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We have known for a while that both red meat and processed meats derive a much higher percentage of calories from saturated fat and trans fat than most other animal products and are less healthy choices.  However, fat is is not the only bad actor and several studies show heart disease may be the least of [...]

By Contributing Author Joseph Gillespie, D.C., PhD
Study suggests loss of communication among cells tied to this nutritional deficit
It’s not common for us to receive and post articles on the same nutritional topic in succession but occasionally news worthy science dictates content more than we do. Yet another important study had been published that relates low vitamin D [...]

by Contibuting Author Thomas Sparrow, D.C.
Vitamin D deficiency is emerging as one of the most significant contributors of increased disease risk to be identified in many years.   There is mounting evidence to suggest the vitamin D deficiency is as severe a disease risk as smoking cigarettes.  Heart disease, cancer,  musculoskeletal disease and autoimmune disease have all [...]

An important study published this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (originally published online on March 10, 2009 and at JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009 101(6):432-435) found that men who took a dietary supplement containing Folic had two and a half times greater incidence of prostate cancer than men [...]

Reviewed by Contibuting Author Dr. Steven Acocella
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A resent study released by the Bio-Communications Research Institute and the University of Texas cite evidence that a constellation of factors may be contributing to an increasing decline in the nutrient density and composition of produce farmed in both the United stares and the UK.  The authors of the study found that when they planted [...]