Food Mass Transit
Most women experience a four-day intestine transit time; likely too long to meet the target 200 gram (half pound) minimum fecal output for cancer prevention.
Most women experience a four-day intestine transit time; likely too long to meet the target 200 gram (half pound) minimum fecal output for cancer prevention.
Women eating vegetarian may have lower breast cancer rates because they have larger bowel movements.
The top three sources of industrial toxins in the diet are fish oil, fish, and eggs.
Excessive intake of kelp (kombu) or thyroid-containing sausages can lead to iodine toxicity.
Disinfectants used to sanitize cow udders may provide a source of iodine for dairy consumers, but can also increase the concentration of pus in milk from cows with staph infection mastitis.
Meat, animal protein, and soy milk can affect premature breast development in girls.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is common among those eating vegetarian and particularly vegan diets because of failure to take B12 supplements or eat B12-fortifed foods.
Vitamin B12 is an imperative for those eating vegetarian and vegan diets, especially during pregnancy and infancy.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be life-threatening.
Rate your diet on a scale of 0 to 100 using the phytochemical index, and compare your score to the Standard American Diet.
On average, plant foods have 64 times more antioxidant power than red meat, poultry, fish, dairy, and eggs— but is it a fair comparison?
In the most extensive study of its kind ever published, the amount of anti-aging anticancer antioxidants is measured across thousands of different foods.
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.
The very real and potentially disastrous effects of vitamin B12 deficiency.
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.
What the peer-reviewed scientific literature has to say about Juice Plus+® supplements.
Vegetarians got a disease named after them.
There are two vitamins not produced by plants that may require supplementation.
The mental age of children eating plant-based diets appears to exceed their peers.
Those eating plant-based diets must ensure a reliable source of vitamin B12 via supplements or fortified foods.
Medical education continues to underemphasize clinical nutrition.
Some nutrients are destroyed by cooking, but some nutrients become more absorbable.
Researchers discovered a dietary intervention that may slow the progression of cancer.