Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) is a natural human growth hormone instrumental in normal growth during childhood, but in adulthood can promote abnormal growth—the proliferation, spread (metastasis), and invasion of cancer.
Eating a plant-based diet may protect against BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy, an enlarged prostate).
Todos los varones deberían considerar comer una dieta sana para la próstata, que incluye legumbres (alubias, guisantes, lentejas, soja); ciertas verduras (como ajos y cebollas); ciertas semillas (semillas de lino); y evitar granos refinados, huevos, y productos avícolas.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH—an enlarged prostate gland—affects 80% of older men, but like many other Western chronic diseases, it appears to be a consequence of our diet.
Whose blood is better at killing cancer cells? People who eat a standard diet and exercise strenuously, or those who eat a plant-based diet and just exercise moderately?
Two weeks on a plant-based diet appears to significantly enhance cancer defenses against breast cancer and colon cancer cells. The blood of those eating a vegan diet for a year suppresses cancer cell growth nearly eight times better.
La muerte en los EE. UU. es, en gran medida, una enfermedad alimentaria. El Dr. Greger, enfocándose en estudios publicados durante el año anterior, en revistas médicas revisadas por pares, ofrece recomendaciones prácticas sobre cómo alimentarnos nosotros mismos y a nuestras familias, para prevenir, tratar e incluso revertir muchas de las 15 principales causas de muerte en los Estados Unidos.
The risk of glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, appears to be dramatically reduced by kale or collard greens consumption, thanks to the phytonutrient pigments lutein and zeaxanthin.
El consumo de café está asociado a una moderada reducción de la incidencia total de cáncer.
The anti-proliferative effects of cruciferous vegetable phytonutrients may decrease the metastatic potential of lung cancer, the number one cancer killer of women.
The nitrite preservatives in processed meats such as bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs form carcinogenic nitrosamines, but also reduce the growth of botulism bacteria—forcing regulators to strike a balance between consumers risking cancer, or a deadly form of food poisoning.
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so early detection via mammogram may be too late.
The hormones present in cow’s milk may help explain the association between certain diseases and dairy consumption.
The effects of the hormones in cow’s milk on men and prepubescent children.
El Dr. Dean Ornish da un giro de revertir enfermedades cardíacas a intentar revertir el cáncer de próstata.
A landmark study pitted 34 common vegetables against 8 different lines of human cancer cells.
Studios basados en el crecimiento de células cancerígenas humanas en la placa de petri sugieren beneficios de los tes de hierbas.
Los investigadores descubrieron una intervención dietética que puede ralentizar la progresión del cáncer.
