Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

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 […]

Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function? 

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about ?uncured? meat with ?no nitrites added?? ?Recently, the World Health Organization […]

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

There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but is it harmful only under certain circumstances? Lychee fruits have been widely used […]

Heme Iron and Cancer 

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? In muscle meat, […]

Heme and Impossible Burgers 

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure? In an […]

Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck virus into […]

Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?

Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help control cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels. You may have heard about meats […]

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

There are so many ways we eat potatoes?baked, mashed, hashed, fried, scalloped, roasted, and more?but should we be eating them at all? Potatoes and Diabetes […]

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

What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk? As noted in an editorial in the Journal of […]

Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isolates? Are plant-based […]