Nine Servings a Day Minimum
In trying to reach your nine daily servings of fruits and vegetables, which ones don't count?
View ArticleVitamin Supplements Worth Taking
There are two vitamins not produced by plants that may require supplementation.
View ArticleCrop Nutrient Decline
How much has the nutrient content of food crops declined over the last 50 years?
View ArticleMultivitamin Supplements & Breast Cancer
New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
View ArticleMediating Radiation Exposure from Airline Travel
Based on studies of atomic bomb survivors, Chernobyl victims, and airline pilots exposed to more cosmic rays at high altitudes, it appears that fruits and vegetables may decrease radiation-induced...
View ArticleShould We Take a Multivitamin?
What does the best available science say about the role multivitamins may play in heart disease, cancer, and longevity?
View ArticleFood Antioxidants and Cancer
Antioxidant intake from foods (not supplements) is associated with lower cancer risk.
View ArticleFood Antioxidants, Stroke, and Heart Disease
The oxidation of high-fat and cholesterol-rich foods in our stomachs may help explain why eating antioxidant packed foods appears to reduce heart attack and stroke risk.
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Disease, Copper, and Saturated Fat
If copper is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, what about healthy, whole plant food sources such as nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains?
View ArticleReductionism and the Deficiency Mentality
How the food, drug, and supplement industries have taken advantage of the field of nutrition’s reductionist mindset
View ArticleIodine Supplements Before, During, and After Pregnancy
What is the evidence that all pregnant women should follow the American Thyroid Association’s recommendation to take a daily iodine supplement?
View ArticleIs Fasting for Weight Loss Safe?
The reasons why fasting longer than 24 hours, and particularly three or more days, should only be done under the supervision of a health professional and preferably in a live-in clinic.
View ArticleThe 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test
The effects of eating only 5 days a week or a fasting-mimicking diet 5 days a month.
View ArticleThe Best Type of Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin or Methylcobalamin?
For prevention and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency, cyanocobalamin in chewable, sublingual, or liquid forms (rather than in a multivitamin) is best under most circumstances.
View ArticleAre Supplements and Vitamins B12 and D Really Necessary on a Plant-Based Diet?
I answer common questions about supplements, vitamin B12, and vitamin D. Do we need them?
View ArticleCentrum Multivitamin, Vitamin C, Beta Carotene, Souvenaid, Zinc, or Calcium...
Which might actually make cognition worse: Centrum multivitamin, vitamin C, beta carotene, Souvenaid, zinc, or calcium supplements?
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