The Effects of Obesity on the Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, as well as kidney function and fatty liver disease?
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, as well as kidney function and fatty liver disease?
Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half.
The most effective diet for weight loss may also be the healthiest.
Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting grown hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?
Natural approaches to lowering high blood pressure can work better than drugs because you’re treating the underlying cause, and can end up having only good side effects.
What shift workers can do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.
The same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugars.
Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a different time of day can have such different effects—it’s no surprise that chronoprevention approaches, like meal timing, can also make a difference.
Why we may want to strive not to exceed the recommended intake of protein.
Calories eaten in the morning count less and are healthier than calories eaten in the evening.
The effects of eating only 5 days a week or a fasting-mimicking diet 5 days a month.
Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension.
Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples and spinach in a test of artery function.
Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing.
Ketogenic diets found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and bone loss.
The effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk.
The clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer: what does the science say?
The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger.
Genetic differences in caffeine metabolism may explain the Jekyll and Hyde effects of coffee.
Do those who choose alternative cancer treatments live longer?
Oxidized cholesterol (concentrated in products containing eggs, processed meat, and parmesan cheese) has cancer-fueling estrogenic effects on human breast cancer.
Most Americans get less than half the recommended minimum fiber intake a day and the benefits of fiber go way beyond bowel regularity.
Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.
What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
Do the benefits outweigh the risks for acid-blocker drugs (proton pump inhibitors like Nexium/Prilosec/Prevacid)? What about baking soda?
The effects of Red Bull and Monster brand energy drinks on artery function and athletic performance.
How to choose the healthiest coffee, and the effects of adding milk vs. soymilk.
What does the best available balance of evidence say right now about what to eat and what to avoid to reduce your risk of cancer?
How effective is chemotherapy for colon, lung, breast, and prostate cancers?
Is black salve, a paste made from bloodroot, safe and effective for the treatment of skin cancer?
Do legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—work only to prevent disease, or can they help treat and reverse it as well?
Which would save more lives: eating an apple a day or taking statin drugs?
Are the health benefits associated with apple consumption simply due to other healthy behaviors among apple-eaters?
In this video, I explain my traffic light system for ranking the relative healthfulness of Green Light vs. Yellow Light vs. Red Light foods.
If doctors don’t understand health statistics, how can they possibly properly counsel patients?
“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years. With mammograms, though, breast cancer may only grow and spread for…21.4 years.
After you watch this video, you’ll know more than an estimated 97 percent of doctors about a critical concept called lead-time bias.
What do nine in ten women say they were never told about mammograms, even though they thought they had the right to know?
Nine out of ten women don’t realize that some breast cancers would never have caused any problems or even become known in one’s lifetime. This is an issue ductal carcinoma in situ has brought to the forefront.
Every year, cannabis is estimated to result in two million years of healthy life lost due to disability. How much is that compared to alcohol and tobacco?