January 9, 2013 Apple Skin: Peeling Back Cancer Apple peels appear to upregulate the tumor suppressor gene maspin, and have strong antiproliferative effects...
January 7, 2013 Apple Juice May Be Worse than Sugar Water Why the spike in antioxidant levels in our bloodstream after drinking apple juice might not...
January 4, 2013 Flesh and Fructose Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout,...
January 2, 2013 Miocene Meteorites and Uric Acid Human beings lost the ability to detoxify uric acid millions of years ago. What implications...
December 31, 2012 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...
December 28, 2012 Preventing Breast Cancer by Any Greens Necessary Which was associated with lowest breast cancer risk in African-American women? Apples, bananas, broccoli, cabbage,...
December 27, 2012 Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? Mushrooms, green tea, and soy consumption may decrease breast cancer risk, but how many mushrooms,...
December 26, 2012 Breast Cancer vs. Mushrooms Researchers pit plain white mushrooms against breast cancer cells in vitro to measure aromatase activity,...
December 25, 2012 Whole Grains May Work as Well as Drugs The consumption of three portions of whole grains a day appears as powerful as high...
December 24, 2012 Metabolic Syndrome and Plant-Based Diets Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is...
December 21, 2012 Potassium and Autoimmune Disease Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms—including boosting our adrenal gland...
December 20, 2012 Preventing Strokes with Diet Increasing the intake of potassium-rich foods is associated with a significantly lower stroke risk.