Lower Blood Pressure Naturally

Recently, Chris Kresser published a series on dietary salt (sodium chloride) and health ( 1 ).  One of the issues he covered is the effect ...

Is Sugar Fattening?

Buckle your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen-- we're going on a long ride through the scientific literature on sugar and body fatness.  ...

Polyphenols, Hormesis and Disease: Part I

What are Polyphenols? Polyphenols are a diverse class of molecules containing multiple phenol rings. They are synthesized in large amounts ...

Tropical Plant Fats: Palm Oil

A Fatal Case of Nutritionism The concept of 'nutritionism' was developed by Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis and popularized by the food writer Mi...

Road to Health ? High Blood Pressure Drug Risk

A new report is out now indicating that a specific class of pharmaceuticals have a high risk of users developing cancer Cancer link to commo...

Nitrate: a Protective Factor in Leafy Greens

Cancer Link and Food Sources Nitrate (NO3) and nitrite (NO2) are molecules that have received a lot of bad press over the years. They are t...

Copper and Cardiovascular Disease

In 1942, Dr. H. W. Bennetts dissected 21 cattle known to have died of "falling disease". This was the name given to the sudden, ...

The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Health

Let's get right to the meat of this study. It's relevant to the hypothesis that saturated fat is a cause of cardiovascular disease....

Health is Multi-Factorial

Thanks to commenter Brock for pointing me to this very interesting paper , "Effects of fish oil on hypertension, plasma lipids, and tu...

Masai and Atherosclerosis

I've been digging deeper into the health of the Masai lately. A commenter on Chris's blog pointed me to a 1972 paper showing that...