Lead in Seafood and Wild Game
Most hunters may not be aware of the health risks related to consuming meat from...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for certain persistent pollutants. If you intentionally expose people to mercury by feeding them fish (like tuna) for 14 weeks, the level of mercury in their...
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Natural Dietary Treatments for Fibroids
The same diet that helps regulate hormones in women may also reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting...
Cancer Risk from Arsenic in Rice and Seaweed
A daily half-cup of cooked rice may carry a hundred times the acceptable cancer risk...
Where Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, and Wine Come From?
What happens when our crops are grown in soil contaminated with arsenic-based pesticides and arsenic...
Why Was Chicken the Primary Source of Arsenic Exposure in Children?
What was the National Chicken Council’s response to public health authorities calling for the industry...
Fermented or Unfermented Soy?
As you can see at the start of my video Fermented or Unfermented Soy Foods...
Updating Our Microbiome Software and Hardware
Good bacteria, those living in symbiosis with us, are nourished by fruits, vegetables, grains, and...
What Happens If You Have Red Wine or Avocados with a Meal?
Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial (after meal)...
Are the BPA-Free Plastics Like Tritan Safe?
Do BPA-free plastics such as Tritan, have human hormone-disrupting effects? And what about BPS and...
The Risks and Benefits of Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin, has been used for thousands of years as...
How Phytoestrogens Can have Anti-Estrogenic Effects
When the Women’s Health Initiative study found that menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy suffered...
Morning Sickness Can Be Beneficial
“Since the beginning of time, pregnant women have been reported to suffer from a syndrome...
How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is the number-one risk factor for death in the world. In the...
Do DHA Supplements Improve Brain Function?
The concept of vitamins was first described by none other than Dr. Funk. In his...
How to Avoid BPA
The purported link between obesity and hormone-disrupting plastics chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) was initially...
The Purported Benefits of Eating Fish
In the landmark Global Burden of Disease study, researchers compiled the top 20 causes of...
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dietary Copper
Though the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease has yet to be found, there is increasing...
“The Eskimo Myth”
As I reviewed in my video Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?, the revelation that...
Where to Buy Tea Low in Lead
China burns about half of the world’s coal, spewing heavy metals such as mercury and...
We Are Human-Microbe Superorganisms
The microbiome revolution in medicine is beginning to uncover the underappreciated role our healthy gut...
The Risks of Fish Oil Supplements
It’s been a bad few years for fish oil, as I discuss in my video,...
Fish Consumption and Suicide
Depression is a serious and common mental disorder responsible for the majority of suicides. As...
Comparing Pollutant Levels Between Different Diets
The results of the CHAMACOS (Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of...
Treating Kidney Stones with Diet
Studies suggest that excessive consumption of animal protein poses a risk of kidney stone formation,...
