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Immanuel Kant, the famed 18th century philosopher, described the chemistry of his day as a...
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I open my video Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee? with a graph from a study of mortality versus coffee consumption that suggests coffee drinkers live longer than non-coffee drinkers. Why might that be? Coffee may have beneficial...
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The Best Foods to Slow Your Metabolism
The largest component of our daily energy budget is resting metabolic rate. As I discuss...
Health Benefits of Citrus Zest
New data demonstrating a DNA protective agent present in at least some fruits and vegetables...
How to Boost DNA Repair with Produce
“In the light of strikingly consistent observations from many epidemiological [population-based] studies, there can be...
How the Meat Industry Reacted to the New Cancer Warnings
What was the meat industry’s response to leading cancer charities’ recommendation to stop eating processed...
Introducing the Evidence-Based Eating Guide
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Vinegar Caveats
As I note in my chapter on greens in my book How Not to Die,...
How Much Vinegar Every Day?
Consuming vinegar with a meal reduces the spike in blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides, and...
The Benefits of Vinegar Beyond Weight Loss
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study found that body weight and belly fat were significantly reduced...
Vinegar, Wine, and Artery Function
In my video Vinegar and Artery Function, I discuss a famous study from Harvard University...
Vinegar Is Good for You
Vinegar has evidently been used as a weight-loss aid for nearly 200 years. Like hot...
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Best Diet for Diabetic Neuropathy
Neuropathy, or damage to the nerves, is a debilitating disorder, and diabetes is by far...
Healthier Salt Substitutes
As I discuss in my video Shaking the Salt Habit, the two most prominent dietary...
Do You Have to Combine Plant Proteins at a Meal?
All nutrients come from the sun or the soil. Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” is...
Black and Red Rice Are Better Than Brown, Which Is Healthier Than White
Why does switching from white rice to brown rice enable overweight individuals to significantly reduce...
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How Plastics Can Affect Your Love Life
Most of the attention on phthalates, a group of hormone-disrupting chemicals found in PVC plastics,...
Concerns About Bone Broth
There are toxicological issues associated with production and processing of meat, such as the presence...
Bell Peppers to Help Ward Off Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder striking 1 percent of our older population and is...
Does Smoking Really Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease?
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Should Plant-Based Women Supplement with DHA During Pregnancy?
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of DHA supplementation of pregnant and breastfeeding women...
Should Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Take DHA Supplements?
One of the reasons breastfed infants may have better cognitive and visual development is because...
