Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

Is Millet a Nutritious Grain? 

by | Apr 1, 2025 | Nutrition

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most healthful “Millets are highly nutritious but vastly ignored as a main source of food primarily due to lack of awareness.” Have you...
Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function? 

Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function? 

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Nutrition

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”? “Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified processed meat as carcinogenic to humans.” Also known as cured meat, such as bacon, ham, hot...
Heme Iron and Cancer 

Heme Iron and Cancer 

by | Mar 20, 2025 | Nutrition

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? In muscle meat, there is a heme protein that contributes to, well, the meaty taste of meat. There’s also a heme protein in the...
Heme and Impossible Burgers 

Heme and Impossible Burgers 

by | Mar 18, 2025 | Nutrition

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure? In an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the chair of nutrition at Harvard pointed out that many...