Dietary Components That May Cause Cancer to Metastasize
Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? What are the effects of pesticides on cancer risk? In a review updating the evidence on human exposure and toxicity of pesticides, the body of evidence linking pesticide exposure and cancer...
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Eating with Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
Is the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of...
Statins and Muscle Pain Side Effects
Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while...
Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission
Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far...
Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding
Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable...
Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work?
Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients...
Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain?
Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only...
The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents
What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote...
Heart Stents and Their Risks
Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How...
The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures
There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures...
Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function?
If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured”...
Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?
What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits...
Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain?
How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? And...
An Ideal Waist Size
The book Dieting Makes You Fat was published originally in the 1980s and then repeatedly...
Exploring the Obesity Paradox
How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr....
Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line...
Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease
Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in...
What’s the Best Weight-Loss and Disease-Prevention Diet?
The most effective diet for weight loss may also be the most healthful. Why are...
What About Animal Protein and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?
Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity? ...
Irregular Meals, Night Shifts, and Metabolic Harms
What can shift workers do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption? Shift...
Circadian Rhythms and Our Blood Sugar Levels
The same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugar. We’ve...
Lose Weight by Eating More in the Morning
A calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you...
The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating
Calories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re...
A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet
What are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking...
