Nutrition

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Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss?

Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss?

Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss of body...

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The Safety of Fasting to Lose Weight

The Safety of Fasting to Lose Weight

Why should fasts lasting longer than 24 hours and particularly for three or more...

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Putting Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting to the Test

Putting Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting to the Test

Does eating every other day prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight...

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Marijuana and Schizophrenia?

Marijuana and Schizophrenia?

The evidence linking cannabis use to psychotic disorders is considered strong enough...

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Eating for Stroke Preventio

Eating for Stroke Preventio

Strokes are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. They...

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Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test

Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the...

For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve...

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Diabetes Associations Recognize Plant-Based Diets

Diabetes Associations Recognize Plant-Based Diets

Plant-based diets are the single most important—yet underutilized—opportunity to...

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Chewing Gum for Weight Loss?

Chewing Gum for Weight Loss?

If extra chewing is effective in suppressing your appetite when it comes to food,...

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Can We Stop Tooth Decay?

Can We Stop Tooth Decay?

If sugar consumption is considered to be the one and only cause of cavities, can...

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Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels

Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels

Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a...

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Cannabis on Fertility and Pregnancy

Cannabis on Fertility and Pregnancy

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should probably be advised to either decrease or,...

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Does Chewing Gum Burn Calories?

Does Chewing Gum Burn Calories?

What are the effects of chewing gum on hunger and appetite?   “Horace Fletcher,”...

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Can You Lose Weight with Pills?

Can You Lose Weight with Pills?

Studies show that many doctors either tend to overestimate the amount of weight...

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Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy

Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy

Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late...

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Tap, Filtered, or Bottled Water?

Tap, Filtered, or Bottled Water?

There are disinfection byproducts in tap water. What happened when Brita, PUR, ZeroWater,...

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Is It Safe to Take Weight-Loss Pills?

Is It Safe to Take Weight-Loss Pills?

Why don’t more people take the weight-loss medications currently on the market? ...