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Friday Favorites: Foods that Help Headache and Migraine Relief
Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches. I’ve previously covered ginger ( ) and topical lavender ( ) for migraines. Saffron ( ) may help relieve PMS symptoms, including headaches. A more exotic way a plant-based can prevent headaches is by helping to keep tapeworms out of your brain ( ). […]
Continue readingSoy Milk for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms
Soy foods may explain why Japanese-American women not only have the lowest rates of hot flashes in the United States but also have the lowest rates of vaginal dryness. This is the third and final video in this series on vaginal menopause symptoms. The first two were The Best Moisturizers and Lubricants for Vaginal Menopause […]
Continue readingHormone Treatment (Estrogen Pills and Creams) for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms
Does vaginal estrogen carry the same risk as oral estrogen? I discuss estrogen pills and creams versus vaginal DHEA and ospemifene for menopausal dryness. Cancers, clots, and dementia? For more on the risks of systemic hormone “replacement” therapy for menopause, see How Did Doctors Not Know About the Risks of Hormone Therapy? ( ). This […]
Continue readingFriday Favorites: Hospitals Profit on Junk Food
Why is hospital food so unhealthy? For more on how the profit motive is degrading America’s health, see: • The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic ( ) • The Role of Corporate Influence in the Obesity Epidemic ( ) • The Role of the Toxic Food Environment in the Obesity Epidemic ( […]
Continue readingThe Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals
What shift workers can do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption. New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: We are winding down this series on chronobiology. Just two videos left in this series: Shedding Light on Shedding Weight ( ) and Why People Gain Weight in […]
Continue readingEat More Calories in the Morning than the Evening
Why are calories eaten in the morning less fattening than calories eaten in the evening? New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: You thought dual benefits sounded good. Stay tuned—triple benefits are next! I’m going into more on circadian rhythms next with: • How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar […]
Continue readingEat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight
A calorie is not a calorie—it not only depends what you eat, but when you eat. New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: Isn’t that wild? Two pounds of weight loss a week eating the same number of calories. But that was a pretty extreme study. What about just […]
Continue readingThe Best Food For High Cholesterol
Are the apparently amazing benefits of amla—dried indian gooseberries—too good to be true? New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: Support NutritionFacts.org with a donation at . So excited to get back to this after all these years. Here’s the original series, which gives tips on how to find […]
Continue readingThe Best Diet for Diabetes
The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger. New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: If all a plant-based diet could do is prevent and reverse the number one killer of men and women (heart disease), shouldn’t it be the […]
Continue readingHow Our Gut Bacteria Can Use Eggs to Accelerate Cancer
The reason egg consumption is associated with elevated cancer risk may be the TMAO, considered the “smoking gun” of microbiome-disease interactions. New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: What did the egg industry do in response to this information? Distort the scientific record of course! See Egg Industry Response […]
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