August 3, 2012 A Better Way to Boost Serotonin Contrary to popular belief, the consumption of animal foods may actually decrease tryptophan levels in...
August 2, 2012 The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin Tryptophan is the precursor to the "happiness hormone" serotonin, so why not take tryptophan supplements...
August 1, 2012 Human Neurotransmitters in Plants The consumption of certain fruits is suggested as a potential treatment for depression, given the...
July 31, 2012 Mineral of the Year—Magnesium Despite promising autopsy and population data suggesting that inadequate magnesium intake is a risk factor...
July 30, 2012 How Do Nuts Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death? Most men and women who die of heart disease, our #1 killer, die suddenly without...
July 27, 2012 Risk Associated with Iron Supplements Iron is a double-edged sword. If we don't absorb enough, we risk anemia; but if...
July 26, 2012 Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death Death in America is largely a foodborne illness. Focusing on studies published just over the...
July 25, 2012 New Mineral Absorption Enhancers Found The whole grain phytonutrient phytic acid (phytate) partially inhibits mineral absorption, but has a wide...
July 24, 2012 The Benefits of Caloric Restriction Without the Actual Restricting One mechanism by which caloric restriction may extend one's lifespan is by upregulating dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA),...
July 23, 2012 Americans Are Living Longer but Sicker Lives Though our life expectancy is improving, our health expectancy is not. In fact we are...
July 20, 2012 What Women Should Eat to Live Longer A competing risks analysis of the Harvard Nurses' Health Study compares the danger of smoking...
July 19, 2012 Plant-Based Diets and Cellular Stress Defenses Measuring the effects of a plant-based diet on the expression of hundreds of different genes...