Cancer-Causing NDMA in Medications (Zantac, Metformin) and Meat
Billion-dollar drugs pulled from the market for carcinogenic contamination less than that found in a...
Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 57
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Bovine Leukemia Virus as a Cause of Breast Cancer
As many as 37 percent of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to...
Breast Cancer and the Bovine Leukemia Virus in Meat and Dairy
Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from...
Why Don’t People Eat Healthier?
The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle.
How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy with Prebiotic Foods
We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we are not holding up...
Life Extension with FGF21
What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21?
How to Boost FGF21 with Diet for Longevity
Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid...
Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include Longevity?
Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter?
Should You Get Personalized Genetic Risk Testing?
Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be...
IARC: Processed Meat Like Bacon Causes Cancer
How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed...
How Much Cancer Does Processed Meat Cause?
I quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs,...
Pesticides (DDT) and Alzheimer’s Disease
How can we avoid the breakdown product of pesticides that may increase the risk of...
Blocking the Cancer Metastasis Enzyme MMP-9 with Beans and Chickpeas
Which legumes are best at inhibiting the matrix metalloproteinase enzymes that allow cancer to become...
Do Healthy Fast-Food Options Lead to Healthier Choices?
Adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to...
How We Won the Fight to Ban Trans Fat
What was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate...
Ultra-Processed Junk Food Put to the Test
What happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber content in...
The Best Poop Position for Constipation
The Squatty Potty is put to the test.
Saturated Fat Causes Artery and Lung Inflammation
What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal?
Exercising to Protect Your Arteries from Fast Food
There is a window of time in which sufficient physical activity can help mediate some...
Foods to Help Protect Your Arteries from Saturated Fat
If you’re going to have something unhealthy, is there anything you can eat with it...
Natural Dietary Remedy for Insomnia
Lactucin, the hypnotic component of lettuce, is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind,...
Natural Dietary Treatments for Enlarged Prostate BPH
Cranberries and pumpkin seeds are put to the test for benign prostatic hypertrophy.
Fewer Than 1 in 5,000 Meet Sodium and Potassium Recommended Intakes
A staggering 99.99 percent of Americans fail to get the minimum recommended potassium intake (despite...
Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Effective?
Is potassium chloride win-win by decreasing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake?
Potassium Chloride Salt Substitute Side Effects
Healthy kidneys are required for potassium excretion. If you aren’t sure if you’re at risk,...
Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein
I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality.
