Nutrition
Alcohol linked to prostate cancer
By David Liu, PHD
Wednesday March 3, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new case-control study in Cancer Causes & Control suggests that drinking alcohol can increase the
Hepatitis C virus carriers need sufficient vitamin A
By Jimmy Downs
Sunday March 31, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in Hepatology suggests that maintaining a high level of serum vitamin A may help ...
Organic Tomatoes, While Smaller, are More Nutritious than Conventional Counterpart, Study Shows
By Dr. Mercola
Tomatoes, which are actually a fruit and not a vegetable, contain a number of valuable nutrients, and according to recent research, organically-growntomatoes are even ...
Low-Carb Diet May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
Editor's note: Publishing this article does not mean that foodconsumer.org endorses the opinions in this article. Food consumers should do their homework to decide which diet is best for them. The low-carb diet is essentially the high protein high fat diet, which is the typical Western diet, that lacks healthy carbohydrates. Such a diet provides a good taste, but also is associated with lots of Western diseases. It is advisable that simple sugars need to be excluded from your diet, but not other carbohydrates which include starches and dietary fibers along with many vitamins and minerals that can be found only in non-meat foods....
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
By Dr. Mercola
I believe many of our country's chronic health problems would simply disappear if greater attention was paid to the root problem — the ...
Amygdalin fights kidney disease
By Jimmy Downs
Saturday March 30, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in Molecular Medicine Reports suggests that amygdalin, a compound found in many types of ...
High coffee intake linked to lower breast cancer risk
By David Liu, PHD
Saturday March 30, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in Nutrition and Cancer suggests that drinking lots of coffee may reduce the ...
Soy Products Improve Survival in Women with Lung Cancer
Soy products can improve survival from lung cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. In the Shanghai Women’s Health Study, ...
Vitamin B17 may cure cervical cancer
By Jimmy Downs
Tuesday march 26, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study most recently published in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology suggests that it may be true that ...
Those eating organic diet live longer
A new study shows that fruit flies eating organic diets are healthier than those eating nonorganic diets. The "organic consumers" were found to perform better ...




