Is Monk Fruit Sweetener Safe?
The natural plant-based sweeteners stevia and monk fruit (Luo Han Guo) are pitted head-to-head against aspartame and Splenda.
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Is Aloe Vera Gel the Best Treatment for Lichen Planus?
We shouldn’t ever swallow aloe vera, but how does using it topically for a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease compare to steroids?
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The Risks of Shark Cartilage Supplements
Why are millions of dollars spent on shark cartilage supplements?
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Do Any Benefits of Alcohol Outweigh the Risks?
What would happen if you effectively randomized people at birth to drink more or less alcohol their whole lives? Would they get more or less heart disease?
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Is It Better to Drink a Little Alcohol than None at All?
Even if alcohol causes cancer and there is no “French paradox,” what about the famous J-shaped curve, where excessive drinking is bad, but light drinkers appear to have lower mortality than abstainers?
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How to Reduce Your TMAO Levels
Should we be concerned about high-choline plant foods, such as broccoli, producing the same toxic TMAO that results from eating high-choline animal foods, such as eggs?
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Is Candida Syndrome Real?
Does the presence of Candida in stool correlate with “Candida-hypersensitivity” symptoms, such as headaches and tiredness? And what happens when people are placed on a high-sugar diet?
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Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution
There is a food that offers the best of both worlds—significantly improving our ability to detox carcinogens like diesel fumes and decreasing inflammation in our airways—all while improving our respiratory defenses against infections.
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Dangers of Dietary Supplement Deregulation
The majority of dietary supplement facilities tested were found noncompliant with good manufacturing practices guidelines.
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Black Raspberry Supplements Put to the Test
Less than half of herbal supplements tested from a dozen companies were found to be authentic.
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BPA on Receipts: Getting Under Our Skin
Using skin lotion or hand sanitizer before touching thermal paper, such as cash register receipts and printed tickets, can facilitate the absorption of BPA into the body.
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Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Green tea is put to the test against precancerous lesions, prostate cancer, and metastatic cancer, and compared to the effects of black tea.
