Is the Cyanide in Flaxseeds Destroyed by Cooking? 

Is the Cyanide in Flaxseeds Destroyed by Cooking? 

My Daily Dozen recommends at least one tablespoon of ground flaxseeds a day, but what’s this about cyanide?  Sweden’s dietary guidelines are pioneering in many ways. For example, they encourage people to decrease their climate impact by choosing more plant-based...
The Effect of Wi-Fi Radiation on Brain Function 

The Effect of Wi-Fi Radiation on Brain Function 

What have more than a hundred studies on Wi-Fi and human brain wave modulation found?  You may recall that I’ve addressed how cell phones may affect brain function and how both cell phones and Wi-Fi may affect male fertility, but what about the effects of Wi-Fi on...
The Benefits of Sweet Potatoes Infographic

The Benefits of Sweet Potatoes Infographic

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite vegetables and a delicious way for me to tick off the “other vegetables” boxes on my Daily Dozen checklist. What has the latest research on their benefits found? What is the best way to cook them? This infographic summarizes the...
What Is the Best Diet for Diabetes?

What Is the Best Diet for Diabetes?

The case for plant-based eating to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger. There are all sorts of different scoring systems to rate diet quality. My favorite, for its simplicity, is the dietary phytochemical index—a fancy name for a simple concept. It’s...
The Symptoms of Orthorexia Nervosa

The Symptoms of Orthorexia Nervosa

Orthorexia nervosa is “an unrecognized psychological eating disorder in which the person becomes obsessed with eating pure, healthy and right kinds of foods to improve health.” Whereas individuals with recognized eating disorders like anorexia are concerned with the...
What Is Orthorexia?

What Is Orthorexia?

I trace the source and legitimacy of a disorder purporting to describe an “unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.”  Orthorexia nervosa is described as “a fixation on the virtue of food or unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.” Orthorexia has been styled as a type...