Celebrating Traditional Chinese Cuisine with Hannah Che

Celebrating Traditional Chinese Cuisine with Hannah Che

Meet Hannah Che. We had the pleasure of talking with Hannah about food, traditions, stories, and her new cookbook The Vegan Chinese Kitchen. Read the interview, and try her delicious recipe for millet congee.   In your experience, how have you found food to tell a...
Dairy Consumption and Cancers of the Prostate and Colon

Dairy Consumption and Cancers of the Prostate and Colon

How do we explain dairy consumption’s association with increased risk of prostate cancer but decreased risk of colon cancer?  Studies comparing country-by-country cancer rates “have shown up to a 70-fold variation in the incidence of prostate cancer worldwide with low...
Can Blueberries Help with Diabetes and Repairing DNA?

Can Blueberries Help with Diabetes and Repairing DNA?

Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.  A famous pair of Harvard studies involved so many people over such long a time that they’ve accumulated millions of person-years of data. As I discuss in my video Flashback Friday:...
What Is the Best Way to Cook Vegetables?

What Is the Best Way to Cook Vegetables?

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous-vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention. I’ve made videos on how not to die from heart disease, how not to die from cancer, and how not to die from other deadly diseases like diabetes, but some of...
What Are the Best Foods for Gingivitis and Halitosis?

What Are the Best Foods for Gingivitis and Halitosis?

I discuss the best and worst foods for gum inflammation and bad breath. Yes, saturated fats produce an inflammatory response, and, yes, inflammation is “recognized as one of the key underlying etiologic [causal] factors in periodontal disease.” That could explain why...
Treating Periodontitis with Diet

Treating Periodontitis with Diet

Plant-based diets are put to the test in the treatment of periodontal disease. How does nutrition affect periodontal disease? First, what is it? “Periodontal disease is a bacterial infection that results in inflammatory destruction of the connective tissue and bone...