Legend has it that in 2737 BC, tea was discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. A scholar and herbalist, the Emperor was sitting beneath a tea tree as his servant boiled some drinking water. Leaves from the tree fell...

Sometimes we hear that fat intake has declined over recent years, yet the population gets more obese, and people conclude that carbs are to blame, and fat isn't a bad guy. There are a few silly diets based on this...

Commendably, responding to growing concerns that the routine use of antibiotics in meat production has resulted in their decreased effectiveness for treating infectious diseases, McDonald's Corporation has demanded that its suppliers phase out antibiotic growth promoters by the end of...

I've been vegan for what -- 7 years now? One thing that I never really experienced after going vegan was a dramatic drop in my cholesterol. Whenever I've had bloodwork done during the past several years my cholesterol has generally...

Editor's note: To see Dr. Goldhamer's most recent published study showing water fasting can reverse high blood pressure, click here. Jeff and Sabrina have both done water fasts at Dr. Goldhamer's clinic and recommend a medically-supervised water fast at his...

For healthy vegetarians, cutting down too much on wholesome, high-fat plant foods poses several problems. QUESTION: What are the best fats and oils for vegetarians and vegans, and is it always better to follow a low fat diet? BRENDA DAVIS:...

Update: Interested in soymilk makers? Click here to learn about the best! For about a year now, Robert Cohen, who has given himself a character name of "Notmilk Man," has been on a one-man jihad to find any pretext he...

November 28, 2000 -- Here's a story about public science that I find alarming. On October 26, 2000, I submitted a Letter to the Editor of the New York Times, hoping it would be published. It was not. I lost.There...

People do not eat isolated foods or individual nutrients. We tend to eat our food in meals and our meals tend to come from a dietary pattern that we grew up with. Only when we make dramatic changes in our...

One of the most frequent questions I get from athletes is how to get more protein. In their minds they are thinking that if they stuff more protein into their mouths, that it magically goes to their muscles and...

New research adds to previous evidence that pesticides may cause Parkinson's diseaseThe results of a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience add weight to previous studies implicating pesticides as a cause of or contributor to Parkinson's disease.In the study,...

The New England Journal of Medicine published two reports concluding that high fiber supplements and a low-fat high-fiber diet did not protect against recurring adenomas polyps, a precursor of colon cancer. These results are disappointing in light of the high...

In light of an important study appearing in an issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers associated with the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) reminded the public that cancer is a disease that is largely preventable...

On a windy cloudy day it is fun to lay on your back and watch the clouds go by. They change shapes and with a little imagination one can see lions that become cars and then turn into Leonardo DiCaprio...

A plant-based fat abundant in vegetarian diets and shown to inhibit the growth of prostate and colon cancer cells in vitro, also inhibits the growth in vitro of one line of breast cancer cells, University at Buffalo nutrition researchers...

For a variety of motivations, soy seems today to be cast either as the cure or cause of nearly every ill known to man. On one side you have nutritionists and researchers touting soy's many alleged benefits (and yes --...

Raw food enthusiasts have always been a part of the vegetarian/vegan scene. Their core idea is that enzymes are still active in raw food whereas they're denatured, hence inactive, in cooked food. No contest. Next question: So what? The theory...

Men eating a vegan diet have lower levels of a protein associated with prostate cancer, British scientists said today.Saying that while further research was needed, the findings from researchers at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Oxford suggest that a...