In honor of National American Heritage Month, we are thrilled to share Chef Lois Ellen Frank’s Navajo Minestrone Soup with…
Did the five randomized controlled trials of reishi mushrooms in cancer patients show benefits in terms of tumor response rate,…
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How might we moderate the rare but very real risk of headbanging? If you search for heavy metal in the…
One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in…
Ever since the days of Hippocrates, 2,400 years ago, fasting has been offered as a treatment for acute and chronic…
Most crops are contaminated with fungal mycotoxins, but some foods are worse than others. Oats can be thought of as…
The overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated. Ochratoxin has been described as toxic to the…
Is “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? What do we do about toxic mold contamination of food? In recent years,…
If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora?…
How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a new nut on the market…
Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1…
The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon. After sleeve gastrectomy and…
We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of research. We…
Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk. The surgical community objects…