Metabolic Syndrome and Plant-Based Diets
Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is...
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Steroid Injections for Shoulder Pain Relief May Do More Harm Than Good
Corticosteroid shots may offer brief shoulder relief, but studies show they can increase the risk of subsequent rotator cuff tears up to sevenfold.
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Potassium and Autoimmune Disease
Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms—including boosting our adrenal gland...
Preventing Strokes with Diet
Increasing the intake of potassium-rich foods is associated with a significantly lower stroke risk.
98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient
Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due...
Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony
The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc may not only contribute to the progression of cancer and...
Nonhuman Molecules Lining our Arteries
The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques, and may...
How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies
Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into...
The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc
Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory compound found in...
Clonal Deletion Theory of Immunity
Plant-based diets may be protective against multiple sclerosis because IGF-1 can prevent our immune system...
Clonal Selection Theory of Immunity
We may have a billion different types of antibody-releasing cells in our immune system, such...
Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease
Because certain tumors such as breast cancers thrive in settings of low-grade inflammation, our immune...
Unsweetening the Diet
All sweeteners—natural and artificial; caloric and non-caloric—help maintain cravings for intensely sweet foods.
