by | Aug 17, 2021 | Nutrition
The lead trapped in our skeleton can leach back into our bloodstream when we temporarily or permanently lose bone due to pregnancy, weight loss, menopause, or osteoporosis. The half-life of lead in the bloodstream is only about a month. In other words,...
by | Aug 12, 2021 | Nutrition
What role does diet and baby powder play in the development of fibroids and ovarian cancer? If you randomly select a group of women and ultrasound their uterus, most of them have fibroid tumors by age 50—and by most, I mean more than 80 percent of black women and...
by | Aug 10, 2021 | Nutrition
What did the National Academies of Sciences’ 468-page report conclude about cannabis? When some misinformed people hear of the grand opening of a new plant-based medical practice, one plant in particular may come to mind. I’ve gotten a lot of questions about cannabis...
by | Aug 5, 2021 | Nutrition
What are the effects of oatmeal, walnuts, extra virgin olive oil, and avocados on LDL cholesterol size? When a headline reads “Avocados could improve your cholesterol—and more,” the article and others like it are largely talking about substitution experiments, where...
by | Aug 3, 2021 | Nutrition
Can guacamole lower your cholesterol as well as other whole–food fat sources like nuts, or is that just spin by the avocado industry? “Avocados are the richest known fruit source of phytosterols,” the cholesterol-lowering nutrients found in plant foods, brags a...
by | Jul 29, 2021 | Nutrition
In my book How Not to Die, I center my recommendations around a Daily Dozen checklist of everything I try to fit into my daily routine. In my book How Not to Die, I suggest we try to center our diets around whole plant foods. Some plants are healthier than others,...
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