Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease
Because certain tumors such as breast cancers thrive in settings of low-grade inflammation, our immune...
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How to Lower Cholesterol with the Portfolio Diet
Can a plant-based Portfolio Diet lower LDL cholesterol as effectively as statin drugs?
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Unsweetening the Diet
All sweeteners—natural and artificial; caloric and non-caloric—help maintain cravings for intensely sweet foods.
Neurobiology of Artificial Sweeteners
The disconnect between sweetness sensations coming from our tongue, and the lack of a caloric...
How Diet Soda Could Make Us Gain Weight
People consuming low-calorie sweeteners may overcompensate by eating more than they otherwise would.
Erythritol May Be a Sweet Antioxidant – UPDATE: don’t eat! (See doc note below)
The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other...
Diet Soda and Preterm Birth
Aspartame may be the reason that diet soda consumption during pregnancy has been linked to...
Aspartame-Induced Fibromyalgia
Case reports of fibromyalgia chronic pain sufferers cured, by removing the artificial sweetener aspartame (Nutrasweet®)...
Yersinia in Pork
This week Consumer Reports released a study showing the majority of retail pork tested was...
Ractopamine in Pork
BREAKING NEWS video: An analysis of yesterday's Consumer Reports finding that 1 in 5 samples...
Meat Mythcrushers
Meat industry public relations campaign to "crush" myths makes false claim about the millions of...
Antioxidants Sprouting Up
What happens to the antioxidant content of seeds, grains, and beans when you sprout them?
Side Effect of Fenugreek Consumption
Fenugreek seeds may protect against cancer and improve muscle mass, but they can make your...
