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Is Weight Watchers Good for Your Health?
"This is the joy for me. I love bread," declares Oprah, her arms open wide to the possibilities of her Weight Watcher's Plan. "I have lost 26 pounds, and I have eaten bread every single day." The commercial's emphasis on bread is a visceral call to a...
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Blending Up the Smoothie Controversy
Stick it in the blender and give it a whirl — everything will come out mixed up. That's what seems to be happening to the advice on blending our produce. Suddenly, there's a vortex of controversy swirling around smoothies. Some health advocates...
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How to Eat a Balanced WFPB Diet
What is a balanced diet? A diet that supplies the proper proportions of all the nutrients necessary for health is considered a balanced diet. But despite our best efforts to eat healthfully, many of us worry that maybe we're not getting enough of...
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Soy intake is associated with lower lung cancer risk: results from a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies.
Increased intake of diets high in soy foods may reduce lung cancer risk. This study investigated the relationship between the consumption of soy foods and the incidence of lung cancer. Researchers analyzed dietary and clinical data obtained from 11...
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Alternative Medicine: Part 2
Webster's definition of Alternative Medicine: any of various systems of healing or treating disease that is not included in the traditional medical curricula of the United States and Britain. But, what if a traditional medical curriculum is in error?...
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Vegetarian Diets Clean-Up Cholesterol Numbers
Higher levels of cholesterol in the blood correlate strongly with higher chances of suffering from a heart attack, stroke, or other complications from coronary heart disease . Physicians often prescribe statins, a class of drugs used to lower blood...
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3 Health Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
Many health benefits are associated with eating whole food, plant-based, oil free diets. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics , " appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may...
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Statin Use Increases Cataract Risk
If you walk into your doctor's office with a high cholesterol number, there is a great chance that you will walk out with a statin drug. Having an avalanche of cholesterol floating in your blood increases your risk of developing stroke, diabetes , high...
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Carotenoid intake and esophageal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Regular consumption of foods high in carotenoids may help to inhibit the development of cancerous cells and tumors in the esophagus. The objective of this research work was to analyzed data and evidence from studies that evaluated the association...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/cancer/oesophageal-cancer/carotenoid-intake-and-esophageal-cancer-risk-a-meta-analysis
