Egg Industry Caught Making False Claims
On the basis of concerns from the American Heart Association and consumer groups, the Federal...
Tag: cholesterol
Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
In this article, I explain my traffic light system for ranking the relative healthfulness of Green Light vs. Yellow Light vs. Red Light foods. Whenever I’m asked at a lecture whether a specific food is healthy or not, my reply...
View Latest Blog
Trans Fat in Animal Fat
Trans fats are bad. They may increase one’s risks of heart disease, sudden death, diabetes—and...
My Testimony Before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee
This week I had the honor of speaking before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,...
Avoid Carnitine and Lecithin Supplements
A landmark study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that choline in eggs,...
Diet and Cellulite
Two theories about the build-up of subcutaneous fat, involving the chemical spermine and the hormone...
Industry Influence on Our Dietary Guidelines
The story behind the first U.S. dietary guidelines explains why, to this day, the decades...
Flax Seeds for Diabetes
Drug companies hope to capitalize on the fact that the consumption of certain plants appears...
Flax Seeds for Prostate Cancer
Why is there such a huge disparity in prostate cancer rates around the world? The...
The Best Nutrition Bar
There are a variety of healthier fruit and nut bars on the market now that...
Best Dried Fruit for Cholesterol
When I saw there was a paper entitled “Daily Dried Apples Versus Daily Dried Plums:...
Eggs, Cigarettes, and Atherosclerosis
A study in the journal Atherosclerosis found that eating just 3 eggs or more a week...
Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Diet
Caffeine consumption appears to help prevent Parkinson’s, but what if you already have the condition?...
The Science on Açaí Berries
An independent review of the effects of açaí berries was recently published, which included studies...
Do Vegans Get More Cavities?
A diet high in saturated fat, which can clog our arteries and lead to inflammation,...
The Anti-Wrinkle Diet
The skin is the largest organ in the body—about 20 square feet—and the most vulnerable...
Optimal Phytosterol Dose and Source
Fiber bulks, speeds, and dilutes the intestinal waste stream to facilitate the removal of excess...
Cholesterol Lowering in a Nut Shell
Though official recommendations are to first treat high cholesterol with dietary change, many physicians jump right to...
Preventing and Treating Kidney Failure with Diet
Our kidneys are highly vascular organs. That’s why when you see kidneys in the meat...
Watermelon for Erectile Dysfunction
A disturbing analysis of mortality and morbidity was recently published in the Journal of Gerontology....
Coffee Caveats
Last month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, an editorial entitled “Coffee consumption and...
Stool Size and Breast Cancer Risk
Women eating plant-based diets may have lower breast cancer rates because they have larger bowel...
Breast Cancer Stem Cells vs. Broccoli
In my post The Best Detox, I detailed how a phytonutrient in broccoli boosts the...
Atkins Diet and Erectile Dysfunction
Yesterday’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day, Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up, discusses a case report of a...
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...
