Un análisis de riesgo/beneficio de 33 especies de peces analiza los efectos del DHA para potenciar el cerebro y los compara con los efectos dañinos del mercurio, para determinar el efecto neto sobre la inteligencia (IC – Cociente Intelectual).
Exposure to mercury during pregnancy appears to influence fetal brain development, as detected by decreased size of a newborn’s brain.
Phytonutrients in certain plant foods may block the toxic effects of industrial pollutants, like dioxins, through the Ah receptor system.
Los norteamericanos que llevan una dieta sin carne, ni pescado, ingieren de media una mayor cantidad de casi todos los nutrientes, mientras que mantienen un peso corporal menor, tal vez debido a su mayor indice metabólico en reposo.
Too much choline—a compound concentrated in eggs and other animal products—can make bodily secretions smell like rotting fish, and may increase the risk of heart disease, due to conversion in the gut to trimethylamine.
The beef industry designed a study to show that a diet containing beef was able to lower cholesterol—if one cuts out enough poultry, pork, fish, and cheese to halve one’s total saturated fat intake.
Las dietas a base de plantas tienden a ser alcalinas. Esto puede ayudar a proteger la masa muscular, y reducir el riesgo de gota y cálculos renales. El pH de nuestra orina se puede estimar con pigmentos naturales, utilizando la química de la cocina.
A higher rate of cancer deaths among those that handle and process meat is attributed to infection with viruses, and chronic exposure to animal proteins.
Aquellos que comen dietas más a base de vegetales pueden tener naturalmente un sistema mejorado de defensas antioxidantes, para contrarrestar el daño en el ADN causado por los radicales libres producidos por el ejercicio de alta intensidad.
El Dr. Greger ha examinado minuciosamente la literatura académica mundial sobre nutrición clínica y creó esta nueva presentación en vivo sobre lo más reciente en investigación de vanguardia acerca de cómo una alimentación sana puede influir en algunas de nuestras condiciones médicas más comunes.
Dioxins, endocrine disrupting pollutants, heavy metals, saturated fat, and steroids in the meat supply may be affecting sperm counts, semen quality, and the ability of men to conceive.
Based on studies of atomic bomb survivors, Chernobyl victims, and airline pilots exposed to more cosmic rays at high altitudes, it appears that fruits and vegetables may decrease radiation-induced chromosome damage.
The majority of radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plant tragedy was absorbed by the Pacific Ocean. What does that mean for seafood safety?
Ampliando la temática de mi próxima participación en “El Show del Dr. Oz”, un nuevo artículo hito en el New England Journal of Medicine muestra que la colina en huevos, carne de ave, lácteos, y carne de pez produce el mismo OTMA tóxico que la carnitina en la carne roja, lo que puede ayudar a explicar la protección que proporciona una dieta basada en plantas ante enfermedades cardíacas y cáncer de próstata.
The story behind the first U.S. dietary recommendations report explains why, to this day, the decades of science supporting a more plant-based diet have yet to fully translate into public policy.
Cientos de miles de estadounidenses son intoxicados cada año por la salmonella presente en las aves de corral, sin embargo, sigue siendo legal vender carne de aves, así esté contaminada.
Plant-based diets in general, and certain plant foods in particular, may be used to successfully treat Parkinson’s disease—in part, by boosting L-DOPA levels.
El inicio temprano de la pubertad en las niñas asociado con el consumo de proteína animal podría deberse a un químico contaminante que perturba el sistema endocrino que se encuentra en el suministro de carne.
People eating conventional diets may ingest a trillion microparticles of the food-whitening additive, titanium dioxide, every day. What implication might this have for inflammation in the gut?
Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease.
Where do DDT, hexachlorobenzene, PCBs, and perfluorochemicals (linked to thyroid disease) concentrate in the food supply?
Other than pet food and fish (which may be most contaminated), how do fire-retardant chemicals (PBDEs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) concentrate in the American food supply?
A single meal of meats, eggs, and dairy can cause a spike of inflammation within hours that can stiffen one’s arteries. Originally, this was thought to be the result of saturated animal fat causing our gut lining to leak bacterial toxins into our bloodstream, leading to endotoxemia.
La carne (incluyendo la de pescado), el queso, y la ingesta de proteínas animales en general se han asociado con un mayor riesgo de enfermedad intestinal inflamatoria (EII). Al mismo tiempo, las dietas basadas en vegetales no sólo pueden ayudar a prevenir tales condiciones, sino también a tratarlas, lo que resulta en las tasas de remisión más elevadas registradas para la enfermedad de Crohn.
The equivalent of eating a single walnut half per day appeared to cut the risk of dying from inflammatory disease about in half, whereas fish did not appear to play a protective role. That may be why those eating vegetarian foods have lower levels of inflammation and chronic disease risk.
The fish and poultry industries propose moving from a zero tolerance policy on certain dangerous foodborne pathogens to an “acceptable risk” policy—given how widely contaminated their products are with potentially deadly fecal bacteria.
A case report (and video) of the worm-like, bloodsucking parasite Linguatula serrata, found in organ meats, that can migrate through the intestinal wall, into the bloodstream, and then inside one’s eyeball.
In a survey of three national brands of tuna in the United States, most cans exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s safety level for human consumption.
Studies of the neurobehavioral toxicity of mercury on children suggest that no level of mercury exposure can be considered safe, but pressure from the fish industry may be preventing safety limits from dropping further.
The EPA safety limit on mercury in fish may not sufficiently protect pregnant women in the United States. This has led to a recommendation that fish-eating women get tested for mercury before considering getting pregnant.
The consumption of dark fish (such as salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines) may increase our risk of atrial fibrillation—an irregular heartbeat rhythm associated with stroke, dementia, heart failure, and a shortened lifespan.
Excreted pharmaceutical drugs, such as Prozac, can end up polluting our waterways, and may bioaccumulate in fish flesh.
There’s a rare toxin, called domoic acid, that can turn up in tuna and other seafood and cause anterograde amnesia, the loss of short-term memory popularized in the movie Memento.
Pharmaceuticals flushed into our waterways may end up contaminating fish.
The role of a parasitic worm in allergic reactions to chicken and fish.
El mayor estudio prospectivo sobre nutrición nunca antes publicado sugiere que la grasa animal puede estar implicada en el desarrollo del cáncer de páncreas.
Much of our fish supply is so polluted that algae-derived sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids may be safest option.
Eating a can of tuna once a week is equivalent to living with how many mercury-containing amalgam tooth fillings?
50 diferentes marcas de alimentos que contienen jarabe de maíz de alta fructosa fueron probados para el mercurio.
Al elegir fuentes a base de algas de ácidos grasos omega-3 de cadena larga, uno puede obtener los beneficios del consumo de pescado sin los riesgos de este último.
