The Mediterranean Diet or a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet?
A randomized controlled trial found that a Mediterranean-type diet can dramatically lower the risk of...
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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Calorie Density
The biological mechanisms our bodies use to regulate our weight likely evolved in the context of eating at least four or five pounds of food a day.
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Why Was Heart Disease Rare in the Mediterranean?
What was it about the diet on the Greek isle of Crete in the 1950s...
Stool pH & Colon Cancer
Fermentation of fiber in the gut may help explain the dramatic differences in colorectal cancer...
Preventing Ulcerative Colitis with Diet
The toxic rotten egg gas hydrogen sulfide may explain why animal protein is associated with...
Optimal Cholesterol Level
Why don’t authorities advocate a sufficient reduction in cholesterol down to safe levels?
Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimer’s
Advanced glycation end products in our diet may suppress sirtuin enzyme activity and play a...
The Cilantro Gene
Why are there such polarizing opinions about the taste of the fresh herb cilantro (also...
Plant-Based Workplace Intervention
Employee wellness programs may help boost the corporate bottom line.
Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar
The reason those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and...
The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes
Being obese may result in as much insulin resistance as eating a high-fat diet.
What Causes Insulin Resistance? (Older Version)
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on...
The Problem with the Paleo Diet Argument
The Paleolithic period represents just the last two million years of human evolution. What did...
