Preventing Breast Cancer with Flax Seeds
I’ve previously discussed the role of dietary lignans in the reduction of breast cancer risk...
Tag: longevity
Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing. We’ve known for more than a century that calorie restriction can increase the lifespan of animals, and metabolic slowdown may be the mechanism. That could be...
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How to Protect Our Telomeres with Diet
In my video, Does Meditation Affect Cellular Aging?, I discussed how stress reduction through meditation...
How Many Minutes of Daily Meditation to Combat Stress?
In the film The Holiday, Cameron Diaz exclaims “Severe stress … causes the DNA in...
Hummus for a Healthy Heart
I’ve talked previously about the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of various phytonutrients in beans, but...
How Much Longer Do Fruit- and Vegetable-Eaters Live?
Probably the least controversial advice in all of nutrition is to eat more fruits and...
Why Certain Plant Compounds May Mimic Dietary Restriction
A new concept, called xenohormesis, has arisen to explain the mystery of why so many...
Dietary Cholesterol Affects Blood Cholesterol Levels
In my video, Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis, I profiled a study showing that both...
Do Walnuts Really Improve Artery Function?
Good news for nut lovers: Eating at least one serving of walnuts per week may...
Living Longer by Reducing Leucine Intake
Many studies have shown that calorie restriction, without malnutrition, can increase lifespan and lower the...
Exploiting Autophagy to Live Longer
Thanks to advances in modern medicine, we are living longer lives, but we’re doing it...
Low Carb Diets Found to Feed Heart Disease
People going on low carb diets may not see a rise in their cholesterol levels....
Nuts May Extend Your Lifespan by About 2 Years
We’ve known that increased nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of major...
Are Multivitamins Just a Waste of Money?
About one in three Americans take a multivitamin. Is that helpful, harmful, or just a...
Stopping Heart Disease in Childhood
A landmark paper in 1953 radically changed our view about the development of heart disease...
How Plant-Based Diets May Extend Our Lives
A recent review suggested that plant-based diets may prove to be a useful nutritional strategy...
Pistachios May Help Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is a major cause of decreased quality of life in men—so much so...
Two Kiwifruit an Hour Before Bedtime
The number one question in sleep research is “Why do we sleep?” followed by the...
Flax and Breast Cancer Survival
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of flaxseeds in breast cancer patients found that flaxseeds...
How to Live Longer in Four Easy Steps
The CDC published a paper this week in the American Journal of Public Health suggesting...
