I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality. In 2019, Dr. David Katz and colleagues, including one of my favorite researchers, David Jenkins,…
Read more The Protein Debate: Why Source Matters More Than Amount | NutritionFacts.orgWhat happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber content in the first randomized controlled trial? In the United States, “junk food” is often…
Read more Can Ultra-Processed Foods Be Fixed by Tweaking Their Nutrients? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate the food industry failed? There are three broad approaches to mediating the ruin…
Read more How the Fight to Ban Trans Fat Was Won | 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.orgI quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunch meat. In 2018, arguably the most prestigious cancer research institution…
Read more How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat? | NutritionFacts.orgHow did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch meat, causes cancer? “It is…
Read more The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer | 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.orgFasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over a century ago, fasting was hailed not only…
Read more Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity? | 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.orgExposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or dairy) is a risk factor for cancer. In…
Read more The Link Between Breast Cancer and a Virus in Meat and Dairy | NutritionFacts.orgAs many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the bovine leukemia virus. The incidence of breast cancer continues to increase worldwide. In…
Read more Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer? | 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.orgWhat did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions? Onions are potentially a good source of antioxidants, which, interestingly, are…
Read more Peeling Back the Onion Claims | NutritionFacts.orgWhat can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending lifestyle changes? A pivotal paper published in Europe more than a decade ago entitled “Healthy Living Is the Best Revenge”…
Read more How to Boost Your Life Expectancy by 12 to 14 Years | NutritionFacts.orgIf you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated, you can get a nearly 40% lower glycemic impact. If you systematically pull…
Read more Why Cooling Potatoes Lowers Their Glycemic Load | NutritionFacts.orgDeveloping an H.P.V. vaccine was distinctly challenging. One reason was that cancers from H.P.V. usually occur many years after the initial infection. A vaccine trial might need to…
Read more One Vaccine-Schedule Change That Actually Makes SenseFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi said Friday that she has cervical cancer. The former “Jersey Shore” star said in a video posted to TikTok that…
Read more Former ‘Jersey Shore’ star Snooki says she has cervical cancerDavid Ramsey recently opened up about his nearly decade-long health struggles with testicular cancer. The Arrow alum, now 54, said he was 28 when doctors first discovered his…
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