Nutrition
Is Creatine Safe and Efficient for High Homocysteine?
Those on a healthy plant-based diet who have elevated homocysteine levels despite...
Can We Safely Use Aluminum Foil, Bottles, and Pots?
DNA damage is assessed in users of aluminum cookware. “Over the last decades, the...
What About Vegan Junk Food and Vegetarians Stroke Risk?
Just because you’re eating a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn’t mean you’re eating...
What About Saturated Fat and Vegetarians Stroke Risk?
How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became westernized...
What About Vitamin D and Vegetarians Stroke Risk?
Could the apparent increased stroke risk in vegetarians be reverse causation? And...
What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians Stroke Risk?
Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk? In my last...
The 411 on Statins
The cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor has become the best-selling drug of...
The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians
The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans...
Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment
Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers...
Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic?
The power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls....
Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity
Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry...
Eat Quinoa and Lower Triglycerides?
How do the nutrition and health effects of quinoa compare to other whole grains?...
How to Treat High Lp, an Atherosclerosis Risk Factor
What could help explain severe coronary disease in someone with a healthy lifestyle...
Eating to Lower Lp
What should we eat—and not eat—to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a)?...
Are We Polar Bears in a Jungle?
Rather than being some kind of disorder or a failure of willpower, weight gain is...
Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars
The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing...
