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Forest Bathing to Boost Anticancer Immunity 

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

Natural killer cells are one of the ways our body fights off cancer, and visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both their [… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Preorder The How Not to Age Cookbook

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 31, 2025, 7:00 am.

I’m thrilled to announce that pre-orders are now open for The How Not to Age Cookbook, coming out on April 22. This much-anticipated culin… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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An Ideal Waist Size 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 30, 2025, 7:00 am.

The book Dieting Makes You Fat was published originally in the 1980s and then repeatedly republished. Since most people who lose weight go o… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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An Ideal BMI 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 28, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have become inured to the mortal threat of obesity. If you […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Exploring the Obesity Paradox 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 23, 2025, 7:00 am.

How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr. warned that human progress is neither auto… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 21, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, kidney function, and f… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

An Ideal BMI 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 28, 2025, 7:00 am.

Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have become inured to the mortal threat of obesity. If you […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Exploring the Obesity Paradox 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 23, 2025, 7:00 am.

How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr. warned that human progress is neither auto… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 21, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, kidney function, and f… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 16, 2025, 7:00 am.

Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half. In the ABCs of health consequences of obesity… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility 

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

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed previously, in the ABCs of the heal… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 9, 2025, 7:00 am.

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of the health consequences… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 21, 2025, 7:00 am.

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, kidney function, and f… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 16, 2025, 7:00 am.

Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half. In the ABCs of health consequences of obesity… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility 

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

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed previously, in the ABCs of the heal… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 9, 2025, 7:00 am.

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of the health consequences… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2024

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

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of researching, writing, editing, animating… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis 

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

Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?  The largest… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility 

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

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed previously, in the ABCs of the heal… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on January 9, 2025, 7:00 am.

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of the health consequences… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2024

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

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of researching, writing, editing, animating… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis 

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

Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?  The largest… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Does Fasting Help Autoimmune Diseases? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 31, 2024, 7:00 am.

Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria,… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Does Fasting Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 26, 2024, 7:00 am.

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.  Alan Goldhamer is the founder of th… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2024

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

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of researching, writing, editing, animating… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis 

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

Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?  The largest… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Does Fasting Help Autoimmune Diseases? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 31, 2024, 7:00 am.

Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria,… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Does Fasting Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 26, 2024, 7:00 am.

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.  Alan Goldhamer is the founder of th… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 24, 2024, 7:00 am.

The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and carb… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 19, 2024, 7:00 am.

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects on cancer risk, death, and longev… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Cannabis, Strokes, and Heart Attacks? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 24, 2024, 7:00 am.

The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and carb… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Bone Fractures, Lung Cancer, and Vitamin B12 Supplements? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 19, 2024, 7:00 am.

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about its effects on cancer risk, death, and longev… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Acne and Vitamin B12 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 17, 2024, 7:00 am.

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections. “Acne is a disease unique to humans.” Why do we even […… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Eating to Reverse Heart Failure 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 12, 2024, 7:00 am.

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 10, 2024, 7:00 am.

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality, an… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 5, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever environmental protest in th… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Acne and Vitamin B12 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 17, 2024, 7:00 am.

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections. “Acne is a disease unique to humans.” Why do we even […… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Eating to Reverse Heart Failure 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 12, 2024, 7:00 am.

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 10, 2024, 7:00 am.

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality, an… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 5, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever environmental protest in th… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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How Heavy Is Your Food’s Carbon Footprint? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 3, 2024, 7:00 am.

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause, measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents? “Our eating … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Eating to Fight the Climate Crisis 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 28, 2024, 7:00 am.

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn human… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Pole Walking to Lose Weight? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 10, 2024, 7:00 am.

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality, an… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Diets with the Lowest Carbon Footprint 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 5, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why don’t environmental groups advocate for climate-friendlier diets? In what “was arguably the largest ever environmental protest in th… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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How Heavy Is Your Food’s Carbon Footprint? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 3, 2024, 7:00 am.

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause, measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents? “Our eating … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Eating to Fight the Climate Crisis 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 28, 2024, 7:00 am.

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn human… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Junk Food in Hospitals 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 26, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why is hospital food so unhealthy? “Put in stark terms, CVD [cardiovascular disease] claims 1 American life every 39 seconds and is respon… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 21, 2024, 7:00 am.

Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Frank about her work, food, and Native American cuisine. Read on [… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

How Heavy Is Your Food’s Carbon Footprint? 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on December 3, 2024, 7:00 am.

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause, measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents? “Our eating … Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Eating to Fight the Climate Crisis 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 28, 2024, 7:00 am.

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn human… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Junk Food in Hospitals 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 26, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why is hospital food so unhealthy? “Put in stark terms, CVD [cardiovascular disease] claims 1 American life every 39 seconds and is respon… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 21, 2024, 7:00 am.

Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Frank about her work, food, and Native American cuisine. Read on [… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Cannabis and Cars 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 19, 2024, 7:00 am.

Did traffic fatalities increase or decrease after cannabis legalization? Is cannabis-impaired driving a public health and safety concern? We… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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A Look at Bariatric Surgery

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 14, 2024, 7:00 am.

Obesity isn’t new, but the obesity epidemic is. We went from a few corpulent queens and kings, like Henry VIII and Louis VI (known as [&#8… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

Junk Food in Hospitals 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 26, 2024, 7:00 am.

Why is hospital food so unhealthy? “Put in stark terms, CVD [cardiovascular disease] claims 1 American life every 39 seconds and is respon… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Celebrating Native American Cuisine with Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 21, 2024, 7:00 am.

Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Frank about her work, food, and Native American cuisine. Read on [… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Cannabis and Cars 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 19, 2024, 7:00 am.

Did traffic fatalities increase or decrease after cannabis legalization? Is cannabis-impaired driving a public health and safety concern? We… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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A Look at Bariatric Surgery

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 14, 2024, 7:00 am.

Obesity isn’t new, but the obesity epidemic is. We went from a few corpulent queens and kings, like Henry VIII and Louis VI (known as [&#8… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Celebrating Veterans Day with Bill Muir

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 11, 2024, 7:00 am.

We had the pleasure of talking with Bill Muir about his work in the military and as a Registered Nurse, food access, his book, and […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.

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Drinking Water, Losing Weight 

Story from NutritionFacts.org. Originally posted on November 7, 2024, 7:00 am.

A few times a day, drink two cups of cold water on an empty stomach for weight loss. After drinking two cups (half a liter) […]… Read the full story on NutritionFacts.org.