Don’t Overlook These 5 Sneaky Signs of Heart Disease
Heart disease kills more than 659,000 Americans each year and one person every 36 seconds in the United States, making it the…
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What is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL
Cholesterol is a little molecule with huge implications for human health. Read on for a breakdown of how cholesterol works—including why HDL…
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Compared with Vegan Men, Daily Milk Drinkers See 60% Higher Rates of Prostate Cancer: New Study
Drinking just under two servings of milk a day may increase the risk of prostate cancer in men by as much as…
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Facing Prediabetes, I Ditched Fast Food for Plant Foods
I used to live off highly processed snacks and fast food, often eating entire pizzas and boxes of fried chicken. You name…
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Should You Avoid Nightshades? A Look at the Research
While the name might seem ominous and call to mind the contents of a sorcerer’s cauldron, nightshades are among the most common…
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Swapping Out Animal Protein for Plant Protein Reduces Frailty in Older Women by 42%
New research suggests that older women may be able to dramatically reduce their risk of age-related frailty by eating more plant-based protein…
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2 Foods to Ditch if You Have GI Issues, Plus More Expert Advice from Gut Whisperer Will Bulsiewicz, MD
Photo by Margaret Wright As rates of irritable bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders have risen in recent years, so, too, has…
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Sea Vegetables 101: A Quick-Start Guide to Cooking with Seaweed
Sea vegetables, or edible seaweed, have been a staple ingredient in Japan, Korea, and China for millennia. Read on to learn more…
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Major Medical Association Endorses Plant-Based Diet as Primary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
A diet rich in whole plant foods can serve as the primary tool for achieving remission of Type 2 diabetes in adults,…
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I Lost 400 Pounds, Reversed 3 Chronic Diseases on a Whole-Food Vegan Diet
I come from a family who ate like most Americans eat, and got the diseases that many Americans get. I lost my…
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What Is Jicama? How to Enjoy the Refreshing, Juicy Root Vegetable
Jicama—also called Chinese yam, yam bean root, Mexican potato, fon goot, or sicama—is a root vegetable native to Mexico and Central America….
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The 6 Best Yoga Poses to Relieve Gas and Bloating
If you noticed an increase in flatulence after ditching animal products from your diet you’re not the only one. Many people experience…
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