Octubre 17th, 2012 Saffron for the Treatment of PMS The spice saffron appears to improve both the emotional and physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Octubre 18th, 2012 Wake Up & Smell the Saffron Even the scent of the spice saffron may reduce stress hormone levels, and ease the...
Octubre 19th, 2012 Saffron vs. Prozac A head-to-head test of the spice saffron versus Prozac for the treatment of clinical depression.
Octubre 22nd, 2012 CDC Report on Environmental Chemical Exposure The latest national survey on the levels of chemical pollutants (such as heavy metals, toxic...
Octubre 23rd, 2012 President’s Cancer Panel Report on Environmental Risk The official National Cancer Institute report on the "unacceptable" burden of cancer stemming from industrial...
Octubre 24th, 2012 Pesticides in Chinese Bamboo Shoots Cans of bamboo shoots imported from China may have concerning levels of pesticide contamination.
Octubre 25th, 2012 BPA Plastic & Male Sexual Dysfunction Canned foods and sliced turkey were found to be contaminated with the plastics chemical BPA,...
Octubre 26th, 2012 Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue Levels of flame-retardant chemical pollutants (PBDEs) in the tissues of women from around the world...
Octubre 29th, 2012 Food Sources of Flame-Retardant Chemicals Other than pet food and fish (which may be most contaminated), how do fire-retardant chemicals...
Octubre 30th, 2012 DDT in Umbilical Cord Blood Are pregnant women who eat fish, other meat, and dairy still passing along the pesticide...
Octubre 31st, 2012 How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs? Based on the half-life of industrial pollutants children may be exposed to in the womb...
Noviembre 1st, 2012 Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals Where do DDT, hexachlorobenzene, PCBs, and perfluorochemicals (linked to thyroid disease) concentrate in the food...
Noviembre 2nd, 2012 Plants vs. Pesticides Phytonutrients found in certain foods may protect against the toxic effects of industrial pollutants such...
Noviembre 5th, 2012 The Best Baby Formula Exclusive breastfeeding for a full six months may, ironically, improve our children's taste for vegetables—whereas...
Noviembre 6th, 2012 The Wrong Way to Detox The reason birth order is a predictor of pollutant levels in the bodies of children...
Noviembre 7th, 2012 Lowering Dietary Antibiotic Intake What a few days eating vegetarian can do to the levels of antibiotics and phthalates...
Noviembre 8th, 2012 More Antibiotics in White Meat or Dark Meat? Concentrations of antibiotic residues vary between different edible muscle tissues in poultry.
Noviembre 9th, 2012 Protein and Heart Disease Why is the intake of animal protein associated with heart disease—even independent of saturated fat—and...
Noviembre 12th, 2012 Ergothioneine: A New Vitamin? If the antioxidant amino acid ergothioneine does indeed turn out to be an essential nutrient,...
Noviembre 13th, 2012 Changing Protein Recommendations? A research group is suggesting that human protein requirements may have been underestimated.
Noviembre 14th, 2012 Plant-Based Bioidentical Hormones Do compounded bioidentical hormones for menopause carry the same risks as conventional hormone replacement drugs,...
Noviembre 15th, 2012 Gerson Therapy for Cancer Gerson Therapy is a largely diet-based alternative treatment for cancer. What have 65 years of...
Noviembre 16th, 2012 Gerson-style Therapy vs. Chemotherapy For decades, studies on Gerson therapy for cancer have questioned its safety and efficacy. But,...
Noviembre 19th, 2012 Beauty Is More than Skin Deep Some foods appear protective against the development of skin wrinkles—while others may make them worse.
Noviembre 20th, 2012 Preventing Wrinkles with Diet What dietary intervention may significantly protect against wrinkles in the crow's foot area around the...
Noviembre 21st, 2012 Standing Up for Your Health Prolonged daily sitting is associated with a shorter lifespan, even in those who exercise regularly....
Noviembre 22nd, 2012 Los beneficios de las semillas de fenogreco La especia fenogreco parece mejorar significativamente la fuerza muscular y la capacidad para el levantamiento...
Noviembre 23rd, 2012 Side Effect of Fenugreek Consumption Fenugreek seeds may protect against cancer and improve muscle mass, but they can make your...
Noviembre 26th, 2012 Antioxidants Sprouting Up What happens to the antioxidant content of seeds, grains, and beans when you sprout them?
Noviembre 27th, 2012 Meat Mythcrushers Meat industry public relations campaign to "crush" myths makes false claim about the millions of...
Noviembre 28th, 2012 Ractopamine in Pork BREAKING NEWS video: An analysis of yesterday's Consumer Reports finding that 1 in 5 samples...
Noviembre 28th, 2012 Yersinia in Pork This week Consumer Reports released a study showing the majority of retail pork tested was...
Noviembre 30th, 2012 Fibromialgia inducida por el aspartamo Reportes de casos de pacientes con dolor crónico por fibromialgia que se han sanado eliminando...
Enero 3rd, 2012 Diet Soda & Preterm Birth Aspartame may be the reason that diet soda consumption during pregnancy has been linked to...
Enero 4th, 2012 El eritritol puede ser un antioxidante dulce El edulcorante natural eritritol no parece producir los efectos adversos asociados con otros edulcorantes naturales...
Enero 5th, 2012 How Diet Soda Could Make Us Gain Weight People consuming low-calorie sweeteners may overcompensate by eating more than they otherwise would.
Enero 6th, 2012 Neurobiology of Artificial Sweeteners The disconnect between sweetness sensations coming from our tongue, and the lack of a caloric...
Enero 7th, 2012 Unsweetening the Diet All sweeteners—natural and artificial; caloric and non-caloric—help maintain cravings for intensely sweet foods.
Enero 10th, 2012 Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease Because certain tumors such as breast cancers thrive in settings of low-grade inflammation, our immune...
Enero 11th, 2012 Clonal Selection Theory of Immunity We may have a billion different types of antibody-releasing cells in our immune system, such...
Enero 12th, 2012 Clonal Deletion Theory of Immunity Plant-based diets may be protective against multiple sclerosis because IGF-1 can prevent our immune system...
Enero 13th, 2012 La molécula inflamatoria de la carne Neu5Gc Las dietas basadas en plantas pueden ayudar con la artritis reumatoide al disminuir la exposición...
Enero 14th, 2012 How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into...
Enero 17th, 2012 Nonhuman Molecules Lining our Arteries The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques, and may...
Enero 18th, 2012 Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc may not only contribute to the progression of cancer and...
Enero 19th, 2012 98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due...
Enero 20th, 2012 Preventing Strokes with Diet Increasing the intake of potassium-rich foods is associated with a significantly lower stroke risk.
Enero 21st, 2012 Potassium & Autoimmune Disease Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms—including boosting our adrenal gland...
Enero 24th, 2012 Metabolic Syndrome & Plant-Based Diets Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is...
Enero 25th, 2012 Whole Grains May Work as Well as Drugs The consumption of three portions of whole grains a day appears as powerful as high...
Enero 26th, 2012 Breast Cancer vs. Mushrooms Researchers pit plain white mushrooms against breast cancer cells in vitro to measure aromatase activity,...
Enero 27th, 2012 Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? Mushrooms, green tea, and soy consumption may decrease breast cancer risk, but how many mushrooms,...
Enero 28th, 2012 Preventing Breast Cancer by Any Greens Necessary Which was associated with lowest breast cancer risk in African-American women? Apples, bananas, broccoli, cabbage,...
Enero 31st, 2012 Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention? Eating fiber-containing foods—especially nuts—during adolescence may significantly lower the risk of developing potentially precancerous fibrocystic...
Enero 2nd, 2013 Miocene Meteorites & Uric Acid Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications...
Enero 4th, 2013 Flesh & Fructose Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout,...
Enero 7th, 2013 Apple Juice May Be Worse than Sugar Water Why the spike in antioxidant levels in our bloodstream after drinking apple juice might not...
Enero 9th, 2013 Apple Skin: Peeling Back Cancer Apple peels appear to upregulate the tumor suppressor gene maspin, and have strong antiproliferative effects...