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WellnessSee articleNew Report: Plant-Based Diets Can Help Tame Asthma
Although data have suggested for decades that asthma responds to dietary interventions, a comprehensive report published in the March 2020 issue of Nutrition Reviews indicates that plant-based nutrition therapy for asthma has come of age. What Is Asthma? A common and sometimes disabling disorder, asthma is an airway disease of the lungs that makes it […] -
WellnessSee articleHow Does Following a Vegan Diet Help the Environment?
Adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet isn’t just good for your health: It’s also one of the best things you can do for the environment. “When you make a choice between any two competing ingredients or meals, you’re making important choices that cascade through the global landscape,” says Gidon Eshel, PhD, a researcher who focuses on […] -
WellnessSee articleTips for Safer Grocery Shopping During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As we attempt to flatten the curve of COVID-19, the only time many of us are leaving the house is to go to the grocery store—a once routine task that is now fraught with anxiety about risk of infection. Grocery runs during the pandemic should indeed be limited (and, as of right now, avoided entirely). […] -
WellnessSee articleCDC Report Confirms Elevated COVID-19 Risk Among People With Preexisting Conditions
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, health officials have advised that people with underlying health conditions are at greater risk for developing severe cases of the disease. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the first U.S. data to indicate the significance of this increased risk. Consistent with findings in China […] -
WellnessSee articleFrom E. Coli to COVID-19: How Animal Agriculture Spawns Infectious Diseases
With 7.5 billion humans and more than 70 billion food animals, we are closer to animals than ever before. As the coronavirus pandemic has shown us, we’re also more susceptible to animal diseases. Approximately 75 percent of new and emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic diseases: spread to humans from animals. But this is less a […] -
WellnessSee articleYour Immune System Doesn’t Need a Boost
You can’t always control whether you get sick. But you can stay as healthy as possible by understanding how your immune system really works, what helps and what hurts it. (Spoiler alert: “Boosting” your immune system isn’t the answer.) Read on for expert tips. How Does the Immune System Work? The immune system is our […] -
How ToSee articleHow To Protect Your Health During a Pandemic
We are in a unique time, and it’s likely that many of you are feeling anxious, scared, and tired, seeking more predictability and security in your life. It makes sense to be afraid when you can’t go five minutes without hearing or reading words like “coronavirus,” “quarantine,” “death counts rising,” “flatten the curve,” or “social […] -
WellnessSee articleDiet’s Impact on Hormones and Hair Loss
Editor’s Note: Neal Barnard’s Your Body in Balance, which debuted on Feb. 4, 2020, offers a comprehensive look at how hormones influence a range of health issues in men and women, from menstrual cramps to prostate cancer. In this excerpt, Dr. Barnard examines the role hormones play in hair health. Can foods help you keep […] -
WellnessSee articleNew Harvard Review Finds Little Evidence to Support U.S. Dairy Recommendations
Dairy has long been touted as a healthy source of calcium. But a recent review, titled “Milk and Health,” published in the New England Journal of Medicine, raises questions about milk’s purported benefits and dairy’s impact on the planet. Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School […] -
WellnessSee articleThe Truth about the Ketogenic Diet and Diabetes
Editor’s Note: Mastering Diabetes, Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro’s groundbreaking book on reversing insulin resistance, debuted on February 18. In this abridged excerpt, the authors take a hard look at the ketogenic diet for diabetes treatment. If you are living with diabetes, you may have been told to eat a low-carbohydrate diet to control your […] -
WellnessSee articleNot Sweet Nothings: Why Splenda and Stevia Can Make You Gain Weight
Editor’s Note: Four years after the release of his New York Times best-seller How Not to Die, nutritionfacts.org founder Michael Greger, MD, brings us How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss. In this comprehensive work, Greger arms readers with a deep understanding of the science of weight loss, dispelling myriad […] -
WellnessSee articleOlympic Cyclist Dotsie Bausch on Why Athletes Are Going Plant-Based
When pro cyclist Dotsie Bausch went vegan back in 2009, it was out of a desire to help animals, not to improve her athletic performance—but that’s exactly what happened, garnering Bausch a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. Now the Game Changers star has teamed up with fellow athletes to educate the public about the benefits […]
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