Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis
What happens inside the arteries going to the hearts and brains of those who add...
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Friday Favorites: Does Sunscreen Cause or Prevent Skin Cancer? Which Type Is Best to Use?
Sunscreen is put to the test in a randomized controlled trial to see if it can actually prevent skin cancer. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, only two sunscreen ingredients can be considered safe: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide.
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Optimal Diet: Just Give It to Me Straight, Doc
Why is there a reticence to provide the public with guidelines that will spare them...
Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease?
Health authorities appear to have taken the patronizing view that the public can’t handle the...
Kiwifruit for the Common Cold
Compared to bananas, does eating kiwifruit decrease the incidence and severity of upper respiratory tract...
Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease
High-tech advances, such as PET scanning, offer new insight into the role cholesterol plays in...
Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt
Is the sodium debate a legitimate scientific disagreement or a “controversy” manufactured by industry?
Treating Ulcerative Colitis with Diet
If the avoidance of sulfur-rich proteins and food additives can help prevent inflammatory bowel disease,...
The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100
What would happen if you centered your diet around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group?
Oxygenating Blood with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables
Vegetables such as beets and arugula can improve athletic performance by improving oxygen delivery and...
Whole Beets vs. Juice for Improving Athletic Performance
What is the latest science on the performance-enhancing qualities of nitrate-rich vegetables?
Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain
Lack of adequate blood flow to the brain due to clogging of cerebral arteries may...
Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis
Neurodegenerative brain changes begin by middle age, underscoring the need for lifelong preventive brain maintenance.
