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Should Vegan Women Supplement with DHA During Pregnancy?
April 11, 2016

I recommend all pregnant and breastfeeding women follow the consensus guidelines to get about 200mg of preformed DHA from a pollutant-free source.

Should Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Take DHA?
April 08, 2016

Does maternal supplementation with the long chain omega 3 fatty acid DHA improve psychomotor, mental, visual, or physical development of infants?

Specific Receptors for Specific Fruits and Vegetables
April 06, 2016

Dietary diversity is important because each plant family has a unique combination of phytonutrients that may bind to specific proteins within our body.

How to Regenerate Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) Naturally
April 04, 2016

Chlorophyll in our bloodstream after eating greens may react with wavelengths of sunlight that penetrate through our skin to reactivate the antioxidant Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinol).

Almonds for Osteoporosis
April 01, 2016

What happens when you take blood from people before and four hours after almond consumption and drip that blood on bone cells?

Plant-Based Treatment for Angina
March 30, 2016

Even without an exercise component, a plant-based diet can reduce angina attacks 90% within 24 days.

Plant-Based Diets and Artery Function
March 28, 2016

The improvement of arterial function on a whole food, plant-based diet appears so pronounced that cardiac patients can achieve a 90% reduction in angina attacks.

Tea and Artery Function
March 25, 2016

Adding milk to tea can block its beneficial effects, potentially explaining why green tea drinkers appear better protected than consumers of black tea.

Fighting Lupus With Turmeric: Good as Gold
March 23, 2016

A quarter teaspoon of the spice turmeric put to the test for the treatment of uncontrollable lupus (SLE) nephritis in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Treating Chronic Kidney Disease with Food
March 21, 2016

Plant-based diets have been shown to slow or stop the progression of kidney failure, but what about all the phosphorus and potassium in plant foods?