Pros and Cons of a Macrobiotic Diet
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed of largely whole grains, vegetables, and beans?
All Videos for Scurvy
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Best Food for Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis
What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?
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Should We Take DHA Supplements to Boost Brain Function?
Overt omega-3 deficiency is rare, but do short-term experiments on cognitive function suggest there might be an optimal DHA dose?
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What’s the “Natural” Human Diet?
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?
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The Optimal Dose of Vitamin D Based on Natural Levels
Why do some recommend thousands of units of supplemental vitamin D when the Institute of Medicine set the recommended daily intake at just 600 to 800 units?
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Reductionism and the Deficiency Mentality
How the food, drug, and supplement industries have taken advantage of the field of nutrition’s reductionist mindset
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Vitamin C Supplements for Terminal Cancer Patients
If studies from the 1970s showed cancer patients treated with vitamin C lived 4 times longer and sometimes even 20 times longer, why isn’t it standard practice today?
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Does Fiber Really Prevent Diverticulosis?
The parable of the tiny parachute explains the study that found no relationship between dietary fiber intake and diverticulosis.
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Is Vitamin D the New Vitamin E?
The Institute of Medicine’s conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of hyped vitamin supplements (vitamin A, beta carotene, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E) that turned out worthless—or worse.
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The Tomato Effect
Why does the medical establishment sometimes ignore highly efficacious therapies, such as plant-based diets, for heart disease prevention and treatment?
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Diverticulosis and Nuts
Should people with diverticulosis avoid nuts, seeds, and popcorn?
