Wellness

Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different…

What About Millet and Diabetes? 

What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third…

The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures 

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency…

Why Aren’t Angioplasty Heart Stents More Effective? 

Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing…

2024 Year in Review

Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to…

Heart Stents and Their Risks 

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients…

The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents 

What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote expensive, risky procedures with no…

Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain? 

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients.…

Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work? 

Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients based on how much they…

Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding 

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—fraud…

Inhospitable Hospital Food 

What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?…

Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures

In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the…

Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet 

What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it?…

Skincare as You Age Infographic

When I dove into the scientific research for my book How Not to Age, I uncovered the best ways we…

Foods That Disrupt Our Microbiome

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online…

Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission 

Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far exceeding the efficacy of other…

Eating to Treat Crohn’s Disease 

Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments for…

Statins and Muscle Pain Side Effects 

Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials while appearing to be so high…

Food Safety and Cultivated Meat 

What are the direct health implications of making clean meat—that is, meat without animals? In a 1932 article in Popular…

Celebrating Food, Culture, and AAPI Month with Remy Morimoto Park

We had the pleasure of talking with Remy Morimoto Park about food, culture, and AAPI Month. We hope you enjoy…