Which Common Fruit Fights Cancer Better?
Recently, researchers compared the ability of eleven common fruits to suppress cancer cell growth in...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
There are thousands of phytochemicals that will never make it onto the side of a cereal box but may play a role in reducing the risk of chronic diseases—and those are just the ones we know about. Whole plant foods...
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Cinnamon for Diabetes
The use of cinnamon to help treat diabetes remains controversial. We know that cinnamon is...
Flax Seeds for Diabetes
Drug companies hope to capitalize on the fact that the consumption of certain plants appears...
Raisins vs. Energy Gels for Athletic Performance
After about an hour of strenuous exercise, long-distance athletes can really start to deplete their...
Hibiscus Tea: The Best Beverage?
A landmark investigation of the Antioxidant Content of 3,139 Foods put all previous rankings to...
The Science on Açaí Berries
An independent review of the effects of açaí berries was recently published, which included studies...
Apple Peels Turn on Anticancer Genes
A new study calculated that if half the U.S. population ate just one more serving of conventional...
Uric Acid from Meat and Sugar
Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications...
Plant-Based Diets for Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, is a medical disorder characterized by the so-called...
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 Rheumatoid Arthritis
Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory “Trojan horse” compound...
Are Microgreens Healthier?
USDA researchers recently published a study assessing the nutrition content of 25 commercially available microgreens, seedlings of...
The Anti-Wrinkle Diet
The skin is the largest organ in the body—about 20 square feet—and the most vulnerable...
Biblical Daniel Fast Tested
Researchers recently set out to replicate the “Daniel Fast,” the biblical nutrition trial outlined in...
Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
An estimated 10-20% of the general population suffers from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which accounts...
Is Caffeinated Tea Really Dehydrating?
Phytonutrients exclusive to the tea plant appear so powerful that they can reverse disease even when just...
Treating COPD with Diet
The three top killers in the United States are no longer heart disease, cancer, and...
Açaí to Zucchini: Antioxidant Food Rankings
In honor of Chinese New Year (of the dragon), today’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day Dragon’s Blood wraps...
Amla: Indian Gooseberries vs. Cancer, Diabetes, and Cholesterol
I’m out on the road speaking so much that I’m always on the lookout for...
Hibiscus Tea: Flower Power
In Friday’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day Better Than Green Tea? I compare the antioxidant content of a...
Can Antioxidant-Rich Spices Counteract the Effects of a High-Fat Meal?
In this month’s Journal of Nutrition, researchers at Penn State report on their experiment in...
