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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Cirrhosis

Overview and Risk Factors Cirrhosis is a chronic, irreversible liver disease that results from prolonged hepatocellular injury. Ultimately, the liver architecture is destroyed with regenerating hepatocytes and increased fibrosis, and the organ's synthetic and metabolic functions are progressively...
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Immunology and Allergy

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Overview and Risk Factors   Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of uncertain etiology. Various immune changes occur, including B cell lymphocyte hyperreactivity, T cell lymphocyte defects, complement activation, and autoantibodies to nuclear and cellular...
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Oncology

Prostate Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy in men in the United States; only skin cancer occurs more frequently. Although most cases progress slowly and may never become clinically apparent, the disease is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and the...
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Cardiovascular

Hypertension

Overview and Risk Factors Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease and stroke, as well as for end-stage renal disease and peripheral vascular disease. The World Health Organization has identified hypertension as the most important...
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Cardiovascular

Venous Insufficiency and Varicosities

Overview and Risk Factors Chronic venous insufficiency is a common clinical problem, whose presentation ranges from mildly unsightly veins to recurrent cellulitis and ulceration requiring frequent hospitalizations. An estimated 25% of the U.S. adult population has some degree of varicose...
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General Nutrition

Micronutrients in Health and Disease

Twenty-eight essential vitamins and minerals play key roles in the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate, and fat, as well as in the structure of the human body (eg, vitamin K in bone matrix, calcium in bone tissue). Many micronutrients are also important antioxidants (eg, vitamins C and E) or act as...
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Oncology, Oncology

Genetic Seeds of Disease: How to Beat the Odds

How often these days do you read that genes cause cancer? Probably nothing in biomedical science deserves more attention. In my view, it even needs attention in nutrition newsletters. Why? Because there's a peculiar line of reasoning going around that goes something like this: If genes are...
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Oncology, Oncology

Diet Matters: Clarifying the Link Between Breast Cancer and Eating Patterns

An INVITATION to the READER and the INVESTIGATORS OF THE HARVARD NURSES' HEALTH STUDY PLEASE COMMENT
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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

Dietary intervention for disease reversal, weight loss and general health. Connect with others to get inspired or find out more about reversing disease with diet. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR LOG IN.

 

Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.