Are Cats or Dogs More Protective for Children’s Health?
Sharing one's home with a cat or dog may decrease the risk of infectious diseases...
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Friday Favorites: Does Coffee Inhibit Iron Absorption? What Are the Effects of Having Too Much Iron?
Coffee and common herbal teas impair iron absorption, which may help explain some of their benefits.
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Foodborne Rabies
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Is Vitamin D3 Better Than D2?
Vitamin D3—sourced from sunlight exposure, animal, and plant sources—may be preferable to vitamin D2 sourced...
Does Coconut Oil Clog Arteries?
Sellers of coconut oil use a beef industry tactic to downplay the risks associated with...
Does Coconut Oil Cure Alzheimer’s?
Though there have been more than a thousand papers published on coconut oil in medical...
Plant-Based Diets: Dental Health
Those eating more sour fruit may risk greater erosion of their tooth enamel (especially if...
Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health
Plant-based diets may help protect against oral cancer and periodontal (gum) disease, a leading cause...
Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke
The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the vapors released from cooking meat may be hazardous for...
Prolonged Liver-Function Enhancement from Broccoli
The boost in detoxifying enzymes triggered by cruciferous vegetable consumption may last for weeks!
Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic and Flavonoids
Garlic and flavonoid phytonutrients found in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains appear to protect against...
Cancer, Interrupted: Green Tea
Using the cooked meat carcinogen PhIP to turn normal breast cells cancerous, researchers explore the...
Heterocyclic Amines in Eggs, Cheese, & Creatine?
Even vegetarians could potentially be exposed to the carcinogens typically formed by cooking meat through...
