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.orgAdding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human psychology. In 2017, and to much fanfare, menu…
Read more Why Healthy Fast-Food Menu Options Can Backfire | 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.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.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 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.orgPhilip Morris International has begun ramping up production of its increasingly popular ZYN nicotine pouches at a new factory in Aurora, south of Denver International Airport. PMI markets…
Read more Mass production of ZYN nicotine pouches now underway in AuroraA five-alarm fire that tore through a partially built Denver apartment complex Friday was still burning Monday as investigators worked to uncover the cause of the city’s worst…
Read more Denver’s worst fire in decades is still smoldering, investigation into cause ongoingIf you want to see what a “living constitution” looks like, go to Europe. On Tuesday, in Vainik v. Estonia, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that…
Read more Opinion | The ‘Human Right’ to Smoke in PrisonAn accomplished scientist says worrying about how much you’re sitting at work is a waste of time. Make these small tweaks to your lifestyle instead. Jessica Stillman Source…
Read more Harvard Researcher: ‘Sitting Is the New Smoking’ Is a Harmful MythPosted on: October 2, 2025, 08:31h. Last updated on: October 2, 2025, 08:31h. Legislation to ban casino smoking in Pennsylvania is progressing in Harrisburg Currently, casinos can designate…
Read more Pennsylvania Casino Smoking Ban Passes Health CommitteeIt’s a “trend” (read: way of life) many have been noticing for the past couple of years: smoking. Its steady rise back into mainstream culture arguably reaching a…
Read more The Return of Smoking Aligns With the Return of Retro Practices in GeneralPeople who want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine at CVS or Walgreens pharmacies in Colorado this fall will need to present a prescription. State law allows pharmacists…
Read more CVS, Walgreens now require prescriptions for COVID vaccines in ColoradoBRENTWOOD – After numerous discussions and pushback, Brentwood has established an ordinance that prevents tobacco retailers from being within 500 feet of a youth-oriented establishment. The Brentwood City…
Read more Brentwood passes tobacco ordinance banning retailers within 500 feet of schoolsA video of a cleaner removing smoke stains from an apartment that housed a smoker for 10 years has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was shared by…
Read more Shock as cleaner scrubs decade of smoker stains in apartment transformationThe 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…
Read more Eating to Downregulate a Gene for Metastatic Cancer | NutritionFacts.orgA few times a day, drink two cups of cold water on an empty stomach for weight loss. After drinking two cups (half a liter) of water, you…
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