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Health and Wellness Headlines for May 21

Eating to Treat Crohn’s Disease 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 20, 2025, 7:00 am.

Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments for both active… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 15, 2025, 7:00 am.

Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far exceeding the efficacy of other treat… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Foods That Disrupt Our Microbiome

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 13, 2025, 7:00 am.

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online for “Crohn’s… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Skincare as You Age Infographic

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 8, 2025, 7:00 am.

When I dove into the scientific research for my book How Not to Age, I uncovered the best ways we can care for our skin […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 6, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [&#82… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 2, 2025, 7:00 am.

In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for May 14

Foods That Disrupt Our Microbiome

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 13, 2025, 7:00 am.

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online for “Crohn’s… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Skincare as You Age Infographic

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 8, 2025, 7:00 am.

When I dove into the scientific research for my book How Not to Age, I uncovered the best ways we can care for our skin […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 6, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [&#82… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 2, 2025, 7:00 am.

In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Inhospitable Hospital Food 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 1, 2025, 7:00 am.

What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? “Hospital food nee… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 29, 2025, 7:00 am.

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—frau… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for May 7

Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 6, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [&#82… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 2, 2025, 7:00 am.

In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Inhospitable Hospital Food 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on May 1, 2025, 7:00 am.

What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? “Hospital food nee… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 29, 2025, 7:00 am.

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—frau… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 24, 2025, 7:00 am.

Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients based on how much they themselves will get pai… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 22, 2025, 7:00 am.

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. An… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for April 30

Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 29, 2025, 7:00 am.

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—frau… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 24, 2025, 7:00 am.

Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients based on how much they themselves will get pai… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 22, 2025, 7:00 am.

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. An… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 17, 2025, 7:00 am.

What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote expensive, risky procedures with no benefit? “P… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heart Stents and Their Risks 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 15, 2025, 7:00 am.

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


2024 Year in Review

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to yo… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for April 23

Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 22, 2025, 7:00 am.

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. An… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 17, 2025, 7:00 am.

What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they promote expensive, risky procedures with no benefit? “P… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heart Stents and Their Risks 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 15, 2025, 7:00 am.

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


2024 Year in Review

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to yo… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Why Aren’t Angioplasty Heart Stents More Effective? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 10, 2025, 7:00 am.

Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vess… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 8, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency settin… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for April 16

Heart Stents and Their Risks 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 15, 2025, 7:00 am.

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


2024 Year in Review

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

Celebrating 2024. Celebrating Your Support. What a year NutritionFacts.org had! Our successes, output, and outreach in 2024 are thanks to yo… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Why Aren’t Angioplasty Heart Stents More Effective? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 10, 2025, 7:00 am.

Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vess… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 8, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency settin… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


What About Millet and Diabetes? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 3, 2025, 7:00 am.

What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third cups of millet every d… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 1, 2025, 7:00 am.

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most [&#8… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for April 9

The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 8, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency settin… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


What About Millet and Diabetes? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 3, 2025, 7:00 am.

What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third cups of millet every d… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 1, 2025, 7:00 am.

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most [&#8… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 27, 2025, 7:00 am.

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”? “Recently, the … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Is There a Limit to How Many Lychee Fruit We Should Eat? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 25, 2025, 7:00 am.

There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but is it harmful only under certain circumstances? Lychee fruits have been widely use… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heme Iron and Cancer 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 20, 2025, 7:00 am.

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? In … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for April 2

Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on April 1, 2025, 7:00 am.

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most [&#8… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 27, 2025, 7:00 am.

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”? “Recently, the … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Is There a Limit to How Many Lychee Fruit We Should Eat? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 25, 2025, 7:00 am.

There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but is it harmful only under certain circumstances? Lychee fruits have been widely use… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heme Iron and Cancer 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 20, 2025, 7:00 am.

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? In … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heme and Impossible Burgers 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 18, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 14, 2025, 7:00 am.

The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for March 26

Is There a Limit to How Many Lychee Fruit We Should Eat? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 25, 2025, 7:00 am.

There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but is it harmful only under certain circumstances? Lychee fruits have been widely use… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heme Iron and Cancer 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 20, 2025, 7:00 am.

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? In … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Heme and Impossible Burgers 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 18, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 14, 2025, 7:00 am.

The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 13, 2025, 7:00 am.

Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help control cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels. You may have heard … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Potatoes: What About Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and More?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are so many ways we eat potatoes—baked, mashed, hashed, fried, scalloped, roasted, and more—but should we be eating them at all? P… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Health and Wellness Headlines for March 19

Heme and Impossible Burgers 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 18, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressu… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 14, 2025, 7:00 am.

The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 13, 2025, 7:00 am.

Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help control cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels. You may have heard … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Potatoes: What About Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and More?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 11, 2025, 7:00 am.

There are so many ways we eat potatoes—baked, mashed, hashed, fried, scalloped, roasted, and more—but should we be eating them at all? P… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Plant-Based Meats and Puberty, Obesity, and Fracture Risk

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 6, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk? As noted in an editorial in the Jo… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.


Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on March 4, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isol… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.