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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk | NutritionFacts.org

A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk | NutritionFacts.org

June 9, 2026June 14, 2026 · Nutrition

How 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…

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Fungal Toxins for Breakfast? | NutritionFacts.org

December 4, 2025December 10, 2025 · Nutrition

One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in moldy food ingredients, such as oats. In France,…

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Chemical Safety, Cultivated Meat, and Our Health  | NutritionFacts.org

June 5, 2025August 22, 2025 · Nutrition

More than 95 percent of human exposure to industrial pollutants like dioxins and PCBs comes from fish, other meat, and dairy. By cultivating muscle meat directly, without associated…

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What’s the Best Weight-Loss and Disease-Prevention Diet?  | NutritionFacts.org

What’s the Best Weight-Loss and Disease-Prevention Diet?  | NutritionFacts.org

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 · Nutrition

The 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…

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What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?  | NutritionFacts.org

What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?  | NutritionFacts.org

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 · Nutrition

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk?  In my last video, we started to explore what might explain the higher stroke risk in vegetarians…

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Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy  | NutritionFacts.org

Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy  | NutritionFacts.org

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 · Nutrition

Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.  If you intentionally expose people to mercury by feeding them…

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