Our Immune System Uses Plants to Activate Gut Protection
It might seem that our skin is the first line of defense between our insides...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
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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Quadrupling Breast Cancer Survival
Half a million Americans are expected to die this year from cancer, equal to five...
Cancer and the Animal-to-Plant Protein Ratio
It is now eight years since the famous Ornish study was published, suggesting that 12...
How to Get Our Kids to Eat Their Vegetables
When researchers offered kids broccoli or a chocolate bar, which do you think they picked?...
How to Get Kids to Eat Their Vegetables
What happens if we give one group of kids a plate of cookies and the...
Preloading with Watercress Before Exercise
Could exercise be creating harmful free radicals? Oxidizing glucose to produce energy for our bodies...
Starving Tumors of Their Blood Supply
About a third of common cancers may be prevented by eating a healthy, plant-based diet;...
Broccoli Boosts Liver Detox Enzymes
Researchers just found out that the boost in detoxifying enzymes triggered by cruciferous vegetable consumption...
Foods That May Block Cancer Formation
More than 85% of breast cancers are sporadic and attributable to long-term exposure to environmental...
Estrogenic Chemicals in Meat
We’ve known since 1939 that there were “cancer-producing substances” in roasted meat. Scientists have since identified these...
Mushrooms for Breast Cancer Prevention
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so “early” detection via mammogram may be too...
Treating PMS with Saffron
Premenstrual Syndrome is among the most common health problems reported by women, affecting approximately 1...
Is Caffeinated Tea Really Dehydrating?
Phytonutrients exclusive to the tea plant appear so powerful that they can reverse disease even when just...
Fighting Inflammation with Food Synergy
One of the reasons some studies haven’t shown more impressive results tying disease reduction to...
Breast Cancer Stem Cells vs. Broccoli
In my post The Best Detox, I detailed how a phytonutrient in broccoli boosts the...
The Best Detox
As detailed in my 3-minute video The Best Detox, there’s lots of talk these days...
