What 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.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.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.orgPeople with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect with drugs? Data extrapolated from…
Read more How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors? | 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.orgThe extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon. After sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the third most common bariatric…
Read more Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond | NutritionFacts.orgToday, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients on average. The treatment of…
Read more Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality | NutritionFacts.orgIs “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? What do we do about toxic mold contamination of food? In recent years, mold has been blamed for all sorts of…
Read more Is Aflatoxin a Concern? | NutritionFacts.orgThe overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated. Ochratoxin has been described as toxic to the immune system, developing fetus, kidneys, and nervous system,…
Read more Are the Effects of Ochratoxin Concerning? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat can reishi mushrooms, shiitake mushroom extracts, and whole, powdered white mushrooms do for cancer patients? “A regular intake of mushrooms can make us healthier, fitter, and happier,…
Read more Prostate Cancer and Mushrooms | 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.orgParks’s team estimated that, among Medicare patients alone, tropical cyclones are associated with nearly seventeen thousand excess hospitalizations per decade in the United States. “It’s shocking, to be…
Read more The Hidden Devastation of HurricanesTreat 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.orgWhat are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In response to…
Read more A Longer Life on Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgA Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform their patients about the risks…
Read more The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects | NutritionFacts.orgIf asked whether one would prefer to be too skinny or fat, chances are most people would reply that they’d rather be too skinny. Distorted standards of beauty…
Read more Being Underweight Might Be Deadlier Than Being OverweightIn August 2023, downed power lines on Maui, Hawaii, sparked a wildfire that quickly exploded into multiple, fast-moving blazes fanned by high winds. Over several days, the fires…
Read more Two Years After Maui Burned, Researchers Reveal the Wildfire’s True Death TollThe 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.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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