Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
A new study set out to see which diet is the best for preventing colorectal cancer. The researchers divided 77,659 people into five dietary groups and followed them for about seven years. . . .
Folic acid is a very important vitamin for a number of reasons. One of them is that it is probably the most important nutrient for controlling homocysteine, a dangerous compound that is linked to atherosclerosis. In what is being hailed by experts as an important study, folic acid has now been shown to benefit heart…
Brand new research analyzed the dietary patterns of 451,256 healthy people between the ages of 35 and 70 and followed them for 12.8 years. They scored higher on the plant based dietary pattern if they ate more vegetables, fruit, beans, grains, potato, nuts and olive oil; they scored lower on the plant based dietary pattern…
This double-blind, placebo-controlled study gave either 5 grams of spirulina or a placebo each day for three months to 58 HIV-positive women from Cameroon who were not receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). . . .
A study conducted in Newfoundland and Labrador set out to see if there was any association between colon and rectal cancer and certain dietary patterns. . . .
We are always being told by doctors, nutritionists and the media that drinking milk is good for your bones. That milk is good for bones is perhaps the most commonly accepted piece of nutritional advice. But it’s not true. . . .
Here is a very counterintuitive way to prevent peanut allergies. But, though it may be shocking, it is exciting, because it is a randomized, controlled study whose results need to be taken seriously. . . .
In Vol 17, No 10 of The Natural Path, we featured a newly recognized condition called Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Seniors with MCI may have trouble with memory and thinking that is not serious enough to cause the real problems of Alzheimer’s Disease. In that article, we described the research that shows that drugs offer no…
You always hear about blueberries being the richest food source of antioxidants, but you hardly ever see any research on them. Well, here’s two recent studies that give you lots of good reasons to eat blueberries. . . .
A new double-blind study has added to the evidence that curcumin is a valuable addition to chemotherapy treatment. . . .
Yesterday, we wrote about the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommending that people cut back on meat and move towards a plant based diet to improve our health. The Committee also found that we have to move towards a plant based diet for the health of the planet. . . .
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will base their next dietary guidelines on this year’s findings of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Here’s what the Committee found. . . .