Is Pomegranate Juice That Wonderful?
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated health claims.
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated health claims.
The USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee stands accused of ignoring the science to justify its recommendation to eat meat.
Since foods are a package deal, Dr. Walter Willet, the Chair of Harvard’s nutrition department, recommends we emphasize plant sources of protein, rather than animal sources.
The success story in Finland shows that science-based dietary guidelines can save millions of lives.
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our nation’s health—come into conflict?
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for heart disease prevention and treatment?
The China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project directed by T. Colin Campbell and colleagues showed that chronic diseases, such as heart disease, are not inevitable consequences of aging.
Dr. Dean Ornish proved decades ago that heart disease could be reversed solely with diet and lifestyle changes.
Medicare is now accepting for reimbursement the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Pritikin Program, which, on a personal note, is what inspired me to go into medicine.
The mercury contamination in tuna and other fish may adversely impact future earnings by impairing brain function, and leading to a loss of intelligence (IQ).
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Mushrooms may help prevent breast cancer by acting as an aromatase inhibitor to block breast tumor estrogen production.
Erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign for heart disease.
In a double-blind study, the spice saffron beat out placebo in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease dementia symptoms.
Doctors and other health professionals were put to the test for their nutrition knowledge regarding diet and heart disease.
Eggs and brains are the two most concentrated sources of cholesterol in the diet.
Cardiology experts warn that eating even a single egg a day may exceed the safe upper limit for cholesterol intake.
Profile of an editorial published by Dr. Dean Ornish in the American Journal of Cardiology describing the optimal diet, and how simple choices can be as powerful as drugs and surgery.
Dr. Dean Ornish turns from reversing heart disease to trying to reverse prostate cancer.
How to essentially eliminate the great scourge of the Western world.
A leading stroke expert ruffles a few feathers.
Which food was found to improve heart rate variability?
A neurological basis for humanity’s love affair with Camellia sinensis?
Balancing the risks and benefits of fish consumption.
What baggage comes along with the calcium in milk?
The Harvard Physicians’ Health Study suggests that those eating an egg a day live shorter lives.
Researchers discovered a dietary intervention that may slow the progression of cancer.