Antioxidants reduce oxidative stress (OS), and since “oxidative stress is implicated in virtually every known disease”, doing all we can to reduce this promotes a longer, healthier life.

Dr. Greger’s NutritionFacts.org filed a FOIA request to gain access to these communications, and as a result, we have learned some very interesting insights to how the US Department of Agriculture actually views eggs.

There was a lawsuit a number of years ago where McDonald’s was suing some activists for making misleading claims.  During the course of the trial, a McDonald’s executive was put on the stand who said that Coca-Cola contains water which is an essential nutrient.  Can you think of any other way to get water that does come packaged with high-fructose corn syrup, phosphoric acid, and caffeine? The same principle applies to calcium.  When using dairy as a means of obtaining calcium, what comes with it?  

There are two Adventists health studies: Adventist Health Study 1 (AHS-1), and Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2).  Both are cohort studies of members of the 7th Day Adventist church, and together span 40 years. This group is studied because they are a blue zone, meaning one of the longest lived populations in the western hemisphere.