Why Your Microbiome May Be to Blame for Your Bloating – 5 Tips for Gut Balance

The wrong food choices can lead to the wrong type of bacteria flourishing in your gut, resulting in a wide range of health problems. A whole food, plant-based diet can turn your gut health around, which can have dramatic, positive effects on the health of all your other systems.

Do Hormones in Dairy Negatively Affect Your Fertility?

The topic of hormones in our food is a hot button issue, and for good reason, as these ingested hormones can be deleterious to our health and fertility. However, dairy is often left out of this discussion when it should be the first food we examine.

Iodine on a Plant-Based Diet: Why Is it Important & How to Get Enough

While essential to human health, iodine can often be in short supply for people following a low-sodium, whole food, plant-based diet. On the other hand, consuming too much iodine can be just as bad. In this article, we’ll look at why iodine matters and discuss some easy ways to make sure you’re meeting your daily requirement without overdoing it.

Can the Ketogenic Diet Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?

Can the keto diet reverse type 2 diabetes or manage it? What does the research say? How does keto compare to a whole food, plant-based diet? Find out the best diet for diabetes management.

My Type 2 Diabetic Patients Transformed Their Health Through Diet

A whole food, plant-based diet is being tested at a National Institute in Europe. Patients have clinically reversed their type 2 diabetes in just weeks.

Study Finds Ditching Dairy Helps Endurance Athletes Enhance Their Long Distance Running

A dairy-free, plant-based diet may not only provide cardiovascular protection for athletes, but also enhance performance, allowing endurance athletes to continue to go the distance.

The Blood Type Diet: Science or Fiction?

If you have been interested in the field of nutrition for any amount of time, you will likely have come across the idea of a blood type diet. The philosophy behind it is that those with certain blood types gain better health outcomes on specific diets, and this idea was popularized in 1996 by Dr. … Continued

The Fiber Dilemma – Eating Plant-Based Without Tummy Trouble

Fiber is essential for digestive wellness and performs other health-promoting functions. Switching from a low-fiber, standard American diet to a plant-based diet naturally high in fiber can cause some uncomfortable problems. Minimize those problems with these simple steps.

Unpacking the Science of Lectins – Are They Good or Bad?

Discussions in the continuing debate over dietary lectins often lack details regarding what these proteins are and how they work. Taking a closer look at lectins will shed some light on what purpose they serve in the human body.

What Exactly Is A2 Milk? Everything You Need to Know About A2 Cow’s Milk

A2 milk is from dairy cows that have been bred to not produce the A1 beta-casein protein. This type of milk exists because producers of A2 milk claim that this A1 protein causes stomach discomfort and bloating. However, this claim is not backed by sound research.

Does the Ketogenic Diet Really Work for Weight Loss?

There is a claim that ketogenic diets offer a metabolic advantage over every other type of weight loss diet, including low-carb diets that aren’t ketogenic. Will a keto diet help you lose weight?

The 4Leaf Survey: An Important Diagnostic Tool for Doctors

Medical doctors have found the 4Leaf Survey to be a useful tool in helping their patients understand what constitutes a health-promoting diet. Some doctors are now entering the patient’s survey score in their medical records as a vital sign.

Plants Have All the Power We Need

Marco Borges, author of The Greenprint, works with many athletes, entertainers, and avid exercisers who have switched to a plant-based diet for all the health and athletic performance benefits it provides.

Gianna Simone Interviews Dr. T. Colin Campbell – Link Between Animal Protein & Cancer

Gianna Simone produced this series of interviews with the top plant-based doctors of our time with the intention of providing educational resources to people on the benefits of a whole food, plant-based diet.

Dairy Industry Creates ‘Calcium Crisis’ To Sell Cow’s Milk

Optimum health is achieved through a varied diet that includes a plethora of foods; not by relying on a single source (ie dairy) that can also make us chronically ill.

What Are Lectins? A Look at This Controversial Protein

Lectins are all the rage—or are they? Brought to the public’s attention by Dr. Gundry’s book, The Plant Paradox, and subsequently demonized by dieters and promoters of lectin-free health regimens, lectins represent the latest point of contention in the ongoing healthy food debate.

What Is Diverticular Disease and How to Treat It

Learn all about diverticulitis and diverticulosis, plus how to treat these conditions, how to prevent them, and the importance of fiber in one’s diet.

Is the Ketogenic Diet Natural for Humans?

Ketosis is an adaptive state that allowed our ancestors to survive temporary food shortages. Should we aim to keep ourselves in a permanent state of ketosis? Is it a natural for humans?

Medical News: National Institute Integrates Plant-Based Diet to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

A new eating plan - the Natural Food Interaction Diet - is having a profound effect on type 2 diabetes as a large clinical trial is underway at the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology in Slovakia.

Top 10 Plant-Based News Stories and Articles of 2018

A year in review, check out the top ten Center for Nutrition Studies news stories and articles in 2018.

Research Confirms a Plant-Based Diet Can Help You Live Longer

Nutrition is important, but which aspects of nutrition? Why are there blue zones where people live longer? Learn more about just how important food is for your health and life longevity.

What Is the Ketogenic Diet?

The ketogenic diet has become the latest low-carb diet fad. This article answers: what is the keto diet, why was it developed, what are ketone bodies and how do they affect metabolism.

The China Study: 3 Lessons We Need to Know

The China Study provides overwhelming evidence that animal protein is cancer promoting. A whole food, plant-based diet not only prevents cancer but leads to optimal human health across the board.

Why Vegetable Mineral Broth Is Healthier Than Bone Broth

The bone broth fad has gained quite a bit of attention, but is it truly healthy? Vegetable mineral broth has healthy nutrients and even better ingredients, all from plants.