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Diabetes and Thyroid Diseases

Hyperthyroidism: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones influence a wide variety of functions in the body, including cardiac, nerve, gastrointestinal, and mental function. The majority of cases are caused by Graves' disease, an autoimmune...

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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Pancreatitis: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Pancreatitis is a condition of inflammation in the pancreas, an organ in the abdomen that produces hormones and digestive enzymes. Normally, digestive enzymes are produced in the pancreas and released into the intestine after meals. In cases of pancreatitis, these enzymes become inappropriately...

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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Diet and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The incidence of gastrointestinal disorders is increasing. This is not surprising in view of the average American's very poor eating habits. There are several types of GI disorders - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Spastic Colon, and Diverticulitis...

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Gynecology and Obstetrics, Women's Health

Endometriosis

Sometimes there are specific, identifiable causes of menstrual pain. One of the most common is endometriosis, in which some of the lining cells from the inside of the uterus end up in the wrong place. They are attached to the ovaries, intestinal tract, bladder, or elsewhere. And just as the cells...

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Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat

Acute Otitis Media: Overview and Risk Factors

Acute otitis media is an infection of the middle ear and Eustachian tubes. It can occur at any age, but primarily affects children between the ages of six months and two years. The condition is very common: Thirty percent of all antibiotics given to children are prescribed for otitis media, and the...

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Oncology, Oncology

Animal Protein as a Carcinogen

Answer to a Reader's Question:

Although there are many arguments favoring the nutritional imbalance explanation of cancer, one of the more striking for me was the experimental animal studies discussed in Chapter 3 in my book, The China Study. Namely, aflatoxin is a very potent...

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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Diverticular Disease: Overview and Risk Factors

Diverticula are herniations, or "outpouchings," of the colon (large intestine) that occur at weak sites in the colon wall. The development of diverticula appears to be associated with a low-fiber diet. A lack of fiber renders the stool dry and low in bulk, requiring increased pressure...

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Neurology

Parkinson's Disease: Functional Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Disease

David Perlmutter, M.D.

Abstract

Genetic, toxic, nutritional, traumatic, and lifestyle models have been proposed as playing major roles in the etiology of various neurodegenerative diseases. A model whereby genetically predisposed individuals manifesting demonstrable hepatic...

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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 >>

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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.