Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe?
Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol.
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Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol.
How can soy foods have it both ways with pro-estrogenic effects in some organs that can protect bones and reduce hot flash symptoms, yet also anti-estrogenic effects in others that protect against breast and endometrial cancer?
Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.
The galactose in milk may explain why milk consumption is associated with significantly higher risk of hip fractures, cancer, and premature death.
The majority of polyphenol phytonutrients may be bound to fiber, helping to explain the marked difference in health impacts between whole fruit and fruit juice.
Women who consume the most high-phytate foods (whole grains, beans, and nuts) appear to have better bone density.
The consumption of phosphorus preservatives in junk food, and injected into meat, may damage blood vessels, accelerate the aging process, and contribute to osteoporosis.
Plant-based diets tend to be alkaline-forming. This may help protect muscle mass, and reduce the risk of gout and kidney stones. The pH of one’s urine can be estimated with natural pigments, using kitchen chemistry.
The decades-old dogma that the acid-forming quality of animal protein leads to bone loss has been called into question.
Soy milk should be shaken before pouring to get at the calcium that settles to the bottom.
The bone mineral density of vegans compared to omnivores.
