Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Ticking Time Balloons
A million Americans have a silent aneurysm in their abdominal aorta (AAA) that may become...
Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 7
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How to Help Prevent Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
What dietary behaviors may cut the odds of developing of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)...
Glycotoxins
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in our diet are thought to accelerate the aging process.
Avoiding Glycotoxins in Food
500 foods were tested for advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
Preventing Childhood Allergies
What is responsible for the rising prevalence of atopic diseases, such as food allergies, asthma,...
Preventing Allergies in Adulthood
The longest running study on vegetarians suggests that those eating plant-based diets have lower rates...
Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants
A study of 15,000 American vegetarians suggests their lower chronic disease rates translate into fewer...
Throw Household Products off the Scent
Volatile chemicals in consumer products such as air fresheners, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and dryer...
Carcinogenic Putrescine
Biogenic amines such as spermine, cadaverine, and putrescine are chemical compounds of decay that may...
Better than Green Tea?
The antioxidant content of a number of popular beverages is compared: black tea, coffee, Coke,...
Best Berries
Compared to popular fruits such as apples, bananas, and mangoes, which of the hundreds of...
Dried Apples vs. Cholesterol
Which common dried fruit is the most antioxidant-packed: apple rings, dried apricots, dried cherries, dried...
Better than Goji Berries
There are some dried fruits even more antioxidant-packed than goji berries.
Amla vs. Cancer Cell Growth
Indian gooseberries (amla), an important plant in Ayurvedic medicine, may have anticancer properties, as well...
Amla vs. Cancer Cell Invasion
Indian gooseberries (amla) block breast cancer cell growth and metastasis potential in vitro.
Power Plants
Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine's arsenal came from natural products, from...
Amla vs. Diabetes
For a dollar a month, Indian gooseberry (amla) powder may work as well as a...
Antioxidants in a Pinch
Some herbs and spices—including cinnamon, cloves, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, and peppermint—are so rich in...
A Better Breakfast
The antioxidant power of American breakfast fare is compared to a smoothie that contains berries,...
Some Ayurvedic Medicine Worse than Lead Paint Exposure
Triphala, a combination of three fruits—amla, bibhitaki, and haritaki—is the most commonly used herbal formulation...
Get the Lead Out
Toxic heavy metal contamination of Ayurvedic dietary supplements is, in most cases, intentional.
Amla & Triphala Tested for Metals
Both U.S.-made and imported Ayurvedic dietary supplements have high contamination rates of toxic metals such...
Dragon’s Blood
The four most antioxidant-packed natural substances so far tested are cloves, amla (Indian gooseberries), triphala...
Anti Up on the Veggies
Greens rank highest in chemical antioxidant assays (such as ORAC, TEAC, TRAP, and FRAP). But...
Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants
Even when choosing the same quantity of fruits and vegetables, those making higher antioxidant choices...
The Power of NO
Antioxidants protect NO synthase—the enzyme that produces the artery-relaxing signal, nitric oxide. This may explain...
Bulking Up on Antioxidants
Even when fiber and fruit and vegetable intake are kept constant, choosing foods richer in...
Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up
A case report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly Journal...
Plant-Based Atkins Diet
Harvard study found that men and women eating low carb diets live significantly shorter lives,...
Vitamin B12 Recommendation Change
Based on two biomarkers of functional vitamin B12 (cobalamin) status, B12 recommendations formulated more than...
Safest Source of B12
Since foods are effectively a package deal, what's the best way to get vitamin B12...
Cheapest Source of Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) supplementation can cost as little as $2 a year.
Daily Source of Vitamin B12
Fortified foods, such as some breakfast cereals and types of nutritional yeast, can provide another...
New Vitamin B12 Test
Who should get tested for vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency, and which is the best test...
Soy Worth a Hill of Beans?
Are soybeans better than other types of beans for heart disease prevention—or does the soy...
Doping with Beet Juice
Beets found to significantly improve athletic performance while reducing oxygen needs—upsetting a fundamental tenet of...
Priming the Proton Pump
To understand how beets could reduce the oxygen cost of exercise while improving athletic performance,...
Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash
The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) are essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect...
Out of the Lab Onto the Track
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover studies convinced the scientific establishment that nitrate-rich vegetables (such as beets)...
Asparagus Pee
Young infants, and perhaps those with recurrent oxalate kidney stones, should avoid beets. But most...
Pretty in Pee-nk
Beeturia, the passage of pink urine after beetroot consumption, is a reminder that phytonutrients circulate...
Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet
The nitrate in vegetables, which the body can turn into the vasodilator nitric oxide, may...
Vegetables Rate by Nitrate
If nitrates can boost athletic performance and protect against heart disease, which vegetables have the...
Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad?
If the nitrates in vegetables such as greens are health-promoting because they can be turned...
When Nitrites Go Bad
Nitrites in processed meat form nitrosamines, a class of potent carcinogens found in cigarette smoke,...
Bacon & Botulism
The nitrite preservatives in processed meats such as bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs form...
Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients?
Phytonutrients, such as vitamin C, prevent the formation of nitrosamines from nitrites—which explains why adding...
Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat
The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an...
Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon
Frying bacon outdoors decreases the concentration of airborne nitrosamine carcinogens.
Vitamin C-Enriched Bacon
The addition of vitamin C to processed (cured) meats such as bacon may actually make...
So Should We Drink Beet Juice, or Not?
In the context of a healthy, plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be...
Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity
How meat scientists justify their promotion of foods associated with cancer risk.
