Wellness

Does Fasting Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? 

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.  Alan Goldhamer is the…

Does Fasting Help Autoimmune Diseases? 

Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease,…

The Best Alternative to Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis 

Is there a non-surgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?  The…

Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2024

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of countless hours of researching, writing,…

Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes 

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, as well as reverse type 2 diabetes. In the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility 

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and fertility. As I’ve discussed previously, in the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease 

Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half. In the ABCs of…

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases 

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer,…

Exploring the Obesity Paradox 

How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer? Martin Luther King Jr. warned that human progress is…

An Ideal BMI 

Is there a unisex chart for optimal weight based on height? We seem to have become inured to the mortal…