Adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human psychology. In 2017, and to much fanfare, menu…
Read more Why Healthy Fast-Food Menu Options Can Backfire | NutritionFacts.orgWhich legumes are best at inhibiting the matrix metalloproteinase enzymes that allow cancer to become invasive? Although we’re spending billions of dollars on fancy new types of chemotherapy,…
Read more Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer? | NutritionFacts.orgHow can we avoid the breakdown products of pesticides that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as much as if you carried APOE e4, the so-called Alzheimer’s…
Read more A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk | NutritionFacts.orgWhy are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for death in human history, a poor diet causes…
Read more Are Nuts and Peanut Butter Linked to a Longer Life? | NutritionFacts.orgWe co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If you look at the classics—the most frequently cited…
Read more How Prebiotic Foods Keep Your Microbiome Healthy | NutritionFacts.orgThe so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media messages about nutrition are often confusing and inconsistent, but many Americans know what…
Read more How We Eat vs. How We Think We Eat | NutritionFacts.orgBillion-dollar drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than is found in a single serving of grilled chicken. In 2018, one of the bestselling…
Read more NDMA: A Cancer-Causing Contaminant in Meds and Meat | NutritionFacts.orgBroccoli, vinegar, and lemon juice are put to the test to blunt the glycemic index of white potatoes. White potatoes have a high glycemic index, and consumption of…
Read more How to Tame Blood Sugar Spikes after Eating Potatoes | NutritionFacts.orgHow can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of people’s diets? Well, “what could be more nutrient-dense than a vegetarian diet?” Indeed,…
Read more Keeping Better Score of Your Diet | NutritionFacts.orgWhy might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart attack, while drugs may only reduce risk by 20% to 30%? On the…
Read more How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts | NutritionFacts.orgBy losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type 2 diabetes for less than four years may achieve remission. Currently, more than…
Read more Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes? | NutritionFacts.orgHow do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a new nut on the market called baru almonds, branded as “barukas” or baru…
Read more How Healthy Are Baruka Nuts? | NutritionFacts.orgIf the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora? “Almost 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates stated that ‘All…
Read more Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat effects do fasting and a plant-based diet have on TBI and migraines? An uncontrolled and unpublished study purported to show a beneficial effect of fasting on migraine…
Read more Fasting and Plant-Based Diets for Migraines and Traumatic Brain Injuries | NutritionFacts.orgMore than half of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers appear to have a form of atypical food allergy. A chronic gastrointestinal disorder, irritable bowel syndrome affects about one…
Read more Should We Fast for IBS? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat does the gut have to do with developing Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is an ever-worsening neurodegenerative disorder that results in death and affects about 1 in 50…
Read more Might Meat Trigger Parkinson’s Disease? | NutritionFacts.orgI debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient. The importance of satiety is underscored by a rare genetic condition known as Prader-Willi syndrome. Children with…
Read more Hijacking Our Appetites | NutritionFacts.orgEmulsifiers are the most widely used food additives. What are they doing to our gut microbiome? When grocery shopping these days, unless you’re sticking to the produce aisle,…
Read more Are Carboxymethylcellulose, Polysorbate 80, and Other Emulsifiers Safe? | NutritionFacts.orgWe can raise BDNF levels in our brain by fasting and exercising, as well as by eating and avoiding certain foods. There is accumulating evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic…
Read more Boosting BDNF Levels in Our Brain to Treat Depression | NutritionFacts.orgWomen with breast cancer should include the “liberal culinary use of cruciferous vegetables.” Both the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study and the Women’s Health Initiative study showed that women…
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