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The potassium content of greens is one of two ways it can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.
Plant-based diets have been shown to slow or stop the progression of kidney failure, but what about all the phosphorus and potassium in plant foods?
Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding disease-promoting components?
What would happen if you centered your diet around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group?
Causes of dry eye disease include LASIK laser eye surgery, but there are dietary approaches to prevention and treatment.
Canned beans are convenient, but are they as nutritious as home-cooked? And, if we do use canned, should we drain them or not?
Americans eating meat-free diets average higher intakes of nearly every nutrient, while maintaining a lower body weigh—perhaps due, in part, to their higher resting metabolic rates.
Plant-based diets tend to be alkaline-forming. This may help protect muscle mass, and reduce the risk of gout and kidney stones. The pH of one’s urine can be estimated with natural pigments, using kitchen chemistry.
Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms—including boosting our adrenal gland function, due to the consumption of potassium rich foods.
Increasing the intake of potassium-rich foods is associated with a significantly lower stroke risk.
Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due primarily to inadequate plant food intake.
Gerson Therapy is a largely diet-based alternative treatment for cancer. What have 65 years of medical research concluded about its efficacy and safety?