Why Did Doctors Keep Prescribing Cancer?
We’ve known about the role of estrogen in breast cancer going back to the 1800s,...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format. When it comes to cancer screening, doctors “have too often ignored” the fact that women may place different weights on various pros and cons, so they have...
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Dialing Down the Grim Reaper Gene
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be a 100 years old. What’s their...
Pomegranates Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
The pomegranate “has been revered through the ages for its medicinal properties”––so much so that...
What’s the Secret to Latino Longevity?
Latinos living in the United States tend to have “less education, a higher poverty rate, and...
The Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer on Breast Cancer Risk
Hops have been used for centuries as a flavoring agent in beer, but “[o]ver the...
Estrogenic Growth Promoters in Meat
In 1979, an epidemic of breast enlargement was noted in Italian children. Poultry or veal...
The Downside of Curcumin Supplements
Supplement manufacturers often fall into the same reductionist trap as the drug companies. Herbs are...
Health Benefits of Citrus Zest
New data demonstrating a DNA protective agent present in at least some fruits and vegetables...
How Plastics Can Affect Your Love Life
Most of the attention on phthalates, a group of hormone-disrupting chemicals found in PVC plastics,...
The Best Diet for the Inflammation of Aging
One of the most recognized consequences of aging is a decline in immune function, illustrated...
The Vitamin C Cancer Study That Started It All
In 1975, a remarkable case was reported of a 42-year-old man suffering from a malignant...
How Bad Is Bacon?
How many years of life are lost to potentially preventable cancers? Every year, more than...
Plant-Based Is Not the Same as Vegetarianism
Referring to heart disease, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD asks, “Why is there reticence to...
What Do the Longest Living People Eat?
The dietary guidelines recommend that we choose meals or snacks that are high in nutrients...
Why It’s Better to Drink Green Smoothies with a Straw
A group of women were split into two groups and told to eat as much...
Stop Creating So Many Free Radicals in Your Colon
Colon cancer risk in Westernized populations may be reduced by decreasing animal product intake and...
Foods to Eat to Help Prevent Diabetes
Why is meat consumption a risk factor for diabetes? Why does there appear to be...
Does Rye Bread Protect Against Cancer?
Previously, I’ve explored the beneficial effects of flaxseeds on prostate cancer (Flaxseeds vs. Prostate Cancer),...
How Much Water Should We Drink Every Day?
More than 2000 years ago Hippocrates (460–377 BCE) said, “If we could give every individual...
Best Foods for Acid Reflux
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common disorders of the digestive tract....
Organic vs. Conventional: Which Has More Nutrients?
Are organic foods safer and healthier than conventional alternatives? Those are two separate questions. Some...
How Exactly Does Type 2 Diabetes Develop?
Insulin resistance is the cause of both prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Ok, so what...
Four Ways to Improve on the Mediterranean Diet
The traditional Mediterranean diet can be considered mainly, but not exclusively, as a plant-based diet,...
How Well Do Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Actually Work?
One of the reasons people may undervalue diet and lifestyle changes is an overconfidence in...
