Does Fasting Help Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint...
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NDMA: A Cancer-Causing Contaminant in Meds and Meat
What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In response to the charge that describing the benefits of statin drugs only in terms...
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Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks?
The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to...
Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements?
What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects...
Acne and Vitamin B12
Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections. “Acne...
Eating to Reverse Heart Failure
An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an...
Pole Walking to Lose Weight?
Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular...
Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint
Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever...
How Heavy Is Your Food’s Carbon Footprint?
How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause, measured in miles driven...
Eating to Fight the Climate Crisis
The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health. “Scientists have...
Junk Food in Hospitals
Why is hospital food so unhealthy? “Put in stark terms, CVD [cardiovascular disease] claims 1...
Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Frank...
Cannabis and Cars
Did traffic fatalities increase or decrease after cannabis legalization? Is cannabis-impaired driving a public health...
A Look at Bariatric Surgery
Obesity isn’t new, but the obesity epidemic is. We went from a few corpulent queens...
Celebrating Veterans Day with Bill Muir
We had the pleasure of talking with Bill Muir about his work in the military...
Drinking Water, Losing Weight
A few times a day, drink two cups of cold water on an empty stomach...
Boosting Your Metabolism Safely
If you drink two cups of water, the adrenal hormone noradrenaline can surge in your...
Does Drinking Water Affect Our Adrenal Hormones?
Drinking water can be a safe, simple, and effective way to prevent yourself from fainting....
Ephedra-Like Weight Loss Minus the Risks
The diving reflex shows that it’s possible to have selective adrenal hormone effects. Thermogenic drugs...
Epigenetics and Obesity
Identical twins don’t just share DNA; they also share a uterus. Might that help account...
Treat Type 1 Diabetes with a Plant-Based Diet?
Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough? The International Journal...
Eating an Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Lupus
Green smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease lupus. There are dozens...
Spend Time in Nature for Your Health?
For perhaps 99.99 percent of our time as a species on Earth, we lived outdoors...
Exploring Mexican Cuisine with Alexa Soto
We had the pleasure of talking with Alexa Soto about her work, food, Mexican cuisine,...
The Largest Study on Fasting in the World
The Buchinger-modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a...