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Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:53 +0000
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What 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 […]
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:20 +0000
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Is the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of animal foods, the benefits of plant foods, or both? Several […]
Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:04 +0000
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How much nori, dulse, or arame approximates the recommended daily allowance for iodine? Dairy milk supplies between a quarter and a half of the daily […]
Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:06 +0000
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Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine. “Adequate dietary iodine is required for normal thyroid function.” In fact, the two thyroid hormones are named […]
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:00:27 +0000
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How effective are flu shots, elderberries, echinacea, and cranberries? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone over the age of […]
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:33 +0000
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Worldwide, physical inactivity accounts for more than 10 million years of healthy life lost, but what we eat accounts for nearly 20 times that. As […]
Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:20 +0000
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More than 95 percent of human exposure to industrial pollutants like dioxins and PCBs comes from fish, other meat, and dairy. By cultivating muscle meat […]
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:14 +0000
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Medically important antibiotics are being squandered by animal agriculture to compensate for typical factory farming practices. Cultivating muscle meat directly from cells instead of raising […]
Thu, 29 May 2025 12:00:35 +0000
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We had the pleasure of talking with Remy Morimoto Park about food, culture, and AAPI Month. We hope you enjoy this interview and her recipes […]
Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:45 +0000
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What are the direct health implications of making clean meat—that is, meat without animals? In a 1932 article in Popular Mechanics entitled “Fifty Years Hence,” […]
Thu, 22 May 2025 12:00:17 +0000
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Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while appearing to be so high in the real world? “There […]
Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:43 +0000
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Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments for both active and quiescent stages […]
Thu, 15 May 2025 12:00:12 +0000
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Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far exceeding the efficacy of other treatments. “One of the most […]
Tue, 13 May 2025 12:00:23 +0000
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Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online for “Crohn’s disease and diet” […]
Thu, 08 May 2025 12:00:02 +0000
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When I dove into the scientific research for my book How Not to Age, I uncovered the best ways we can care for our skin […]
Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:11 +0000
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What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) […]
Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:55 +0000
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In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). […]
Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:21 +0000
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What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? “Hospital food needs a revolution.” […]
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:50 +0000
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Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—fraud that results in unnecessary procedures, […]
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:12 +0000
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Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients based on how much they themselves will get paid. In […]
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:04 +0000
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Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. Angioplasty and stents—percutaneous coronary intervention […]
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:00:14 +0000
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What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote expensive, risky procedures with no benefit? “Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)”—angioplasty […]
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:00:06 +0000
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Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedures […]
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:12 +0000
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Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to your support. We simply cannot […]
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:00:34 +0000
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Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vessel disease,” “2-vessel disease,” […]
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:30 +0000
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There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency setting. They don’t prevent heart […]
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:00:48 +0000
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What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third cups of millet every day?  […]
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:22 +0000
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Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of different plants. Which is the most healthful? […]
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:00:46 +0000
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If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”? “Recently, the World Health Organization […]
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:00:48 +0000
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There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but is it harmful only under certain circumstances? Lychee fruits have been widely used […]