Optimal Phytosterol Dose and Source
Fiber bulks, speeds, and dilutes the intestinal waste stream to facilitate the removal of excess...
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Can Allulose Replace Sugar?
Trimethylamine oxide, more commonly known as TMAO, is considered the smoking gun of microbiome-disease interactions. What Is TMAO? When we eat foods with high concentrations of choline, a nutrient I discuss in more detail below, certain bacteria in our...
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Cholesterol Lowering in a Nut Shell
Though official recommendations are to first treat high cholesterol with dietary change, many physicians jump right to...
The True Shelf Life of Cooking Oils
Cooking oil manufacturer “best-by” dates were recently put to the test by comparing the development...
Ractopamine and Yersinia in U.S. Pork
Earlier this year, China rejected 200,000 pounds of pork from the United States after discovering...
How To Boost Serotonin Naturally
A strange letter was recently published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience suggesting fruit...
Magnesium-Rich Foods to Prevent Sudden Death
Most men and women who succumb to heart disease die suddenly without any known history...
How to Enhance Mineral Absorption
Iron is a double-edged sword. If we don’t absorb enough we risk anemia, but if...
Eating To Extend Our Lifespan
Why can’t we live forever? Some animals do, and I don’t mean some 200 year...
Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
An estimated 10-20% of the general population suffers from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which accounts...
Preventing and Treating Kidney Failure with Diet
Our kidneys are highly vascular organs. That’s why when you see kidneys in the meat...
Is Caffeinated Tea Really Dehydrating?
Phytonutrients exclusive to the tea plant appear so powerful that they can reverse disease even when just...
How Much Arsenic In Rice Came From Chickens?
It may be no coincidence that the rice found most contaminated with arsenic originated from...
How Does Meat Cause Inflammation?
The anti-inflammatory effect of plant-based diets is about more than just the power of plants....
Treating Crohn’s Disease with Diet
Inflammation has recently emerged as an important player in the development of age-related disability and...
Antioxidants in a Pinch: Dried Herbs and Spices
In the Washington, DC area we are blessed with more than a dozen farmers’ markets....
The Most Anti-Inflammatory Mushroom
Atherosclerotic plaques may be more aptly described as pimples. These inflamed pockets of pus building...
Why Is It Legal to Sell Unsafe Meat?
Most of the U.S. population suffers an acute diarrheal illness every year. According to a...
Health Food Store Advice: Often Worthless or Worst
How many times has this happened to you? You’re in a natural food store walking...
Adding FDA-Approved Viruses to Meat
Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the food safety risks...
Vol. 10 Nutrition DVD Now Available (Proceeds to Charity)
The current batch of videos from volume 9 are about to run out, so starting...
Mercury Testing Recommended Before Pregnancy
Recent testing of mercury concentrations in three national brands of canned tuna found that “55%...
Preserving Vision Through Diet
More than a million Americans are blind. The good news is that all four of...
Skim Milk and Acne
The National Dairy Council denies that milk intake causes acne, but a study they supported—the...
“Uprooting” DVD Now Available (all proceeds to charity)
Every year I scour the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition pulling together what I...
