Nutrition

What was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate the food industry failed? There...

Adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human...

Which legumes are best at inhibiting the matrix metalloproteinase enzymes that allow cancer to become invasive? Although we’re spending billions...

How can we avoid the breakdown products of pesticides that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as much as...

I quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunch meat. In...

How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot...

Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be useless—or even worse. Today, you...

Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for...

Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over...

What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered....