Browsing: Fitness
Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for…
Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over…
What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered.…
We co-evolved a symbiosis with our good gut bacteria, but we aren’t holding up our end of the bargain. If…
The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. Yes, media messages about nutrition are often…
Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or…
As many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to the bovine leukemia virus. The incidence…
Billion-dollar drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than is found in a single serving of…
What did randomized, controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions? Onions are potentially…
What can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending lifestyle changes? A pivotal paper published in Europe more than a decade…