Toxoplasmosis and Schizophrenia 

Toxoplasmosis and Schizophrenia 

The brain parasite toxoplasma may be one of the most important risk factors for schizophrenia.  Toxoplasma “infects about one-third of the population of developed countries” and about one in four adults in the United States. However, the “life-long presence of dormant...
Toxoplasmosis Infection from a Brain Parasite 

Toxoplasmosis Infection from a Brain Parasite 

Nearly one quarter of Americans have already been infected with the brain parasite toxoplasma.  Toxoplasma is a brain parasite that may infect a million Americans every year, making it “a leading cause of severe foodborne illness in the United States.” Nearly one...
Mastering Culinary Spices with Nisha Vora

Mastering Culinary Spices with Nisha Vora

  Meet Nisha Vora. We had the pleasure of talking with Nisha about all things spices. How did you learn about spices and their culinary richness? Were you taught by someone in your family, did you learn from experience, or both? I credit most of what I know about...
Cannabis and Pesticides

Cannabis and Pesticides

The biggest barrier to reducing toxic pesticides in cannabis is, not surprisingly, the cannabis industry itself. California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana. When labs started reporting they were finding high levels of pesticide residues, the Los...
Is the Cyanide in Flaxseed Harmful? 

Is the Cyanide in Flaxseed Harmful? 

In a worst-case scenario, how much flaxseed is too much?  Flaxseed packs “a nutritional punch,” and, as I discuss in my video Should We Be Concerned About the Cyanide from Flaxseed?, the “release of hydrogen cyanide from flaxseed…[is] below toxic lethal dose.” Well, I...