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A new report by Food Democracy Now! and the Detox Project exposes shocking levels of glyphosate contamination in popular American foods, including Cheerios, Doritos, Oreos, Goldfish and Ritz crackers and Stacy’s Pita Chips. Levels found in these product are well above the levels found by independent peer-reviewed studies which show that ultra-low levels of glyphosate […]
Link to full pdf file: ioi160062 Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Mingyang Song, MD, ScD1,2; Teresa T. Fung, ScD2,3; Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD2,4,5; Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH2,4,5; Valter D. Longo, PhD6,7; Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH1,5,8; Edward L. Giovannucci, MD, ScD2,4,5 [+–] Author Affiliations 1Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston […]
Brand new research supports something we’ve known for years: Salt promotes passive overconsumption of fat. Yet another reason why people struggle with flour products (breads, bagels, crackers, tortillas, dry cereals, etc) when trying to lose weight; these food products are leading contributors of salt in the diet. Before you salt, try lemon, lime or vinegars or try […]
With the recent passing of Viola Frymann, DO, FAAO (1921-2016) I wanted to share a paper I wrote in 2010. After reading, Dr. Frymann’s wish was that all osteopathic medical students and residents read this so in her honor please click the link below. Link to PDF file: OMM:NMM Fellowship Paper 2010
Commentary article in JAMA, 2000 by Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH iatrogenic
jech-2013-203500.full Summary: Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduces your risk of death at any point in time by 42 percent compared to eating less than one portion, reports a new study. This is the first study to link fruit and vegetable consumption with all-cause, cancer and heart disease deaths […]
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density
Mostly Plants by Dean Ornish, MD
SUMMARY Mice and humans with growth hormone receptor/IGF-1 deficiencies display major reductions in age related diseases. Because protein restriction reduces GHR-IGF-1 activity, we examined links between protein intake and mortality. Respondents aged 50–65 reporting high protein intake had a 75% increase in overall mortality and a 4-fold increase in cancer death risk during the following […]
LINK to full article in Lancet: PIIS1474442213702783 ABSTRACT: Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, affect millions of children worldwide, and some diagnoses seem to be increasing in frequency. Industrial chemicals that injure the developing brain are among the known causes for this rise in prevalence. In 2006, we did […]