Do Taxpayer Subsidies Play a Role in the Obesity Epidemic?
Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions of dollars to support the likes of the sugar...
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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?
We can raise BDNF levels in our brain by fasting and exercising, as well as by eating and avoiding certain foods. There is accumulating evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may be playing a role in human depression. BDNF controls...
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What Should We Eat?
Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant...
How Much Added Sugar Is Okay?
Public health authorities continue to lower the upper tolerable limit of daily added sugar intake....
Milk Hormones and Female Infertility
Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to...
Attempts by Big Sugar to Manipulate the Science
“Corporations are legally required to maximize shareholder profits and therefore have to oppose public health...
Can Reflux in Babies Be Treated with Diet?
Can we treat the cause of infant reflux with maternal milk elimination? There has been...
Can Oxidized Cholesterol 27HC Explain Three Breast Cancer Mysteries?
Oxidized cholesterol, which is concentrated in products containing eggs, processed meat, and parmesan cheese, has...
Is Dietary Cholesterol in a Relationship with Cancer?
What is the relationship between the consumption of eggs and other cholesterol-rich foods and cancers...
Fight Aging with Brain-Healthy Foods
What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain? “An...
What Is the Gladiator Diet and How Do Vegetarian Athletes Stack Up?
I compare the diets of the Roman gladiator “barley men” and army troopers to the...
The Dairy Industry’s Misleading Study Designs
How do the meat and dairy industries design studies that show their products have neutral...
Why Should (or Shouldn’t) We Eat a Macrobiotic Diet?
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed largely of whole grains, vegetables,...
Coffee Benefits Blocked by Adding Milk?
I open my video Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee? with a graph...
The Link Between Chicken Consumption and Urinary Tract Infections
Only about one in four people have heard of Campylobacter, compared to 90 percent who...
Chlorella Put to the Test
Chlorella is put to the test for liver disease, cholesterol, and detoxifying carcinogens. “Depression is...
A Plant-Based Workplace Wellness Program Put to the Test
What is the return on investment for educating employees about healthy eating and living? “How...
Which Diet Works Even Better the Longer You Do It?
The most well-published community-based lifestyle intervention in the medical literature is also one of the...
Certified Organic Meat Put to the Test
Researchers tested 76 samples of different kinds of organic and conventional meats for 33 different...
How Foods Are Tested for Depression
What is the science behind the marketing of foods for antidepressant effects? If you go...
Grind Your Chia Seeds
The secret to unlocking the benefits of chia seeds may be grinding them up. When...
Heavy Metal Detox Diet
What dietary change can simultaneously help detoxify mercury, lead, and cadmium from the body? I’ve...
Blueberry Blocking Effects of Yogurt
What happened when researchers tried to tease out what’s in dairy that interferes with the...
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Guacamole
High-fat plant foods—avocados, peanuts, and walnuts—and olive oil are put to the test. In the...
Sources of Oxidized Cholesterol
Chicken, fish, and egg powder in processed foods present greater risk from cholesterol oxidation byproducts,...
