Is 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.orgMany doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. There were two cases of young, strictly vegetarian individuals with no…
Read more Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency | NutritionFacts.orgNot taking vitamin B12 supplements or regularly eating B12-fortified foods may explain the higher stroke risk found among vegetarians. Leonardo da Vinci had a stroke. Might his vegetarian…
Read more What About Homocysteine, Vitamin B12, and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? | NutritionFacts.orgThe first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk. “When ranked in order of importance, among…
Read more The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians | NutritionFacts.orgHarness the power of your circadian rhythms for weight loss by making breakfast or lunch your main meal of the day. In my last chronobiology video, we learned…
Read more A King’s Breakfast, a Prince’s Lunch, and a Pauper’s Dinner | NutritionFacts.orgA calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you eat. Mice are nocturnal creatures. They eat during the night and sleep during…
Read more Lose Weight by Eating More in the Morning | NutritionFacts.orgSee what a penny a day’s worth of garlic powder can do. In ancient Greece, “the Art of Medicine was divided into three parts”: cures through diet, cures…
Read more The Pros of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease | NutritionFacts.orgElevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flaxseed. I previously explored the “Potent Antihypertensive Effect of Dietary Flaxseed in Hypertensive Patients” study in…
Read more Fighting Inflammation with Flaxseeds | NutritionFacts.orgCalories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too. Time-restricted feeding, where you limit the same amount of eating to…
Read more The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating | NutritionFacts.orgAre there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating? The reason many blood tests are taken after an overnight fast is that meals can tip our…
Read more What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating | NutritionFacts.orgWhat are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking diet five days a month? Instead of eating every other day, what if you…
Read more A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet | NutritionFacts.orgEating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting every other day? For example, might go all day without eating impair your ability to…
Read more How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting? | NutritionFacts.orgPeeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a test of artery function. Regularly eating apples may contribute to a lower risk of dying prematurely.…
Read more Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels | NutritionFacts.orgHow may we preserve bone and mass on a low-calorie diet? One of the most consistent benefits of calorie restriction is that blood pressure improves in as little as…
Read more Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories? | NutritionFacts.orgThough a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing. We’ve known for more than a century that calorie restriction can increase the lifespan…
Read more Restricting Calories for Longevity? | NutritionFacts.orgThere were times, during the first two years of the Biden presidency, when I came close to forgetting about it all: the taunts and the provocations; the incitements…
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