Is potassium chloride a win-win by decreasing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake? Of all the terrible things about our diets, high dietary sodium intake—high salt intake—is the…
Read more Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Worth Trying? | 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.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.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.orgWhat is the recommended diet for treating leaky gut? Which foods and food components can boost the integrity of our intestinal barrier? Our intestinal tract is the largest…
Read more Which Foods Help a Leaky Gut? | NutritionFacts.orgHow can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of people’s diets? Well, “what could be more nutrient-dense than a vegetarian diet?” Indeed,…
Read more Keeping Better Score of Your Diet | 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.orgIf the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora? “Almost 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates stated that ‘All…
Read more Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels? | NutritionFacts.orgOne 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,…
Read more Fungal Toxins for Breakfast? | 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.orgHaving a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing. “Consistent evidence” from a variety of…
Read more Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels | NutritionFacts.orgWhat effects do fasting and a plant-based diet have on TBI and migraines? An uncontrolled and unpublished study purported to show a beneficial effect of fasting on migraine…
Read more Fasting and Plant-Based Diets for Migraines and Traumatic Brain Injuries | NutritionFacts.orgWhat does the gut have to do with developing Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is an ever-worsening neurodegenerative disorder that results in death and affects about 1 in 50…
Read more Might Meat Trigger Parkinson’s Disease? | 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.orgIt may not be the number of bacteria growing in our small intestine, but the type of bacteria, which can be corrected with diet. When researchers tested more…
Read more Fiber or Low FODMAP for SIBO? | NutritionFacts.orgWe can raise BDNF levels in our brain by fasting and exercising, as well as by eating and avoiding certain foods. There is accumulating evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic…
Read more Boosting BDNF Levels in Our Brain to Treat Depression | NutritionFacts.orgWhat were the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a daily half teaspoon of powdered black cumin in Hashimoto’s patients? “Autoimmune thyroiditis, also known as Hashimoto’s…
Read more Treating Hashimoto’s Disease (Hypothyroidism) Naturally with Diet | NutritionFacts.org
