All Videos for Women's Health

The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene

Women with breast cancer should include the “liberal culinary use of cruciferous vegetables.”



How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet

Randomized controlled trials show lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer survival.



What Causes Cancer to Metastasize?

Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36.



Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss

For three cents a day, black cumin may improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar control, as well as accelerate the loss of body fat.



Are Vegans at Risk for Iodine Deficiency?

Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine.



Studies on Millet Nutrition: Is It a Healthy Grain?

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most healthful?



What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers?

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure?



Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test

What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk?



Plant-Based Protein: Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful?

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isolates?



Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain?

How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? And the benefits of red sorghum compared to black and white varieties.



The Effects of Obesity on Dementia, Brain Function, and Fertility

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and infertility.



The Effects of Obesity on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, and reverse type 2 diabetes.



Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Bone Fractures and Lung Cancer?

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about the effects on cancer risk, death, and longevity?



The Best Type of Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin or Methylcobalamin?

For prevention and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency, cyanocobalamin in chewable, sublingual, or liquid forms (rather than in a multivitamin) is best under most circumstances.



The Optimal Vitamin B12 Dosage for Kids, Pregnancy, and Seniors

At age 50, everyone, regardless of diet should start supplementing with B12-fortified foods or supplements but over age 65 only high-dose daily supplements may suffice.



The Role of Epigenetics in the Obesity Epidemic

Amazingly, a baby born to an obese surrogate mother with a skinny biological mom may harbor a greater risk of becoming obese than a baby from a big biological mom born to a slim surrogate.



The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine

Those on a healthy plant-based diet with elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day of contaminant-free creatine.



Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Animal Protein?

Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting grown hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?



Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Saturated Fat?

How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became Westernized by eating more meat and dairy?



Stainless Steel or Cast Iron: Which Cookware Is Best? Is Teflon Safe?

What’s the best type of pots and pans to use?



The Effects of Hormones in Milk on Infertility in Women

Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow milk.



The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating

Calories eaten in the morning count less and are healthier than calories eaten in the evening.



The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk on Cancer

What are the effects of the female sex hormones in milk on men, women, and children?



Is Keto an Effective Cancer-Fighting Diet?

The clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer: what does the science say?



Avoiding Fish for 5 Years Before Pregnancy

The problem with fish advisories that tell pregnant women to cut down on fish is that it may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.



The Effects of Marijuana on Fertility and Pregnancy

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should probably be advised to either decrease, or where possible, cease cannabis use entirely. And, couples trying to conceive may also want to consider cutting down.



Toxoplasmosis: A Manipulative Foodborne Brain Parasite

Nearly one quarter of Americans have already been infected with the brain parasite toxoplasma.



How Much Microplastic Is Found in Fish Fillets?

How many plastic particles per serving have been found in the fish muscle itself?



Microplastic Contamination and Seafood Safety

Can ingested plastic particles from fish get into our bloodstream?



Do the Health Benefits of Coffee Apply to Everyone?

Genetic differences in caffeine metabolism may explain the Jekyll and Hyde effects of coffee.



Are Vegetarians at Risk for Eating Disorders?

Who has the healthiest thoughts, attitudes, and habits regarding food?



Benefit of Dates for Colon Health

Seven dates a day for three weeks are put to the test in a randomized controlled trial.



Oxidized Cholesterol 27HC May Explain 3 Breast Cancer Mysteries

Oxidized cholesterol (concentrated in products containing eggs, processed meat, and parmesan cheese) has cancer-fueling estrogenic effects on human breast cancer.



Eggs and Breast Cancer

How few eggs should we eat to reduce the risk of prostate, ovarian, colon, and breast cancer?



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.



Brain-Healthy Foods to Fight Aging

What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?



Is Lipstick Safe Given the Lead Contamination?

Dozens of lipsticks and lip glosses are put to the test.



Are Acid-Blocking Drugs Safe?

Do the benefits outweigh the risks for acid-blocker drugs (proton pump inhibitors like Nexium/Prilosec/Prevacid)? What about baking soda?



Best Food for Labor and Delivery

Shorten labor time by hours, with less induction and less postpartum bleeding, with a humble fruit.



Best Food for Late Pregnancy

Dates are put to the test in a randomized, controlled trial for cervical ripening.