Lactucin, the hypnotic component of lettuce, is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lettuce seeds. “There is a perception that time spent asleep…
Read more A Surprising Vegetable Approach to Insomnia | NutritionFacts.orgIf you’re going to have something unhealthy, is there anything you can eat with it to help mitigate the damage it may cause? If you compare the artery…
Read more Protect Your Arteries from Saturated Fat with These Foods | NutritionFacts.orgWhat happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal? We are only as old as our arteries. What can we do to preserve arterial function as we age?…
Read more How a Single Meal Can Cripple Your Arteries and Lungs | 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.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.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.orgThe 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.orgTreat the underlying cause of chronic lifestyle diseases. It’s been said that more than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates declared, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy…
Read more Treat the Cause | 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.org(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s strategy to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ includes investigating vaccine injuries and pharmaceutical practices but stops short of new regulatory action, for now. US Health…
Read more RFK Jr. promised to ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again.’ Here’s how he plans to do itThe leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet. About a decade ago, the American Heart Association (AHA) expressed concern that its “2020…
Read more True Health Intiative: Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet | NutritionFacts.orgGreen smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease lupus. There are dozens and dozens of journals I try to stay on top of every month,…
Read more Eating an Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Lupus | NutritionFacts.orgThose on a healthy plant-based diet who have elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day of contaminant-free creatine.…
Read more Is Creatine Safe and Efficient for High Homocysteine? | NutritionFacts.orgWhy are U.S. taxpayers giving billions of dollars to support the likes of the sugar and meat industries? The rise in calorie surplus sufficient to explain the obesity…
Read more Do Taxpayer Subsidies Play a Role in the Obesity Epidemic? | NutritionFacts.orgHere is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. If you’ve watched my videos or read my books, you’ve heard…
Read more What Should We Drink? | NutritionFacts.orgAncient types of wheat, like kamut, are put to the test for inflammation, blood sugar, and cholesterol control. The number one killer in the United States and around…
Read more How Healthy Are Ancient Grains? | 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.orgAlternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements in a variety…
Read more Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting? | NutritionFacts.org
