December 19, 2012 98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due...
December 18, 2012 Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc may not only contribute to the progression of cancer and...
December 17, 2012 Nonhuman Molecules Lining our Arteries The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques, and may...
December 14, 2012 How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into...
December 13, 2012 The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory compound found in...
December 12, 2012 Clonal Deletion Theory of Immunity Plant-based diets may be protective against multiple sclerosis because IGF-1 can prevent our immune system...
December 11, 2012 Clonal Selection Theory of Immunity We may have a billion different types of antibody-releasing cells in our immune system, such...
December 10, 2012 Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease Because certain tumors such as breast cancers thrive in settings of low-grade inflammation, our immune...
December 7, 2012 Unsweetening the Diet All sweeteners—natural and artificial; caloric and non-caloric—help maintain cravings for intensely sweet foods.
December 6, 2012 Neurobiology of Artificial Sweeteners The disconnect between sweetness sensations coming from our tongue, and the lack of a caloric...
December 5, 2012 How Diet Soda Could Make Us Gain Weight People consuming low-calorie sweeteners may overcompensate by eating more than they otherwise would.
December 4, 2012 Erythritol May Be a Sweet Antioxidant – UPDATE: don’t eat! (See doc note below) The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other...