Most people hospitalized with heart attacks have cholesterol levels considered “desirable” under the current recommendations. Having a “normal” cholesterol in a society where it’s normal to die of heart disease is not necessarily a good thing.
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated health claims.
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee stands accused of ignoring the science to justify its recommendation to eat meat.
Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard’s nutrition department, recommends we emphasize plant sources of protein, rather than animal sources.
The success story in Finland shows that science-based dietary guidelines can save millions of lives.
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our nation’s health—come into conflict?
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for heart disease prevention and treatment?
The China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project directed by T. Colin Campbell and colleagues showed that chronic diseases, such as heart disease, are not inevitable consequences of aging.
Dr. Dean Ornish proved decades ago that heart disease could be reversed solely with diet and lifestyle changes.
Medicare is now accepting for reimbursement the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Pritikin Program, which, on a personal note, is what inspired me to go into medicine.
The mercury contamination in tuna and other fish may adversely impact future earnings by impairing brain function, and leading to a loss of intelligence (IQ).
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Mushrooms may help prevent breast cancer by acting as an aromatase inhibitor to block breast tumor estrogen production.
Erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign for heart disease.
In a double-blind study, the spice saffron beat out placebo in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease dementia symptoms.
Doctors and other health professionals were put to the test for their nutrition knowledge regarding diet and heart disease.
Eggs and brains are the two most concentrated sources of cholesterol in the diet.
Cardiology experts warn that eating even a single egg a day may exceed the safe upper limit for cholesterol intake.
La relación entre cáncer y colesterol.
¿Qué tipo de alimentación basada en plantas es más efectiva en la reducción de los niveles de colesterol?
Ocho productos sometidos a prueba para la reducción del colesterol.
El Dr. Dean Ornish da un giro de revertir enfermedades cardíacas a intentar revertir el cáncer de próstata.
How to essentially eliminate the great scourge of the Western world.
A leading stroke expert ruffles a few feathers.
Which food was found to improve heart rate variability?
A neurological basis for humanity’s love affair with Camellia sinensis?
Equilibrando los riesgos y beneficios del consumo de pescado.
¿Qué carga viene junto al calcio en la leche?
¿Deben las mujeres con cáncer de mama con receptores de estrógeno positivos evitar los alimentos de soja?
El Estudio de Salud de Medicos de Harvard sugiere que aquellos que comen un huevo diario tienen vidas mas cortas.
Pagar para vivir menos.
El papel emergente de los sólidos de cacao en la prevención de enfermedades.
Moler el trigo entero en harina blanca puede causar tanto como una disminución de 300 veces el contenido de fitonutrientes.
Tres acciones que pueden reducir a la mitad el riesgo de muerte de nuestro asesino número uno.
Las maravillas de los vegetales de hoja verde oscuro.
El consumo de semilla de lino molido puede disminuir el riesgo de cáncer de mama al desacelerar el ciclo menstrual. También puede controlar el aumento de la próstata con la misma eficacia que el mejor medicamento prescrito.
Los fitonutrientes pueden, en parte, estar relacionados con los beneficios que tienen los granos enteros y las verduras para la prevención del cáncer.
Los investigadores descubrieron una intervención dietética que puede ralentizar la progresión del cáncer.
