NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.

The highest levels of hormone-disrupting plastics chemical pollutants (phthalates) are found in meats, fats, and dairy.

How extreme was Dr. Kempner’s rice diet, compared to traditional surgical approaches, and is there a safer alternative?

Berries counteract the neurotoxic effects of pesticides in vitro, potentially explaining why berry consumption is associated with lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

We don’t have to choose between the lesser of two evils: skin cancer versus internal cancers from vitamin D deficiency.

If one is going to make an evolutionary argument for what a “natural” vitamin D level may be, how about getting vitamin D in the way nature intended: sun instead of supplements?

Why do some recommend thousands of units of supplemental vitamin D when the Institute of Medicine set the recommended daily intake at just 600 to 800 units?

The safe dose of vitamin D supplementation to get most of the population to the optimal level is 2,000 IU a day, but the elderly and overweight may need more.

What do 56 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 100,000 people between the ages of 18 and 107 show vitamin D can do to our lifespan?

Those with higher vitamin D levels tend to have lower rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. But is it cause and effect? Interventional trials finally put vitamin D to the test.

The field of nutrition got human protein requirements spectacularly wrong, leading to a massive recalculation.

Curcumin-free turmeric, from which the so-called active ingredient has been removed, may be as effective or even more potent.

Mainstream medicine’s permissive attitude towards smoking in the face of overwhelming evidence can be an object lesson for contemporary medical collusion with the food industry.

Might appeals to masculinity and manhood help men with prostate cancer change their diet to improve their survival?

How many cola cancer cases are estimated to be caused by Coke and Pepsi in New York versus California, where a carcinogen labeling law (Prop 65) exists?