Plant vs. Animal Iron
It is commonly thought that those who eat plant-based diets may be more prone to...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Dinosaur kale and red cabbage are put to the test. LDL cholesterol is bad, but oxidized LDL may be even worse. What role might our diet play? “Increased fruit and vegetable consumption has been reported to reduce the risk of...
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Best Foods for Acid Reflux
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common disorders of the digestive tract....
What Animal Protein Does in Your Colon
There’s a take-off of the industry slogan, “Beef: It’s What’s For Dinner” – “Beef: It’s...
High Blood Pressure: Normal but Not Natural
The most comprehensive and systematic analysis of causes of death ever undertaken allows us to...
What’s the Mediterranean Diet’s Secret?
The Mediterranean Diet is an “in” topic nowadays in both the medical literature and the...
How to Cook Broccoli
When I used to teach medical students at Tufts, I gave a lecture about this...
Bile Binding Beets
In my video Breast Cancer and Constipation, I discussed how fruits and veggies bind carcinogenic...
How to Suppress the Aging Enzyme TOR
Over the last decade, more than 5,000 papers have been published about TOR, an engine-of-aging...
Is Liquid Smoke Safe?
We know smoke inhalation isn’t good for us, but what about smoke ingestion? Decades ago,...
What to Eat to Reduce Our Toxic Exposure
It is not very common that a single molecule attracts enough interest to merit international...
Our Immune System Uses Plants to Activate Gut Protection
It might seem that our skin is the first line of defense between our insides...
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...
Preloading with Watercress Before Exercise
Could exercise be creating harmful free radicals? Oxidizing glucose to produce energy for our bodies...
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...
Beans and Gas: Clearing the Air
More than a decade ago, the Quarterly Journal of Medicine published a review entitled: “Vegetarian...
