Category: alcohol

Understanding the Link Between Alcohol and Depression

addiction, alcohol, Diseases & Health Tips, Health tips, rehab, Substance Abuse / July 15, 2021 July 15, 2021

Alcohol abuse is closely correlated with depression. This doesn’t necessarily mean one causes the other, but many people who suffer from depressive disorders turn to alcohol to escape. On the other side of that coin, those who abuse or overuse alcohol can develop symptoms of depression or exacerbate symptoms that are already present. So, how …

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What Really Happens to Your Body When You Drink Alcohol?

alcohol, Biology, booze, breaking down alcohol, digestion, fat, fat storage, hangover, happy hour, liver, metabolism, Nutrition, Top Stories / April 7, 2021 April 7, 2021

If you’re a fan of fitness and of drinking, we’ve got some bad news for you.

Dietary Cure for Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Acne, alcohol, animal products, armpits, autoimmune diseases, beer, beverages, body odor, bread, brewer’s yeast, casein, chemotherapy, Crohn’s disease, dairy, Hidradenitis suppurativa, hormones, IGF-1, immune function, lactose, milk, News, Nutrition, nutritional yeast, pizza, skin disease, skin health, soy milk, sugar, surgery, yeast / February 23, 2021 February 23, 2021

What is the role of dairy- and yeast-exclusion diets on arresting and reversing an inflammatory autoimmune disease? A landmark study suggested that exposure to dietary yeast, like baker’s yeast, brewer’s yeast, and nutritional yeast, may worsen the course of Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease. The reason the researchers even thought to do the …

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Where Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, and Wine Come From?

alcohol, Antibiotics, Arkansas, arsenic, beverages, button mushrooms, California, carcinogens, chanterelle mushrooms, chicken, Children, clamshell mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, Environment, factory farming practices, fish, grains, heavy metals, industry influence, intelligence, Louisiana, maitake mushrooms, Mississippi, Missouri, mushrooms, nameko mushrooms, News, Nutrition, oyster mushrooms, pesticides, portobello mushrooms, poultry, rice, safety limits, seafood, shiitake mushrooms, Texas, trumpet mushrooms, wine / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020

What happens when our crops are grown in soil contaminated with arsenic-based pesticides and arsenic drug-laced chicken manure? When arsenic-containing drugs are fed to chickens, not only does the arsenic grow out into their feathers, which are then fed back to them as a slaughterhouse byproduct, but the arsenic can also get into their tissues …

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What White Blood Cell Count Should We Shoot for?

Africa, African Americans, alcohol, appendicitis, arthritis, Asia, Asthma, blood pressure, body fat, C-reactive protein, cancer, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular health, cholesterol, Chronic Diseases, dairy, diabetes, eggs, England, exercise, fatty liver disease, heart disease, heart health, high blood pressure, Hypertension, immune function, inflammation, Japan, junk food, lifespan, liposuction, longevity, lung disease, lung health, meat, mortality, News, Nutrition, obesity, plant-based diets, prediabetes, pregnancy, processed foods, rheumatoid arthritis, smoking, stroke, triglycerides, twins, United Kingdom, vegans, vegetarians, white blood cell count, womens health / October 29, 2020 October 29, 2020

At the start of my video What Does a Low White Blood Cell Count Mean?, you can see what it looks like when you take a drop of blood, smear it between two pieces of glass, and view at it under a microscope: a whole bunch of little, round, red blood cells and a few …

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No Purveyor of Unhealthy Products Wants the Public to Know the Truth

alcohol, animal products, Children, Denmark, fat, french fries, fruit, industry influence, junk food, Marketing, meat, News, Nutrition, nutrition myths, obesity, processed food, saturated fat, smoking, Soda, taxes, tobacco, vegetables / October 27, 2020 October 27, 2020

In 2011, Denmark introduced the world’s first tax on saturated fat. “After only 15 months, however, the fat tax was abolished,” due to massive pressure from farming and food company interests. “Public health advocates are weak in tackling the issues of corporate power…A well-used approach for alcohol, tobacco, and, more recently, food-related corporate interests is …

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The Crowding Out Strategy to Eating Healthier

alcohol, cancer, candy, Children, cookies, dietary guidelines, Europe, fruit, junk food, Lifestyle medicine, medical profession, mortality, News, Norway, Nutrition, obesity, processed foods, skin health, smoothies, Soda, Standard American Diet, sugar, USDA, vegetables, World Health Organization / July 28, 2020 July 28, 2020

It may be more expedient politically to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a decrease in consumption of unhealthy items, but it may be far less effective. The World Health Organization has estimated that more than a million deaths “worldwide are linked to low fruit and vegetable consumption.” What can be …

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What Happens if You Have Red Wine or Avocados with a Meal?

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Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial (after meal) inflammation caused by the consumption of refined carbohydrates and meat. Studies have shown how adding even steamed skinless chicken breast can exacerbate the insulin spike from white rice, but fish may be worse. At 0:18 in my video The Effects …

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Pill-Free Ways to improve Your Sex Life

alcohol, blood pressure, C-reactive protein, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular health, cholesterol, Chronic Diseases, erectile dysfunction, fiber, fruit, Harvard, heart disease, heart health, high blood pressure, hormones, Hypertension, industry influence, inflammation, lifespan, Lifestyle medicine, longevity, men's health, mortality, News, Nutrition, orgasm, penis health, plant-based diets, saturated fat, sexual dysfunction, sexual health, smoking, stress, testosterone, vegans, vegetables, vegetarians, womens health / June 25, 2020 June 25, 2020

“Sex is important to health,” according to the Harvard Health Letter. “Frequent sexual intercourse is associated with reduced heart attack risk.” But, as I discuss in my video Do Men Who Have More Sex Live Longer?, that seems to be the perfect case of reverse causation. They’re implying that more sex leads to healthier arteries, …

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Does Aspartame Cause Lymphoma?

alcohol, animal studies, artificial sweeteners, aspartame, brain health, brain tumors, cancer, carcinogens, FDA, formaldehyde, Harvard, hormones, lactose, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, News, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Nutrition, pancreatic cancer, processed foods, saccharin, Soda, sugar, sweeteners / May 5, 2020 May 5, 2020

The approval of aspartame has a controversial history. The Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that “there is a reasonable certainty that human consumption of aspartame: (1) …will not pose a risk of brain damage resulting in mental retardation, endocrine [hormonal] dysfunction, or both; and (2) will not cause brain tumors.” …

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What About the Sodium in Miso?

alcohol, blood pressure, cancer, dairy, fish, garlic, high blood pressure, Hypertension, Japan, Korea, meat, miso, News, Nutrition, onions, pickled vegetables, processed meat, salt, saturated fat, skim milk, smoking, sodium, soy, soy milk, soybeans, stomach cancer, stomach health, United Kingdom / April 14, 2020 April 14, 2020

According to the second World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research expert report, “[s]alt is a probable cause of stomach cancer,” one of the world’s leading cancer killers. If the report’s estimate of an 8 percent increase in risk for every extra gram of salt a day is correct, then in a country like …

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