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Do Potatoes Shorten Your Life?
Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters? Is there a link between potato intake and the incidence of hypertension? Harva…
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Potatoes and Diabetes: It’s Complicated
Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or sour cream? The trouble for white potatoes began in…
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Prunes: Nature’s Answer to Constipation
Prunes, figs, and exercise are put to the test as natural home remedies for constipation. The act of defecation is very private and the object of c…
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Glycidol: The DNA-Damager in Fried Foods
Glycidol may help explain why people who eat fried foods get more cancer. “The main purpose of frying is to produce foods with good consumer accept…
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Building an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like? “Intervention studies to enhance healthy ageing need appropriate outcome measures, such as blood-bor…
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What Foods Trigger Inflammation?
Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are the worst? Excessive inflammation may play a ro…
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Do Pomegranates Live Up to Health Claims?
Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The case of POM Wonderf…
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Fighting Cancer with Whole Plant Foods
The foundation of cancer prevention is plants, not pills. “The vast majority of cancer research is devoted to finding cures, rather than finding ne…
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Eating Organic: Can It Lower Your Cancer Risk?
Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? What are the effects of pesticides on cancer risk? In a review updating the e…
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What Does Personalized Nutrition Actually Deliver?
There’s a lot of focus on personalized nutrition, but maybe we should focus on taking personal responsibility for our health. “Personalized nutritio…
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