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Latest Episodes

Coffee and Artery Function
December 12, 2014

The new dietary guidelines for beverages recommend tea and coffee second only to water in healthfulness, but what about concerns they might impair the function of our endothelium?

Food Industry Funded Research Bias
December 10, 2014

Using the tobacco industry playbook, food companies have been caught trying to undermine public health policies by manipulating the scientific process.

Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape
December 08, 2014

Dr. Walter Kempner was a pioneer in the use of diet to treat life-threatening chronic disease, utilizing a diet of mostly rice and fruit to cure malignant hypertension and reverse heart and kidney failure.

Back in Circulation: Sciatica and Cholesterol
December 05, 2014

Atherosclerotic plaque clogging the arteries feeding our spine may lead to low back pain, disc degeneration, and sciatic nerve irritation.

If Fructose is Bad, What About Fruit?
December 03, 2014

Does the fructose naturally found in fruit and fruit juice have the same adverse effects as excess “industrial fructose” (table sugar and high fructose corn syrup) and if not, why not?

Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk
December 01, 2014

Preventing and treating chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke with diet and lifestyle changes is not just safer but may be dramatically more effective

Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds
November 28, 2014

The yellow fluid around tomato seeds appears to suppress platelet activation without affecting blood clotting. This anti-inflammatory effect may explain why eating tomato products is associated with lower cardiac mortality.

Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Diet
November 26, 2014

The role of the Mediterranean diet in preventing and treating dementia.

Preventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes
November 24, 2014

Lifestyle changes could potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease every year in the United States

How Much Added Sugar Is Too Much?
November 21, 2014

Are table sugar and high fructose corn syrup just empty calories or can they be actively harmful?