Why Less Breast Cancer in Asia?
Though breast cancer is the most common cancer among women around the world, the rate...
Mushrooms for Breast Cancer Prevention
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so “early” detection via mammogram may be too...
Plant-Based Diets for Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, is a medical disorder characterized by the so-called...
Plant-Based Diets for Psoriasis
Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms, including boosting our adrenal...
Dr. Greger’s Natural Nausea Remedy Recipe
I travel a lot. When I was on the road full time, there were months...
98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient
Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due...
Plant-Based Diets for Multiple Sclerosis
The distinguished neurologist Roy Swank‘s low saturated fat diet remains the “most effective treatment of multiple...
Plant-Based Diets for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory “Trojan horse” compound...
How Tumors Use Meat to Grow
Certain cancers—like breast cancer—can be thought of in part as an autoimmune disease. When people...
How to Gain Weight on Diet Soda
There are three ways that all low-caloric sweeteners could theoretically be harmful independent of their...
Are Microgreens Healthier?
USDA researchers recently published a study assessing the nutrition content of 25 commercially available microgreens, seedlings of...
Aspartame: Fibromyalgia and Preterm Birth
When we learned how bad butter was, the food industry responded by giving us margarine,...
Bugs and Drugs in Pork: Yersinia and Ractopamine
Consumer Reports recently released a study in which they analyzed U.S. retail pork and found trace levels...
Increasing Muscle Strength with Fenugreek
The spice fenugreek appears to significantly improve muscle strength and weight lifting power output while...
The Anti-Wrinkle Diet
The skin is the largest organ in the body—about 20 square feet—and the most vulnerable...
Treadmill Desks: Stand Up for Health
A few months ago the New York Times ran a piece reiterating the hazards of prolonged sitting, which is...
New DVD to Help Spring Clean Your Diet
I’m excited to announce that last month the NutritionFacts.org podcast reached #1 on the iTunes...
Gerson Therapy for Cancer?
Gerson Therapy is a largely diet-based alternative treatment for cancer that was invented by the...
Are Bioidentical Hormones Safe?
Hormone replacement therapy for menopause grew to prominence in the 1990s, when millions of women...
How To Reduce Dietary Antibiotic Intake
Recently the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention commemorated “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week,” which...
Countering Dietary Pollutants and Pesticides
We have so polluted our planet that eight different pesticides were recently found contaminating the...
Protecting Our Babies from Pollutants
For those of us starting new families, one of the myriad concerns that come up...
