Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden
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Why Do Surgeons Continue to Perform Worthless Operations?
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients undergo unnecessary, unhelpful, and even painful procedures that may result in catastrophic complications.
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Microbiome: The Inside Story
The microbiome revolution in medicine is beginning to uncover the underappreciated role our healthy gut...
Which Type of Protein Is Better for Our Kidneys?
Anti-inflammatory drugs abolish the hyperfiltration and protein leakage response to meat ingestion, suggesting that animal...
“Veg-Table” Dietary Nitrate Scoring Method
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Omega 3s, Prostate Cancer, and Atrial Fibrillation
Fish and fish oil consumption do not appear to protect against heart disease, arrhythmias, or...
What Are the Healthiest Foods?
Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding...
Laughter as Medicine
What effects do laughing, crying, kissing, cuddling, and sex have on immune function and allergic...
Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis
What happens inside the arteries going to the hearts and brains of those who add...
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...
