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Do Meat-Eaters Have More Antibiotic Resistance in Their Guts?

Those eating plant-based have a reduced load of antibiotic resistance genes in their gut. There are nearly one million Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in children 10 years and younger each year in the United States alone. Some of these infections...

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March 5, 2026

Eating Organic: Can It Lower Your Cancer Risk?

Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? What are the effects of pesticides...

March 3, 2026

What Does Personalized Nutrition Actually Deliver?

There’s a lot of focus on personalized nutrition, but maybe we should focus on taking...

February 26, 2026

The Link Between Milk and Parkinson’s Disease

Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or...

February 24, 2026

Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS?

Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth...

February 19, 2026

Weight-Loss Devices to the Extreme

Let’s discuss the safety and efficacy of various weight-loss methods, ranging from Botox and corsets...

February 17, 2026

From Gastric Balloons to Fake Knee Surgeries: When the Fix Is an Illusion

Sham surgery trials have shown that some of our most popular surgeries are themselves shams....

February 12, 2026

Nuts, Sperm, and Sex: The Surprising Connection

Walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts are put to the test for erectile and sexual function, sperm...

February 10, 2026

Which Foods Help a Leaky Gut?

What is the recommended diet for treating leaky gut? Which foods and food components can...

February 5, 2026

Could Your Pills and Food Be Causing a Leaky Gut?

Common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier, causing a...

February 3, 2026

Keeping Better Score of Your Diet

How can you get a perfect diet score? How do you rate the quality of...

January 29, 2026

How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors?

People with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live...

January 27, 2026

How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts

Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart...

January 22, 2026

Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes?

By losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type...

January 20, 2026

All About Allulose

Sugar and high fructose corn syrup are the original industrial sweeteners—inexpensive, filled with empty calories,...

January 15, 2026

Can Olive Oil Compete with Arthritis Drugs?

What happened when topical olive oil was pitted against an ibuprofen-type drug for osteoarthritis and...

January 13, 2026

The Hidden Costs of Bariatric Surgery

Weight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects. How Sustainable Is the Weight...

January 8, 2026

Is Surgery Necessary to Reverse Diabetes?

Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical...

January 6, 2026

Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2025

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of...

January 1, 2026

Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond

The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the...

December 30, 2025

Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality

Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps...

December 25, 2025

How Healthy Are Baruka Nuts?

How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a...

December 23, 2025

Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels?

If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO,...

December 18, 2025

Is Aflatoxin a Concern?

Is “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? What do we do about toxic mold contamination...

December 16, 2025

Are the Effects of Ochratoxin Concerning?

The overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated. Ochratoxin has been...

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