Chicken, Eggs, & Inflammation
Chicken and eggs are the top sources of arachidonic acid in the diet—an omega-6 fatty...
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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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Inflammatory Remarks about Arachidonic Acid
Arachidonic acid may play a role in cancer, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and...
Improving Mood Through Diet
The purported role arachidonic acid plays in brain inflammation could explain why eliminating chicken, fish,...
Bowels of the Earth
Which country has the largest (and smallest) average stool size?
Food Mass Transit
Most women experience a four-day intestine transit time; likely too long to meet the target...
Stool Size Matters
Larger bowel movements are associated with lower risk of appendicitis, colon cancer, constipation, and diverticulitis.
Relieving Yourself of Excess Estrogen
Women eating vegetarian may have lower breast cancer rates because they have larger bowel movements.
Multivitamin Supplements & Breast Cancer
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and...
Breast Cancer Prevention: Which Mushroom is Best?
Wood ear, crimini, oyster, Italian brown, enoki, button, stuffing, shiitake, chanterelle, and portobello mushrooms were...
Vegetables vs. Breast Cancer
Mushrooms may help prevent breast cancer by acting as an aromatase inhibitor to block breast...
Cancer Prevention & Treatment May Be the Same Thing
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so early detection via mammogram may be too...
Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants
The top three sources of industrial toxins in the diet are fish oil, fish, and...
