How Could There Be Such a Disconnect Between the Science and Medical Practice?
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable and related to nutrition.” According to the...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? “Hospital food needs a revolution.” I was surprised to learn that most inpatient meals served in hospitals are “not required...
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Why Is Extra Salt Injected into Meat?
Why is the salt industry so powerful? It has its own PR and lobbying firms...
How Can Animal Protein Intake Increase Childhood Obesity Risk?
If pregnant crickets are exposed to a predatory wolf spider, their babies will hatch, exhibiting...
Vegans Should Consider Taking DHA Supplements
We are all fatheads. Indeed, about half the dry weight of our brain is fat....
The Healthiest Way to Eat Paleo
There have been about a half dozen studies published on Paleo-type diets, starting around 20...
Pomegranates Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
The pomegranate “has been revered through the ages for its medicinal properties”––so much so that...
How to Avoid BPA
The purported link between obesity and hormone-disrupting plastics chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) was initially...
What to Feed Your Gut Bacteria
For many years, it was believed that the main function of the large intestine was...
Eating the Way Nature Intended
The Paleolithic period, also known as the Stone Age, only goes back about two million...
How to Avoid Fatty Liver Disease
In the documentary Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock eats exclusively at McDonald’s for a month and...
How the Meat Industry Reacted to the New Cancer Warnings
What was the meat industry’s response to leading cancer charities’ recommendation to stop eating processed...
We Have Specific Fruit and Vegetable Receptors
“According to a recent survey, the number of Americans adults who say they are eating ‘pretty...
How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes reversal, not just treatment, should be a goal in the management of type 2...
Plant vs. Animal Food Purines for Preventing Gout
More than 2,000 years ago, “Hippocrates described gout as a disease of kings primarily because...
How to Activate Appetite-Suppressing Hormones
In the United States, we tend to get less than 20 grams of fiber a...
The Best Diet for the Inflammation of Aging
One of the most recognized consequences of aging is a decline in immune function, illustrated...
Reduce Acid-Forming Proteins to Protect Kidney Function
Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem affecting about one in eight Americans,...
“The Eskimo Myth”
As I reviewed in my video Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?, the revelation that...
Salt Is Put to the Test
From a medical journal editor: “Like any group with vested interests, the food industry resists...
Were We Wrong About Fiber?
In my video Is the Fiber Theory Wrong?, I present that fiber-containing foods may not...
Change Your Diet; Change Your Microbiome
If whatever gut flora enterotype we are could play an important role in our risk...
Even Modest Lifestyle Changes in Middle Age May Significantly Extend Your Life
In How to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Death, I discuss how public health workers...
How to Prevent Gut Inflammation
When you count all the little folds, the total surface area of our gut is...
The Effect of Animal Protein on the Kidneys
Between 1990 and 2010, some of our leading causes of death and disability remained the...
