Is a Neutropenic Diet Necessary for Cancer Patients?
Immunocompromised patients, such as those undergoing chemotherapy, are often denied fresh fruits and vegetables to...
Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 25
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The Safety of Heme vs. Non-Heme Iron
Heme iron, the type found predominantly in blood and muscle, is absorbed better than the...
Migratory Skin Worms from Sushi
Gnathostomiasis from raw fish is a growing problem, manifested by tiny worms that burrow under...
Ginger for Migraines
An eighth teaspoon of powdered ginger was found to work as well as the migraine...
How to Treat Kidney Stones with Diet
Decreasing animal protein and sodium intake appears more effective in treating calcium oxalate and uric...
Solving a Colon Cancer Mystery
Even though modern African diets may now be as miserably low in fiber as American...
How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet
The first-line treatment for hypertension is lifestyle modification, which often includes the DASH diet. What...
Music as Medicine
Music can beat out anti-anxiety drugs, Mozart can reduce allergic reactions, and how listening to...
Diet and Hiatal Hernia
Straining at stool over time may force part of the stomach up into the chest,...
Stomach Stapling Kids
Bariatric weight-loss surgery (like Roux-en-Y gastric bypass) is increasingly performed in children as young as...
What Causes Diabetes?
Saturated fat can be toxic to the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, explaining why...
Big Sugar Takes on the World Health Organization
What happened when the World Health Organization had the gall to recommend a diet low...
The Best Kept Secret in Medicine
Lifestyle changes are often more effective in reducing the rates of heart disease, hypertension, heart...
How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have Every Day?
Most people have between 3 bowel movements a day and 3 a week, but normal...
Should You Sit, Squat, or Lean During a Bowel Movement?
Squatting and leaning can help straighten the anorectal angle, but a healthy enough diet should...
Can Diabetic Retinopathy Be Reversed?
The reversal of blindness due to hypertension and diabetes with Dr. Kempner’s rice and fruit...
Peppermint Oil for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Peppermint essential oil should be considered the first-line treatment for IBS.
Flame-Retardant Pollutants and Child Development
PBDE fire-retardant chemicals in the food supply may contribute to attention and cognitive deficits in...
Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins?
One week on a plant-based diet can significantly drop blood levels of homocysteine, a toxin...
Diverticulosis: When Our Most Common Gut Disorder Hardly Existed
More than two-thirds of Americans over age 60 have diverticulosis, but it was nearly unknown...
Does Fiber Really Prevent Diverticulosis?
The parable of the tiny parachute explains the study that found no relationship between dietary...
Heart of Gold: Turmeric vs. Exercise
Diet and exercise synergize to improve endothelial function, the ability of our arteries to relax...
Can Dehydration Affect Our Mood?
The brain shrinkage associated with dehydration may not only play a role in cognitive impairment,...
Fish Consumption and Suicide
The mercury content in fish may help explain links found between fish intake and mental...
Does Rye Bread Protect Against Cancer?
The lignans in rye could explain why rye intake is associated with lower breast and...
How Doctors Responded to Being Named a Leading Killer
What was the medical community’s reaction to being named the third leading cause of death...
