Do Casomorphins from Cow’s Milk Contribute to Autism?
Casomorphins—breakdown products of casein, a milk protein, with opiate-like activity—may help explain why autism symptoms...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Duct tape beat out ten other wart treatments for cost and effectiveness, so why isn’t it standard practice? One of the “unusual, innovative, and long-forgotten remedies” noted in a dermatology journal article was the use of duct tape to cure...
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Lead in Seafood and Wild Game
Most hunters may not be aware of the health risks related to consuming meat from...
Nutritional Yeast to Help Prevent Common Childhood Infections
The amount of beta-glucan fiber in just a dusting of nutritional yeast a day is...
What’s Best for Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis): Coconut Oil vs. Mineral Oil vs. Vaseline
Natural topical remedies for eczema, including licorice root gel, St. John’s Wort cream, and emollients...
Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?
What does the world’s leading authority on carcinogens have to say about mobile phones? Do...
Can Cell Phone Radiation Damage Your DNA?
Do mobile phones cause brain tumors? Whenever a trillion-dollar industry is involved—whether it’s Big Food,...
Helpful Foods to Support People with Autism
The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit...
Fighting Autism Brain Inflammation with Food
One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic...
Fever Benefits for Autism in a Food
Dramatic improvements in children with autism when they have a fever suggest that the disorder may...
Lead Contamination in Hot Sauces
Given the lead contamination found in candies containing chili imported from Mexico, 25 hot sauces...
Arsenic in Rice Milk, Rice Krispies, and Brown Rice Syrup
I recommend people switch away from using rice milk For kids and teens, the amount...
Arsenic in Infant Rice Cereal
When it comes to rice and rice-based products, pediatric nutrition authorities have recommended that arsenic...
Which Brands and Sources of Rice Have the Least Arsenic?
Arsenic levels were tested in 5,800 rice samples from 25 countries.The arsenic found in five...
The Effects of Too Much Arsenic in the Diet
Even at low-level exposure, arsenic is not just a class I carcinogen, but may also...
Where Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, and Wine Come From?
What happens when our crops are grown in soil contaminated with arsenic-based pesticides and arsenic...
Why Was Chicken the Primary Source of Arsenic Exposure in Children?
What was the National Chicken Council’s response to public health authorities calling for the industry...
No Purveyor of Unhealthy Products Wants the Public to Know the Truth
In 2011, Denmark introduced the world’s first tax on saturated fat. “After only 15 months,...
Vitamin C for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning?
What is the clinical relevance of vitamin C among lead-exposed infertile men? Compared to controls,...
Can Vitamin C Supplements Help with Lead Poisoning?
“Even if a nutritional manipulation is proven effective in reducing blood lead levels, reliance on...
Garlic Powder to Lower Lead Levels
There are so-called chelation drugs that can be taken for acute, life-threatening lead poisoning—for instance...
Eating to Block Lead Absorption
Intake of certain nutrients has been associated with lower lead levels in the body. For...
Adult Exposure to Lead
“Children in approximately 4 million households in the United States are being exposed to high...
Why You Don’t Want “Normal” Blood Lead Levels
“By the 1950s, lead—a dangerous neurotoxin that was once buried deep in the ground, far...
The Flint Lead Crisis May Be the Tip of the Iceberg
Back in the 1960s, a Pulitzer prize-winning scientist described the problem of childhood lead poisoning...
