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Thanksgiving week is a great opportunity to teach children what the pilgrims ate 400 years ago - whole food with a plant slant, like squash, corn, and beans. Here's a great vegan mushroom [...]

Current estimates suggest that alcohol consumption causes about 6% of all cancer deaths worldwide. In men, alcohol causes mostly head, neck, and gastrointestinal cancers, whereas it is mostly [...]

Although the adverse health effects of secondhand tobacco smoke are well recognized, the impact of burning incense in the home has received much less attention - why is that, since burning [...]

We know that the gut is where all the magic happens for our health, and science is giving us the best ways to help them function at their peak! Here is how:

Osteoporosis is estimated to affect 200 million people worldwide and is a disease characterized by excessive bone loss, leading to bone fragility and an increased risk of fractures. Bone mineral [...]

The most feared disease associated with aging is likely Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is one of our fastest growing epidemics, affecting half of those over age 85. Alzheimer's is the main type, [...]

Replacing just 3 percent of calories of animal protein with plant protein was associated with a 10% reduction in risk of death – an extra year of life with just 3 percent! Egg protein was the [...]

Here are some interesting stats on behaviors that shorten our lives: Diets high in processed meats – bacon, ham, hot dogs, lunch meat and sausage – may kill more than 100,000 people a year due to [...]

We are increasingly aware of metals and other toxins that can build up in our bodies due to our environment and food pesticide residues. Today let us look at the "Clean 15" list which are the [...]

We know that beans are SUPER powerful, plant-based proteins that are loaded with prebiotics and antioxidants, but which are the best ones for our health? The top five are pinto beans, black [...]