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Posted by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Diets too high in animal protein and low in vegetable protein: Meat and other high protein foods leave an acid residue in the blood that leads to bone dissolution. To neutralize this acid load, the body calls on its stores of calcium to provide basic calcium salts. Studies show that people [...]

Article by Dr. James P. Blumenthal
I am new to this blog but not at all new to the topics. I may not ingratiate myself, but there seems to be a lot of jockeying for position with less attention to detail and science in some of the posts.
This may help or not:
1. Vitamin D2 is essential to [...]

Written by NutritionWire.org Administration
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By Guest Contributing Author Kathy Wytec, M.S., R.D., D.C.
We have known for a while that antioxidants protect us against certain types of cancers.  They reduce DNA damage and ‘replication errors’ as we make new cells.  More recently, findings in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research reveal these same cancer fighting antioxidants, such as lycopene, carotenoids [...]

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 [...]

by Contibuting Author Allison Metro, D.M.D., D.A.C.B.N.
A study published April 13, 2009 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine systematically reviewed 146 prospective cohort studies and 43 randomized controlled trials, published between 1950 and 2007, which investigated subjects’ dietary habits and heart health.  The focus of the study was not to further establish a relationship [...]

By Contributing Author Ben Kim, D.C., Ph.D., D.A.C.B.N.
Dr. Kim discusses several important lifestyle factors that can have a dramatic effect on the development and progression of this crippling disease.
Diets too high in animal protein and low in vegetable protein: Meat and other high protein foods leave an acid residue in the blood that leads to [...]

Steven Acocella, M.S., D.C., DACBN
More supportive research on the benefits of flax seed in our diets has recently been published.  Researchers concluded in a study published in the Journal of Functional Foods that flaxseeds contain amino acids that may help lower blood pressure. The study is a bit complicated, but scientists determined a protein in [...]

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 [...]

A Post by Guest Contributor Gerry Pugliese
A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology determined people living in towns with high-concentrations of fast food restaurants ate more fast food and gained more weight, but people from neighborhoods that required a lot of walking to get around, lost weight. Experts surveyed over 1,200 residents of [...]

In upcoming posts I will be writing in detail on fats.  How they are digested, the good the bad and the ugly and how they effect our health.  For starters here’s a great lead-in story by the Almond Board of California.  They have complied 9 rock solid studies that clearly show the relationship between the [...]

Many people are reluctant to change their diets.  It’s very difficult to give up our long-term love affair with rich foods.  Certain foods are as addictive as any substance of abuse and just as potentially dangerous to our health. One argument that people make when confronted with dietary change and adding large quantities of healthy [...]

Reviewed by Contibuting Author Dr. Steven Acocella
Editors Note: Eat This Book is a featured post category.  Nutrition Wire Staff or a contributor reviews a health related book and posts his or her opinion.  Eat This Book has a 1 - 5 ranking system based upon the book’s overall usefulness, credibility and importance: 1 being a useless pack of lies and [...]

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 [...]

Several studies have shown that red meat, especially processed red meat, increases your risk for cancer, especially colon cancer. In addition, the World Cancer Fund and the American Institute for Cancer both report the relationship between red meat consumption and cancer.  They recommended the consumption of red meat should be kept to a minimum.

                                                          
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, continues to generated headlines that may lead the casual reader to believe that a low-carbohydrate (animal-food based) diet is the healthiest and most effective way to lose weight and lower cholesterol.
The Atkins Research Foundation funded the study (Hummm, no conflict there)! They also promoted the results to [...]

Article by guest blog author Jeff Novick, M.S., R.D.
Kentucky Fried Chicken is in the news because they are offering grilled chicken instead of fried chicken.  The fast food group said its grilled chicken has between 60 and 180 calories and three to nine grams of fat compared with fried chicken which typically contains between [...]

In his books and in his practice, Joel Fuhrman, M.D. advocates eating foods that deliver optimal health. Yet he also recommends taking certain vitamins and supplements, like his Gentle Care Formula multiple. Here he discusses that recommendation.

A recently published study in the British Journal of Nutrition found a certain type of fiber is associated with significantly reduced body fat, low BMI and more favorable sugar metabolism. 
 
Researchers showed that middle aged women who ate a diet rich in lignans had dramatically better glucose metabolism evidenced by blood testing that checks for [...]