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Mediterranean Diet - Healthy IN SPITE OF Olive Oil
Think of a heart healthy diet, and I bet the Mediterranean Diet comes to mind. Its popularity comes from the foods that were once typically eaten in countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Looking back at the data collected from the 1950s-1960s,...
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Red meat consumption and mortality: results from two prospective cohort studies.
Eating large quantities of red meat may be associated with elevated total, cancer, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk. This study investigated the relationship between red meat consumption and mortality risk. Using data obtained from...
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Dietary fat and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the USA: a case-control study.
Greater intake of fatty foods, including dairy products, red, and cured meats, may induce the formation, growth, and spread of cancerous cells and tumors in the kidneys. This research work studied the impact of high dietary ingestion of fatty foods on...
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Animal Fat Increases Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
According to The National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers concluded a positive correlation between pancreatic cancer and saturated fat, especially from animal...
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Neal Barnard MD Discusses Digestive Health
If you've been searching the Internet for relief from hemorrhoids, GERD, constipation, or other gastrointestinal disorder, you may be interested in viewing the below 15-minute session featuring Neal Barnard, MD. Dr. Barnard gives a general overview of...
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Is "Vegan" Soy Protein Isolate a Health Food?
Can we be honest? One of the very best things about the standard American diet (SAD) is its convenience. Although I love cooking, I admit there have been a few days when I've missed the ease of my former diet. I could swing through a fast food joint...
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Plant-Based Nutrition: Idiot's Guide
The healthy vegan diet-made easy. Vegans face their own special challenges when it comes to nutrition. This book provides answers. There are about one million vegans in the U.S. and about 50,000 new ones every year. A growing number of physicians...
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How the Calcium Paradox Baffles Bone Beliefs
Diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis are rather hidden -- out of sight out of mind for many of us. But osteoporosis ? We've all seen an older neighbor with a bowed back or known an elderly relative whose health...
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97% of People Are Deficient in This Nutrient
Protein is the most valued of all nutrients, making it a popular and controversial topic of conversation. Most everyone following a plant-based diet has been asked the question, "Where do you get your protein from?" This question comes from the...
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Protect Your Prostate from Cancer
Prostate Cancer is Very Common Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men. The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine reports that "Prostate cancer is the fourth most common malignancy among men worldwide, with an...
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Cure Cancer by Eating Meat? (Beware of Clickbait)
Have you ever been tempted to click on the link to an article whose title contained an outrageous proposal? Beware the lure of Clickbait . The titles of these articles suck us in with annoying half-truths. Each time we click, the site earns ad...
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Whole Plant Food Diet Suppresses Cancer Cells
A team from the Nathan Pritikin Research Foundation conducted a study which took blood samples from various groups of people that ate different diets. Their blood was then dripped onto cancer cells growing in a petri dish. The results demonstrated how...
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Today's Children Not Expected to Outlive Their Parents
Losing a child is every parent's worst fear. No one would argue that nurturing and protecting our children to the best of our ability should be one of our highest priorities. We make sure our children get enough sleep, do their homework, brush their...
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Plant-Based Nutrition for Kids
Adopting a plant-based diet for your family can be one of the best decisions that you can make for your child's health and wellbeing. The time and effort you invest in educating, planning and providing nutritious foods for your children will help...
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Could Erectile Dysfunction Save Your Life?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S ., (killing one out of every three persons ), so it's no surprise that men in the U.S. have the highest percentage of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), since ED is indeed a cardiovascular...
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Diet for a Cancer Diagnosis
Some of the scariest words we can hear are, "You have cancer." When we or a loved one receive these words, we immediately begin looking for the hope and the help in this situation. At home, the big question often becomes, "What should I eat now that...
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Prostate Cancer Linked to Western Diet
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in US men. 1 out of every 7 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime, and 1 in 39 American men will die from prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the third...
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Western Diets Promote Alzheimer’s Disease
The number of Americans who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease is increasing at an alarming rate. Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States develop Alzheimer's disease . Alzheimer's disease is a neurological disorder in which the death of brain...
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Using Diet to Prevent and Treat Breast Cancer
In 1982, Dr. John McDougall published the very first study accepted in a scientific journal regarding diet and the treatment of breast cancer. He believes that the rich Western diet causes breast cancer, and a change in diet makes a huge difference in...
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What's in Your Holiday Turkey Besides Stuffing?
Traditional holiday celebrations typically feature a turkey or other poultry product as the centerpiece of the meal. In fact, 46 million turkeys are eaten every Thanksgiving and 22 million for Christmas in the United States. Yet consuming poultry...
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