Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health
Plant-based diets may help protect against oral cancer and periodontal (gum) disease, a leading cause...
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Friday Favorites: The Effect of Sleep on Weight Loss
Those randomized to 8.5 hours of sleep a night lost significantly more body fat than those who got 5.5 hours. Getting even one more hour of sleep a night may help with weight control.
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Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke
The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the vapors released from cooking meat may be hazardous for...
Prolonged Liver-Function Enhancement from Broccoli
The boost in detoxifying enzymes triggered by cruciferous vegetable consumption may last for weeks!
Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic and Flavonoids
Garlic and flavonoid phytonutrients found in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains appear to protect against...
Cancer, Interrupted: Green Tea
Using the cooked meat carcinogen PhIP to turn normal breast cells cancerous, researchers explore the...
Heterocyclic Amines in Eggs, Cheese, & Creatine?
Even vegetarians could potentially be exposed to the carcinogens typically formed by cooking meat through...
Reducing Cancer Risk in Meat-Eaters
Those who eat meat risk food poisoning from undercooked meat, but also exposure to cooked...
PhIP: The Three-Strikes Breast Carcinogen
The cooked meat carcinogen PhIP—found in fried bacon, fish, and chicken—may not only trigger cancer...
Estrogenic Cooked-Meat Carcinogens
DNA-damaging chemicals, formed when meat is cooked, stimulate breast cancer cells almost as much as...
Fibromyalgia vs. Mostly Raw & Mostly Vegetarian Diets
How plant-based does one's diet need to be in order to effectively treat fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia vs. Vegetarian and Raw Vegan Diets
Plant-based diets may be effective for the treatment of fibromyalgia, a painful condition suffered by...
Apple Skin: Peeling Back Cancer
Apple peels appear to upregulate the tumor suppressor gene maspin, and have strong antiproliferative effects...
