What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered. It was the 21st documented fibroblast growth factor,…
Read more How to Boost Your Longevity Hormone | 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.orgApple has steadily expanded the Apple Watch’s health monitoring features over the years, moving beyond fitness tracking into areas that can offer early insight into potential medical concerns.…
Read more How to turn on hypertension alerts on Apple WatchShoveling snow? Over-exertion and cold temps can raise your heart risks ON SATURDAY. TIP OFF FOR THAT GAME IS EIGHT. MIGHT HAVE TO DIG OUT IF YOU’RE HEADED…
Read more Shoveling snow? Over-exertion and cold temps can raise your heart risksCongratulations, you’ve reached the final day of the Brain Health Challenge! Today, we’re asking you to do a few things that might feel a bit out of left…
Read more Brain Health Challenge: Doctor Appointments for Your Mind and BodyThe American Medical Association passed a resolution encouraging hospitals to offer healthy plant-based food options. “Globally, 11 million deaths annually are attributable to dietary factors, placing poor diet…
Read more Plant-Based Hospital Menus | NutritionFacts.orgHaving a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing. “Consistent evidence” from a variety of…
Read more Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels | NutritionFacts.orgWhat is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way—in direct-to-consumer ads, for example—to “present pharmaceutical drugs as a preferred…
Read more Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgHow can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug? The muscle-related side effects from…
Read more Should You Take Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgShares of Nektar Therapeutics and Mineralys Therapeutics have risen sharply, and could run even further. Nektar is developing an experimental eczema treatment. Millions of patients with stubbornly high…
Read more These 2 Healthcare Stocks Are Up Over 100% in a Month. Can They Keep Climbing?Apple’s Awe Dropping event started with dramatic health testimonials from Apple Watch users, then revealed a key new feature for the new Watch Series 11: hypertension alerts. The…
Read more Apple Watch Series 11 receives FDA approval for hypertension alertsA randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being. “Psychological health can be broadly conceptualized as comprising 2 key components: mental health (i.e., the presence of absence of…
Read more Do Fruits and Vegetables Boost Our Mood? | NutritionFacts.orgDoctors may soon have a new way to treat high blood pressure, even among people for whom medicines haven’t worked well in the past.Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made…
Read more There may soon be a new approach to treat hard-to-control high blood pressureFor three cents a day, black cumin may improve our cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar control, as well as accelerate the loss of body…
Read more Does Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) Help with Weight Loss? | NutritionFacts.orgWorldwide, physical inactivity accounts for more than 10 million years of healthy life lost, but what we eat accounts for nearly 20 times that. As I discuss in…
Read more Skip the Salt and Shake on Potassium Chloride? | NutritionFacts.orgThe diving reflex shows that it’s possible to have selective adrenal hormone effects. Thermogenic drugs like DNP can cause people to overheat to death; they can increase resting…
Read more Ephedra-Like Weight Loss Minus the Risks | NutritionFacts.orgIs it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough? The International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention has already had its share of miraculous disease…
Read more Treat Type 1 Diabetes with a Plant-Based Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgThe Buchinger-modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a therapeutic measure”—was described as “the ideal measure for the human hog…” (Fat shaming…
Read more The Largest Study on Fasting in the World | NutritionFacts.orgThe most effective diet for weight loss may also be the most healthful. Why are vegetarian diets so effective in preventing and treating diabetes? Maybe it is because…
Read more What’s the Best Weight-Loss and Disease-Prevention Diet? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat is the best type of pots and pans to use? In my last video, I expressed concerns about the use of aluminum cookware. So, what’s the best…
Read more Is Stainless Steel or Cast Iron Cookware Best? Is Teflon Safe? | NutritionFacts.org
