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