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Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Calcium and Strong Bones

Protecting Your Bones

The bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis can lead to small and not-so-small fractures. Although many people think of calcium in the diet as good protection for their bones, this is not at all the whole story. In fact, in a 12-year Harvard study of...
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Hematology

Megaloblastic Anemia: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Megaloblastic anemia is a disorder of abnormally large red blood cells. It is usually caused by deficiency of vitamin B12 or folic acid. These vitamin deficiencies impair the normal function of DNA and can cause numerous abnormalities of the blood, the brain, and the nervous system....
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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Gallstones: Overview and Risk Factors

Gallstones are small, hard stones form in the gallbladder. They occur in up to 20 percent of women and 8 percent of men worldwide. Physicians use the term "cholelithiasis" to refer to the condition of having gallstones.

Most stones are composed of cholesterol and are...
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Cardiovascular

Deep Venous Thrombosis: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common medical syndrome that affects 600,000 individuals per year. It is associated with blood clots that form in the extremities. Although it is most often found in the legs, DVT can also occur in the upper extremities, especially in hospitalized patients with...
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Environmental Illness

Foodborne Chemicals: Overview

Chemicals and chemical reactions are a central part of everyday life: Acids are essential for digestion, chemicals maintain a balanced pH in the blood, photosynthesis occurs in plants, and, of course, industry uses many chemical reactions to produce modern foods and products. However, more and more...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular, Men's Health, Women's Health

Statin Drugs Side Effects

One of my major complaints about medicine and health is that consumers are not making informed choices.  I'm convinced and my experience has shown that many people will choose to adopt a program of dietary excellence and optimal habits if they are shown both efficacy of that plan, as well as...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis can lead to serious and sometimes disabling fractures, particularly in the vertebrae and hip. The condition is more common among women than men, and more prevalent among Caucasians than other racial groups. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III,...
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Oncology, Oncology

A Disastrous Marriage: Tobacco and Poor Diet

To achieve clarity on the issue of tobacco, we must always remember to look into the nature of relationships-whether it is between competing presidential agendas, between competing causes of the same disease, between competing funding agencies, or whatever. When we enter into the realm of tobacco...
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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.