Greens, Green Tea, and Nuts Put to the Test for Telomeres
Not all plant foods are linked to less cellular aging based on telomere attrition, and not all animal foods are linked to more.
All Videos for Oxidative Stress
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Plant-Based Diet for Minimal Change Disease of the Kidney
What are the three reasons plant protein is preferable to animal protein for kidney protection?
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Dietary Cholesterol and Inflammation from Abdominal Obesity
The optimal intake of dietary cholesterol may be zero.
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Improving VO2 Max: A Look at Vegetarian and Vegan Athletes
Plant-based diets improve the performance of athletes and nonathletes alike.
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Update on Erythritol Sweetener Safety: Are There Side Effects?
Why are erythritol levels in the blood associated with higher levels of chronic disease?
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The Role of Endotoxins in Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Why can a single meal high in saturated fat impair cognition?
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Why All Athletes Should Eat Plant-Based Diets
Enhance athletic performance with diet.
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How to Naturally Reduce Wrinkles with Food
Almonds are put to the test in a randomized controlled trial for facial wrinkles.
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Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms
Specific foods have been shown in randomized controlled trials to improve symptoms like hot flashes.
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The Best Diet for Treating Atrial Fibrillation
What foods should we eat and avoid to reduce our risk of Afib?
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The Impacts of Weight Bias in Health Care
How might weight stigma be a vicious cycle?
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Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Effective?
Is potassium chloride win-win by decreasing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake?
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Saturated Fat Causes Artery and Lung Inflammation
What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal?
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Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include Longevity?
Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter?
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The Healthiest Type of Potato
Are yellow-fleshed potatoes healthier than white? And, what about the glycoalkaloid toxins?
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Are Baruka Nuts the Healthiest Nut?
How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts?
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Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels?
If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora?
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Is Heme Iron the Reason Meat Is Carcinogenic?
Rectal biopsies taken before and after eating meat determine the potentially DNA-damaging dose of heme.
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Are Aluminum Pots, Bottles, and Foil Safe?
DNA damage is assessed in users of aluminum cookware.
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The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating
Calories eaten in the morning count less and are healthier than calories eaten in the evening.
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The Benefits of Calorie Restriction for Longevity
Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing.
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Berries for Inflammation and Osteoarthritis Treatment
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials on berries and the first clinical study on the effects of berries on arthritis.
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Blueberries for a Diabetic Diet and DNA Repair
Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.
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How to Treat Periodontitis with Diet
Plant-based diets are put to the test in the treatment of periodontal disease.
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Dietary Cholesterol and Cancer
The relationship between the consumption of eggs and other cholesterol-rich foods and cancers of the colon, breast, endometrium, pancreas, and throat.
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Do Lutein Supplements Help with Brain Function?
Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.
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Brain-Healthy Foods to Fight Aging
What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
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Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, and Endurance
Randomized controlled trials put plant-based eating to the test for athletic performance.
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Best Supplement for Canker Sores
Vitamin C, turmeric, beta-glucan fiber, and vitamin B12 are put to the test for recurring canker sores (aphthous ulcers).
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Benefits of Lentils and Chickpeas
Lentils and chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, are put to the test.
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Ground Ginger to Reduce Muscle Pain
There have been at least eight randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of ginger for pain.
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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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Benefits of Beans for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Do legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—work only to prevent disease, or can they help treat and reverse it as well?
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The Effects of Avocados on Inflammation
High-fat plant foods—avocados, peanuts, and walnuts—and olive oil are put to the test.
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Foods to Improve Athletic Performance and Recovery
What are the effects of spinach and berries on oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle soreness in athletes?
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How to Prevent Alzheimer’s with Diet
What evidence is there that our meat-sweet diets play a cause-and-effect role in dementia?
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Tomato Sauce vs. Prostate Cancer
What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day for three weeks?
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The Best Food for Fibroids
Women with uterine fibroids should consider adding green tea to their daily diet, as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled interventional trial suggests it may help as well as surgery.
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Does Cell Phone Radiation Cause Cancer?
Do mobile phones cause brain tumors? Whenever a trillion-dollar industry is involved—whether it’s Big Food, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, or Big Telecom—there’s so much money that the science can get manipulated.
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Best Foods for Autism
The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit autism in a way no drug ever has in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
