The following is a small study; its benefit is that intake was highly controlled: "The [intervention] diet was prepared in the metabolic kitchen at MIT and consumed by the subjects under supervision."High-Carbohydrate , High-Fiber Diets Increase Peri...

A study in this month's AJCN suggests it does: Effect Of Short-Term High-Protein Compared With Normal-Protein Diets On Renal Hemodynamics And Associated Variables In Healthy Young Men, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2009"The...

A big problem. To the right is Egypt's plastic problem. It's a settlement known as Garbage City on the outskirts of Cairo. (More photos here.) Plastics and their derivatives are in our blood, everyone's blood. There's no avoiding them. Wallace...

Because aromatase makes female hormones - estrogens. And too much estrogen - whether from what we make in our bodies (men make estrogens too) or what we absorb from our environment, and truth be told we're eating, drinking, and breathing more...

Here's a gem of an article, tucked away in the unlikely, biotechnology-friendly website Truth About Trade & Technology. It's a recent interview with Michael Pollan, where he says..."I visited an industrialized potato farm in Idaho and saw how freely...

Actually Brussels Sprouts Soup (BS Soup), but I use cabbage when BS aren't available. (Are BS an acquired taste?) I eat this, or some permutation of this often when the days get cold. It comes together quickly if you have leftovers. Serves 1. 3 or...