How Learning to Cook Can Save Your Life
The eating habits of modern Americans have been described as, “eating breakfast in their cars,...
Tag: obesity
Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss of body fat rather than accelerate it. Fasting obviously causes consistent, dramatic weight loss, as shown in the graph below and at 0:09 in my...
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Where Do You Get Your Fiber?
Vegetarians and vegans are all too familiar with the question: Where do you get your...
Exercise as Medicine
Physical inactivity has been called the biggest public health problem of the 21st century. Of...
Eliminate Most of Your Chronic Disease Risk in Four Steps
In 1903, Thomas Edison predicted that the doctor of the future will give no medicine,...
What Do Eggs Do To Our Arteries?
In reaction to the study that found a similar exponential increase in artery clogging plaque...
Salmon May Be the Greatest Source of Dietary Pollutants
In my video Diabetes and Dioxins, I explored a nationwide study that found a strong...
Dioxins Stored in Our Own Fat May Increase Diabetes Risk
Finding higher diabetes rates among those heavily exposed to toxic pollutants—such as those exposed to...
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...
Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies
In my video Preventing Childhood Allergies, I noted a study in Japan that found higher...
What’s Driving America’s Obesity Problem?
Currently, nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight. By 2030 it is estimated more than half...
Foods That Fight Osteoarthritis and Inflammation
Osteoarthritis is the most frequent cause of physical disability among older adults in the world,...
How Long to Avoid Fish Before Conception?
Mothers’ increased consumption of fish before and during pregnancy leads to increased exposure to both...
Comparing Vegans’ Arteries to Runners’
We know from the work of Drs. Dean Ornish and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. that...
What Is Actually in Chicken Nuggets?
In a scathing expose of the USDA’s new meat inspection program, the Washington Post quoted...
We Can End the Heart Disease Epidemic
Many of the diseases that are common in United States are rare or even nonexistent...
Can One Become a Sugar Addict?
People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without...
Four Things to Help Prevent Most Disease
Though I was trained as a general practitioner, my chosen specialty is lifestyle medicine. Most...
How Grapefruit Affects Prescription Drugs
Does grapefruit in particular help people lose weight? If someone eats half of a grapefruit...
Stopping Heart Disease in Childhood
A landmark paper in 1953 radically changed our view about the development of heart disease...
Want to Be Healthier? Change Your Taste Buds
How can we overcome our built-in hunger drives for salt, sugar, and fat? We now...
How to Get Parents to Eat Their Vegetables
Changing the name of healthy foods can have a significant impact on children’s eating habits...
How to Get Kids to Eat Their Vegetables
What happens if we give one group of kids a plate of cookies and the...
Why Do Vegan Women Have Fewer Female Cancers?
Cervical cancer is now considered a sexually transmitted disease. It was originally suspected as such,...
My Testimony Before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee
This week I had the honor of speaking before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,...
