Hummus for a Healthy Heart
I’ve talked previously about the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of various phytonutrients in beans, but...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a plant-based diet and lifestyle program could apparently reverse the progression of prostate cancer for early stage, localized, watch-and-wait cancer. What about for more advanced stage life-threatening disease? Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a plant-based...
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Making Your Own Mouthwash
The effects of a vegetarian diet on systemic diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases...
Starch-Blocking Foods for Diabetics?
How did doctors treat diabetes before insulin? Almost a thousand medicinal plants are known antidiabetic...
Which Works Better: Adding Beans or Portion Control?
People who eat the most legumes appear to only have a fraction of the risk...
Which Nut Suppresses Cancer Cell Growth the Most?
People who eat nuts in their adolescence may have a better chance of fighting off...
Where Are the Lowest Rates of Alzheimer’s in the World?
The rates of dementia differ greatly around the world, from the lowest rates in Africa,...
How to Reduce Your Dietary Cadmium Absorption
Cadmium is known as a highly toxic metal that represents a major hazard to human...
Where Do You Get Your Fiber?
Vegetarians and vegans are all too familiar with the question: Where do you get your...
How Plants Can Be Both Safer and More Effective
During the last decade, the drug industry has followed an assumption that a single drug...
Why Deep Fried Foods May Cause Cancer
In the latest study on dietary patterns and breast cancer risk among women, healthier eating...
Treating Asthma With Plants vs. Pills
In my video Treating Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables, I highlighted a landmark study on...
Our Tax Dollars Subsidize Unhealthy Foods
Why do food companies sell junk? Because unhealthy commodities are highly profitable. This is in...
Living Longer by Reducing Leucine Intake
Many studies have shown that calorie restriction, without malnutrition, can increase lifespan and lower the...
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...
Why Are Cancer Rates So Low in India?
It is estimated that many tumors start around the age of 20. However, detection of...
Don’t Forget Fiber
The famous surgeon Denis Burkitt is better known for his discovery of a childhood cancer...
Foods That Fight Osteoarthritis and Inflammation
Osteoarthritis is the most frequent cause of physical disability among older adults in the world,...
Add Beans, Berries, and Greens to More Meals
After we eat, our bodies create free radicals in the process of breaking down our...
How to Get Enough Antioxidants Each Day
We need to get a daily minimum of 8-11,000 antioxidant units a day in our...
How Beans Help Our Bones
Health authorities from all over the world universally recommend increasing the consumption of whole grains...
We Can End the Heart Disease Epidemic
Many of the diseases that are common in United States are rare or even nonexistent...
What to Eat to Reduce Our Toxic Exposure
It is not very common that a single molecule attracts enough interest to merit international...
Are Canned Beans as Healthy as Home-Cooked?
Beans are an essential part of any healthful diet. The federal government recommends about half...
