Are Avocados Associated with Greater Risk or Reduced Risk of Cancer?
Avocado consumption can improve artery function, but what effect might guacamole have on cancer risk?...
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Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a different time of day can have such different effects—it’s no surprise that chronoprevention approaches, like meal timing, can also make a difference. The 2017 Nobel...
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Natural Dietary Treatments for Fibroids
The same diet that helps regulate hormones in women may also reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting...
What’s Best for Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis): Coconut Oil vs. Mineral Oil vs. Vaseline
Natural topical remedies for eczema, including licorice root gel, St. John’s Wort cream, and emollients...
Dietary Supplements for Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
Are there dietary supplements that can help with atopic dermatitis? Atopic dermatitis, more commonly known...
Get Your Signed Bookplates
A signed bookplate makes a great keepsake for any of your copies of How Not...
Should You Get an Annual Physical Exam?
What are the risks and benefits of getting a comprehensive annual physical exam and routine...
Should You Get an Annual Health Check-Up?
What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual check-up from your doctor? Physicians...
Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?
What does the world’s leading authority on carcinogens have to say about mobile phones? Do...
Can Cell Phone Radiation Damage Your DNA?
Do mobile phones cause brain tumors? Whenever a trillion-dollar industry is involved—whether it’s Big Food,...
Is Cocamidopropyl Betaine in Toothpaste Better Than Sodium Lauryl Sulfate?
For those with recurrent canker sores, is it better to use a toothpaste with SLS,...
Is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) in Toothpaste Safe?
Just because the sodium lauryl sulfate in toothpaste doesn’t cause cancer doesn’t mean it can’t...
Helpful Foods to Support People with Autism
The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit...
Fighting Autism Brain Inflammation with Food
One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic...
Fever Benefits for Autism in a Food
Dramatic improvements in children with autism when they have a fever suggest that the disorder may...
Recipe for Ribollita
I’m excited to share a recipe from The How Not to Diet Cookbook. If you’ve...
Benefits of Turmeric for Arsenic Exposure
What happened when turmeric curcumin was put to the test to see if it could...
Are Lectins in Food Good or Bad for You?
Might lectins help explain why those who eat more beans and whole grains have less...
How to Avoid Lectin Poisoning
How should we properly cook beans? In the 1800s, a compound was discovered in castor...
Dr. Gundry’s The Plant Paradox Is Wrong
A book purported to expose “hidden dangers” in healthy foods doesn’t even pass the whiff...
What Is TMAO and How Can We Reduce Our Levels?
Trimethylamine oxide, more commonly known as TMAO, is considered the smoking gun of microbiome-disease interactions....
Key Takeaways on Organic Food
I’m frequently asked for summaries on many different topics of interest. Your wish is my...
Dietary Cure for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
What is the role of dairy- and yeast-exclusion diets on arresting and reversing an inflammatory...
Is Nutritional Yeast Healthy for Everyone?
Those with certain autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease should probably not eat nutritional yeast....
Is Candida Syndrome Real?
Does the presence of Candida in stool correlate with “Candida-hypersensitivity” symptoms, such as headaches and...