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Is Miso Healthy?

Is Miso Healthy Salt is considered a probable cause of stomach cancer, one of the world’s leading cancer killers. If their estimate of an 8 increase in the risk of every extra gram of salt a day is correct, then in a country like the UK, nearly 1 700 cases of stomach cancer happen every…

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Flashback Friday: Do Vitamin D Supplements Help with Diabetes, Weight Loss, and Blood Pressure?

Do Vitamin D Supplements Help with Diabetes, Weight Loss, and Blood Pressure? My last in-depth, video series on vitamin D was done more than 4 years ago, as in 15 950 papers ago, I had a lot of catching up to do. Review articles like this continue to be published touting vitamin D as a…

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Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1

“Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1” Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a plant- based diet and lifestyle program could reverse the progression of prostate cancer by making men’s bloodstream nearly 8 times better at suppressing cancer cell growth, but this was for early-stage, localized, watch-and-wait prostate cancer. What about more advanced-stage life-threatening diseases? There…

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How Not to Die: An Animated Summary

“How Not to Die: An Animated Summary” It all started with my grandma. I was just a kid when the doctors sent my grandma home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she had already had so many bypass operations that the surgeons essentially ran out of plumbing. Confined to a wheelchair.…

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Benefits of a Macrobiotic Diet for Diabetes

“Benefits of a Macrobiotic Diet for Diabetes” Why are macrobiotic diets so effective at reducing blood sugar levels in diabetes, within just a few weeks? Because the diet is centered around whole grains—brown rice, barley, and millet— maybe the high fiber intake is improving the gut microbiome, the friendly flora in the colons of diabetics…

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Is Ginger Beneficial in a Diabetic Diet?

Is Ginger Beneficial in a Diabetic Diet? In a case report of the successful management of type 2 diabetes with a lifestyle intervention? A 45-year-old fellow took responsibility for health into his own hands and sought to defeat his disease and get off the drugs by eating foods purported to be anti-diabetic. But how strong…

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What Is the Optimal Diet?

What is the Optimal Diet? England has been keeping mortality statistics since 1665, when, yes, one person fell down some stairs and died, but in that week nearly 4 000 people died of the plague. Today, the modern plague is heart disease, the 1 killer of men and women, but it was t always this…

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Eat More Calories in the Morning than the Evening

“Eat More Calories in the Morning Than the Evening” Why are calories eaten in the morning less fattening than calories eaten in the evening? One reason is that more calories are burned off in the morning due to diet-induced thermogenesis. That’s the amount of energy the body takes to digest and process a meal, given…

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The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention

“The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention” Why are vegetarian diets so effective in preventing and treating diabetes? Maybe it’s because of the weight loss. Those eating more plant based tend to be significantly slimmer, and not just based on like looking at a cross-section of the population, but you can do interventional…

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Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss

“Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss” Black cumin, also known as Nigella sativa or simply black seed, is not related to cumin (it’s a member of the buttercup rather than the carrot family). Black cumin is used in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisines just like any other regular spice and has…

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Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test

Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test. I talked about the benefits of calorie restriction. Well, the greatest caloric restriction is no calories at all. Fasting has been branded the next big weight loss fad but has a long history throughout various spiritual traditions practiced by Moses Jesus Muhammed and Buddha In…

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200-Pound Weight Loss Without Hunger

In this series, I’ll look at the factors that lead to both overeating and satiety. What food components make us feel full? Why does more variety lead to eating more quantity And what lifestyle approaches can we implement to increase the good food choices and reduce the bad ones, Keep watching to find out 200…

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