Nutrition

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....

We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If...

The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media messages about nutrition are often...

Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or...

As many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the bovine leukemia virus. The incidence...

How can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of people’s diets? Well, “what could...

Common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier, causing a leaky gut. Intestinal permeability, the...