Wellness

Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever environmental protest in the world,”…

Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality,…

Eating to Reverse Heart Failure 

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in…

Acne and Vitamin B12 

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.  “Acne is a disease unique to…

Menopause and mental health: The science of the menopausal brain

Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD and Helen Kollias, PhD It’s like my thoughts were under a pile of…

Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements? 

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects on cancer risk, death, and…

Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks? 

The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to increased heart rate, blood pressure,…

Does Fasting Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? 

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.  Alan Goldhamer is the…

How to stop tracking macros and trust yourself around food

“I worried that if I stopped tracking macros, I would lose my physique.” After years of careful macro tracking, Dr.…

Does Fasting Help Autoimmune Diseases? 

Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease,…

The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis 

Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?  The…

Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2024

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of researching, writing,…

Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes 

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility 

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed previously, in the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease 

Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half. In the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases 

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer,…

How to use fitness trackers to enhance performance and wellbeing—without losing touch with yourself

While our ancestors relied on their senses to assess how they were doing, increasingly, we rely on gadgets. Today, if…

Exploring the Obesity Paradox 

How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr. warned that human progress is…

An Ideal BMI 

Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have become inured to the mortal…

An Ideal Waist Size 

The book Dieting Makes You Fat was published originally in the 1980s and then repeatedly republished. Since most people who…