Why Should (or Shouldn’t) We Eat a Macrobiotic Diet?
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed largely of whole grains, vegetables,...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk. “When ranked in order of importance, among the interventions available to prevent stroke, the three most important are probably...
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How Might Ginger Help with Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease?
Ground ginger powder is put to the test for weight loss and nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Which Diet Works Even Better the Longer You Do It?
The most well-published community-based lifestyle intervention in the medical literature is also one of the...
The “Optimal Diet” Is Put to the Test
The CHIP program (now called Pivio) has attempted to take the pioneering lifestyle medicine work...
Grind Your Chia Seeds
The secret to unlocking the benefits of chia seeds may be grinding them up. When...
Randomized Controlled Trials of Beans
Do legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—work only to prevent disease, or can they help...
An Apple a Day May Keep the Pharmacist Away
Which would save more lives: eating an apple a day or taking statin drugs? Does...
Are Avocados a Weight Loss Food?
Studies funded by the Avocado Board suggest avocados may facilitate weight loss, but compared to...
Fasting for Weight Loss Infographic
Fasting has been branded the “next big weight loss fad,” and about one in seven Americans...
Are Lectins in Food Good or Bad for You?
Might lectins help explain why those who eat more beans and whole grains have less...
Do the Pros of Brown Rice Outweigh the Cons of Arsenic?
Are there unique benefits to brown rice that would justify keeping it in our diet...
How to Boost the Fat Burning Hormone FIAF
Although recent increases in the availability of junk food and decreases “in institutionally driven physical...
Why Drinking Diet Soda Makes You Crave Sugar
Recommendations on limiting sugar consumption vary around the world, with guidelines ranging from “[l]imit sweet...
How to Increase Gut Bacterial Richness
We live in an “obesogenic environment,” with cheap junk food everywhere, thanks in part to...
How Not to Die from Diabetes
We’ve known since the 1930s that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, arrested, and even...
Reversing Massive Obesity with Diet
Dr. Walter Kempner introduced the first comprehensive dietary program to treat chronic kidney disease and,...
White Rice vs. Brown Rice
Rice and Diabetes Risk In 2012, a meta-analysis was published tying white rice consumption to...
Eating the Way Nature Intended
The Paleolithic period, also known as the Stone Age, only goes back about two million...
The Best Foods to Slow Your Metabolism
The largest component of our daily energy budget is resting metabolic rate. As I discuss...
The Benefits of Vinegar Beyond Weight Loss
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study found that body weight and belly fat were significantly reduced...
Vinegar Is Good for You
Vinegar has evidently been used as a weight-loss aid for nearly 200 years. Like hot...
Black and Red Rice Are Better Than Brown, Which Is Healthier Than White
Why does switching from white rice to brown rice enable overweight individuals to significantly reduce...
How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes reversal, not just treatment, should be a goal in the management of type 2...
How to Activate Appetite-Suppressing Hormones
In the United States, we tend to get less than 20 grams of fiber a...
