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Diabetes Associations Recognize Plant-Based Diets
Plant-based diets are the single most important—yet underutilized—opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes-induced epidemic of disease and death. Dr. Kim Williams, immediate past president of the American College of Cardiology, started out an editorial on plant-based diets with...
Can We Stop Tooth Decay?
If sugar consumption is considered to be the one and only cause of cavities, can we have any sugar? How much is too much? Dental cavities may be humanity’s most prevalent disease, affecting 35 percent of the global population. The...
Eating for Stroke Prevention
Strokes are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. They are the most common cause of seizures in the elderly, the second most common cause of dementia, and a frequent cause of major depression. In...
Exploring Hispanic Cuisine with Sylvia Klinger
Meet Sylvia Klinger. We had the pleasure of interviewing her about food history and culture. Read on and enjoy her recipe for Jicama Mango Salad. As an expert in cross-cultural Hispanic nutrition and health issues, how have you...
What Is the Best Diet for Preventing Colon Cancer?
What would happen within just two weeks after swapping the diets of Americans with those of healthier eaters? Colon cancer is our second leading cancer killer, but some places, like rural Africa, have more than ten times lower rates than...
What Are the Best Foods for Preventing Colon Cancer?
A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion, the disappearance of diversity in our good gut flora. We have a hundred trillion microorganisms residing in our gut, give or take a few trillion, but the “spread of the...
The Political Power of the Food Industry
What can millions of dollars in the hands of the lobbying industry do to shut down efforts to protect children? For nearly half a century, there have been calls to ban the advertising of sugary cereals to children, a...
Are Nutrients Preserved by Pressure Cooking?
How does Dr. Greger pressure steam his greens? In a review of more than one hundred articles about the effects of cooking on vegetables, researchers tried to find the sweet spot. On the one hand, heat can destroy certain nutrients,...
