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What Percentage of Americans Eat Healthy?
Life expectancy in the U.S. is listed as number 27 or 28 of the 34 OECD free-market democracies. In the video below, Dr. Michael Greger explains how the overall patterns of healthy lifestyles have declined in the last 18 years. When U.S. health trends...
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Do Cruciferous Veggies Impair Thyroid Function?
Cruciferous vegetables are known to be protective against thyroid cancer, as well as against breast, prostate, colorectal, bladder, and lung cancer. This beneficial effect of cruciferous vegetables is due to compounds called glucosinolates which the...
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Deciding Which Direction is Best
Conflicting "scientific studies" regarding what characterizes a healthy diet saturate our media daily. For example, it's been well established that saturated animal fat promotes chronic disease, yet due to popular (and misguided) news reports this fact...
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Heart Attack Proof Yourself in 3 Weeks
of death for both men and women, resulting in a heart attack every 34 seconds. Eighty-one million Americans suffer from cardiovascular disease killing one out of every three people or 831,000 each year. Will you be next? You may not have any symptoms of...
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"Die Sooner with Good Looking Numbers"
Sit down and brace yourself for this one, you're about to read truths about our health care system that will disturb you, but hopefully motivate you to make the transition to a whole-food, Starch-Smart® diet! One of the many reasons why we admire Dr....
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Obesity Increases All-Cause Mortality Rates
American Journal of Public Health , overweight adults have a significantly higher incidence of premature death and CVD (cardiovascular disease). "Compared with normal-weight adults, obese adults had at least 20% significantly higher rate of dying of...
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Fiber Stops the Merry-Go-Round of Recirculation
We know fiber is "good" for us, but what does it actually do? Fiber plays many roles in our health. For one, it stabilizes our blood sugar which helps stabilize our energy and moods. Easier trips to the bathroom also come courtesy of fiber bulking up...
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Sheila Lewis Chose Diet Instead of Bypass
Shelia Lewis was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease at the age of 46. Tests revealed that she had congestive heart failure , along with hypertension , and an 85% blockage of one of her coronary arteries. Instead of choosing an invasive procedure...
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RE: Is Metabolic Damage Real?
for us of these studies: Sincerely, Dr. Carney From Jeff Novick, MS, RD: Here are the Shintani studies.. Obesity and cardiovascular risk intervention through the ad libitum feeding of traditional Hawaiian diet. Shintani TT, Hughes CK, Beckham S,...
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RE: Estrogen level is increased by beans & legumes
diet of whole unprocessed foods eaten only 3 times per day, all before 6 PM. 2. Daily exercise of 30 minutes cardiovascular aerobic exercise, 20 minutes weight-lifting, and 10 minutes of stretches, warm-ups, and cool-down exercises. 3. Avoidance of...
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Needing access to the full text of this study
tell me what the list of funding sources are for this paper please? Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies....
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.
Habitual consumption of fruits and vegetables may significantly cut down coronary heart disease risk. This study evaluated the association between dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD). Researchers...
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Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of stroke: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
Adequate intake of diets rich in flavonoids may help guard against the occurrence of stroke. This research work examined the relationship between the dietary ingestion of flavonoids and the incidence of stroke. Researchers reviewed data and evidence...
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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!
Pink Lady. Braeburn. Ginger Gold. Fuji. Red Delicious. Gala. It's fall and farmer's markets abound with apples. Your refrigerator produce drawer should likewise be overflowing with these powerful packages of nature's nutrients! Science backs up the...
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A causal relationship between alcohol intake and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Heavy alcohol intake may lead to the development of type 2 diabetes in men and women. This study evaluated if drinking alcohol is tied to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Researchers used a combination of validated questionnaires and...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/diabetes/type-2-diabetes/a-causal-relationship-between-alcohol-intake-and-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-a-two-sample-mendelian-randomization-study -
Evaluating the association between dietary salt intake and the risk of atrial fibrillation using Mendelian randomization
Lovers of salty foods are highly likely to suffer from atrial fibrillation. This study assessed dietary salt intake in relation to the subsequent development of atrial fibrillation. The study population consisted of nearly half a million European men...
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Habitual Coffee Consumption Increases Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Consistent consumption of coffee may raise an individual's likelihood of suffering from glaucoma. Can the love for coffee put an individual at risk of developing glaucoma? The study attempted to provide an answer to the above question. Researchers...
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Trajectories of alcohol consumption during life and the risk of developing breast cancer
A lifetime of alcohol consumption may favor the development of breast cancer in women. This study looked at the connection between long-term usage of alcohol and a woman's odds of developing breast cancer. Researchers matched alcohol drinking habits...
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Dietary lycopene is negatively associated with abdominal aortic calcification in US adults: a cross-sectional study
Diets that promote the consumption of foods rich in lycopene may make an individual less likely to have a calcified abdominal aorta. This study was conducted to confirm the protective effects of high lycopene diet against abdominal aortic calcification...
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Trajectories of alcohol consumption during life and the risk of developing breast cancer
Regular drinking of alcoholic beverages may fuel the development of breast cancer in women. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of breast cancer in women based on the level of alcohol consumption. Researchers compared the alcohol...
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