Flaxseeds for Hypertension
Extraordinary results reported in a rare example of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a...
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Friday Favorites: Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein
I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality.
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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Plants
If foods like berries and dark green leafy vegetables have been found protective against cognitive...
Turmeric Curcumin vs. Exercise for Artery Function
Those who sit most of the day and are unable to use a standing or...
Enhancing Athletic Performance with Peppermint
Study finds remarkable improvements in exercise performance drinking homemade peppermint water, but there may be...
Never Too Late to Start Eating Healthier
Since many tumors take decades to grow it’s remarkable that cancer risk can so dramatically...
Are Raisins Good Snacks for Kids?
The California Raisin Marketing Board need not have funded such misleading studies, given the healthfulness...
Plant-Based Diets and Diabetes
We’ve known for a half century that plant-based diets are associated with lower diabetes risk,...
How Many Meet the Simple Seven?
The American Heart Association came up with seven simple lifestyle goals to combat the leading...
The Saturated Fat Studies: Set Up to Fail
How might Big Butter design a study (like the Siri-Tarino and Chowdhury meta-analyses) to undermine...
The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public
Dairy industry campaign to “neutralize the negative image of milkfat among regulators and health professionals...
Which Dietary Factors Affect Breast Cancer Most?
American Institute for Cancer Research recommendation compliance associated not only with cancer prevention and survival...
Ciguatera Poisoning & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The effects of the neurotoxins that can contaminate fish like red snapper and grouper can...
