May 22, 2012 SAD States: Standard American Diet State-By-State Comparison The Standard American Diet is worsening, and falls far from the CDC goals for minimal...
May 23, 2012 Amnesic Seafood Poisoning There's a rare toxin, called domoic acid, that can turn up in tuna and other...
May 24, 2012 A Fine Kettle of Fluoxetine Excreted pharmaceutical drugs, such as Prozac, can end up polluting our waterways, and may bioaccumulate...
May 25, 2012 Red Fish, White Fish; Dark Fish, Atrial Fibrillation The consumption of dark fish (such as salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines) may increase...
May 28, 2012 Hair Testing for Mercury before Considering Pregnancy The EPA safety limit on mercury in fish may not sufficiently protect pregnant women in...
May 29, 2012 Nerves of Mercury Studies of the neurobehavioral toxicity of mercury on children suggest that no level of mercury...
May 30, 2012 Which Brand of Tuna Has the Most Mercury? In a survey of three national brands of tuna in the United States, most cans...
May 31, 2012 Health Food Store Supplement Advice Studies in the U.S. and Canada focus on what advice and supplements natural food store...
Junio 1, 2012 Bad Advice from Health Food Store Employees Most health food store supplement aisle employees have little or no training and make wildly...
Junio 4, 2012 Dangerous Advice from Health Food Store Employees Employees in natural food stores have been caught giving advice that is not only scientifically...
Junio 5, 2012 Pharmacists vs. Health Food Store Employees: Who Gives Better Advice? The accuracy of medical advice given by staff at natural food stores is compared to...
Junio 6, 2012 Dietary Supplement Snake Oil Supplement industry representative attempts to rebut a mea culpa editorial in an alternative medicine journal...
Junio 7, 2012 Heavy Metals in Protein Powder Supplements A Consumer Reports investigation into the safety of protein supplements found that more than half...
Junio 8, 2012 Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money People taking dietary supplements may, in some cases, be paying to make themselves sick. This...
Junio 11, 2012 Hand Washing Compliance of Retail Deli Workers How often do retail deli workers wash their hands, at both independent and chain stores?...
Junio 12, 2012 Don’t Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is A profile of the study “Dirty Money: An Investigation into the Hygiene Status of Some...
Junio 13, 2012 Tongue Worm in Human Eye A case report (and video) of the worm-like, bloodsucking parasite Linguatula serrata, found in organ...
Junio 14, 2012 Viral Meat Spray Bacteria-eating viruses (bacteriophages) have been approved as meat additives to reduce the risk of Listeria...
Junio 15, 2012 Maggot Meat Spray Given their inherent resistance to food-poisoning bacteria, maggots can be used to create an antibacterial...
Junio 18, 2012 Not So Delusional Parasitosis Delusional parasitosis is a form of psychosis characterized by the false belief that one is...
Junio 19, 2012 Unsafe at Any Feed In a national survey, fewer than half of the participants realized meat contaminated with fecal...
Junio 20, 2012 Zero Tolerance to Acceptable Risk The fish and poultry industries propose moving from a zero tolerance policy on certain dangerous...
Junio 21, 2012 Arterial Acne Atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries may be more aptly described as pimples, initiated by the...
Junio 22, 2012 Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease By preventing the buildup of cholesterol in our bloodstream, we can prevent atherosclerosis in our...
Junio 25, 2012 Making Our Arteries Less Sticky Mushrooms appear to have an anti-inflammatory effect on human arterial lining cells in vitro, which...
Junio 26, 2012 Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy For the same reason aspirin should be avoided in pregnancy, chamomile has such powerful anti-inflammatory...
Junio 27, 2012 Is Hydroponic Basil as Healthy? The antioxidant, phytonutrient, and vitamin content of basil grown in water (hydroponic) is compared to...
Junio 28, 2012 Boosting Immunity Through Diet Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake may help explain the loss of immune function associated with...
Junio 29, 2012 Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Purple Potatoes Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties of white compared to yellow and purple potatoes. Purple potatoes may also...
Julio 2, 2012 Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell The equivalent of eating a single walnut half per day appeared to cut the risk...
Julio 3, 2012 El tratamiento dietético de la enfermedad de Crohn La carne (incluyendo la de pescado), el queso, y la ingesta de proteínas animales en...
Julio 4, 2012 The Leaky Gut Theory of Why Animal Products Cause Inflammation A single meal of meats, eggs, and dairy can cause a spike of inflammation within...
Julio 5, 2012 The Exogenous Endotoxin Theory The endotoxemia (bacterial toxins in the bloodstream) that follows a meal of animal products and...
Julio 6, 2012 Dead Meat Bacteria Endotoxemia The high bacteria load in raw or cooked animal foods and fermented foods may trigger...
Julio 9, 2012 Antimutagenic Activity of Green vs. White Tea The ability of green versus white tea to protect against in vitro DNA damage caused...
Julio 10, 2012 Is Caffeinated Tea Dehydrating? Comparing up to six cups of caffeinated black tea a day to water, researchers study...
Julio 11, 2012 Treating Gorlin Syndrome with Green Tea Gorlin Syndrome, also known as basal cell nevus syndrome, is a rare genetic condition in...
Julio 12, 2012 Treating Genital Warts with Green Tea Now officially incorporated into the Centers for Disease Control STD Treatment Guidelines, the topical application...
Julio 13, 2012 Preventing Kidney Failure Through Diet Given how vascular our kidneys are, it should comes as no surprise that animal protein,...
Julio 16, 2012 Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet Not only do plant-based diets appear to prevent kidney function decline, they may also be...
Julio 17, 2012 Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome A kiwifruit intervention was found to improve bowel function in those suffering from irritable bowel...
Julio 18, 2012 Kiwifruit & DNA Repair Plant-based diets help prevent cancer not only by blocking DNA damage, but by increasing our...
Julio 19, 2012 Plant-Based Diets & Cellular Stress Defenses Measuring the effects of a plant-based diet on the expression of hundreds of different genes...
Julio 20, 2012 What Women Should Eat to Live Longer A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurses' Health Study compares the danger of smoking...
Julio 23, 2012 Americans Are Living Longer but Sicker Lives Though our life expectancy is improving, our health expectancy is not. In fact we are...
Julio 24, 2012 The Benefits of Caloric Restriction Without the Actual Restricting One mechanism by which caloric restriction may extend one's lifespan is by upregulating dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA),...
Julio 25, 2012 New Mineral Absorption Enhancers Found The whole grain phytonutrient phytic acid (phytate) partially inhibits mineral absorption, but has a wide...
Julio 27, 2012 Risk Associated with Iron Supplements Iron is a double-edged sword. If we don't absorb enough, we risk anemia; but if...
Julio 30, 2012 How Do Nuts Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death? Most men and women who die of heart disease, our #1 killer, die suddenly without...
Julio 31, 2012 Mineral of the Year—Magnesium Despite promising autopsy and population data suggesting that inadequate magnesium intake is a risk factor...