Contrary to popular perception, the evidence for even the most well-founded benefits of mindfulness meditation is not entirely conclusive.

The Risks and Benefits of Mindfulness for Weight Loss

Plastering front-of-package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract from the incongruity of feeding our children multicolored marshmallows for breakfast.

Friday Favorites: Kids’ Breakfast Cereals as Nutritional Façade

Of all the mindfulness skills, cognitive defusion appears to be the most effective, simple, and efficient approach to manage food cravings.

Mindful Eating vs. Cognitive Defusion for Food Cravings

Taking less than just 18 Ambien-class sleeping pills in an entire year may triple the risk of dying prematurely.

How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Without Sleeping Pills

B12 deficiency is known as “The Great Masquerader.”

Friday Favorites: The Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Optimal Dosage for Adults

Soy milk is compared to dairy milk and other plant-based milks.

Is Soy Milk the Most Nutritious Non-Dairy Milk?

For cancer prevention, researchers suggest “constant consumption” of anti-angiogenic foods.

Which Foods Are the Most Anti-Angiogenic?

Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples and spinach in a test of artery function.

Friday Favorites: For Flavonoid Benefits, Don’t Peel Apples

Expanding body fat releases blood supply-generating factors that may end up hooking up tumors, too.

Targeting Angiogenesis to Lose Weight

Not all plant foods are linked to less cellular aging based on telomere attrition, and not all animal foods are linked to more.

Greens, Green Tea, and Nuts Put to the Test for Telomeres

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM brings you the latest in nutrition-related research delivered in easy to understand video segments.

Healthier plant-based diets compared to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods on diabetes risk.

Friday Favorites: Is Vegan Food Always Healthy?

The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of plant-based diets may explain why they can effectively reverse cellular aging by elongating telomeres.

What to Eat to Prevent Telomere Shortening

The SWAP-MEAT study puts Beyond Meat products to the test.

Are Beyond Meat Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthy?

Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough?

Friday Favorites: Type 1 Diabetes Treatment – A Plant-Based Diet

What happens when mosquitos put on beer goggles?

Are Beer, Bananas, and B Vitamins Mosquito Repellents?

Garlic is put to the test as a repellent for mosquitoes and ticks.

Does Eating Garlic Reduce Mosquito Bites?

Is there a unisex chart to see what your optimal weight might be based on your height? Increased risk of metabolic complications starts at an abdominal circumference of 31.5 inches in women and 37 inches in most men, though it’s closer to 35.5 inches for South Asian, Chinese, and Japanese men.

Friday Favorites:  What’s the Ideal BMI and Waist Size?

Does poop from centenarians have anti-aging properties?

Fecal Transplants for Aging and Weight Loss

What are the three reasons plant protein is preferable to animal protein for kidney protection?

Plant-Based Diet for Minimal Change Disease of the Kidney

Star fruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses.

Friday Favorites: Neurotoxicity Effects of Star Fruit

This podcast is excellent across the board. However there is something that makes their downloads or streaming extremely slow. Maybe there is a way to reduce the size of the video files?

Excellent podcast !

Evidence-based nutrition guidance that Americans should take to heart!

Sorely needed

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