Over the past 50 years we have learned much about how diet affects cancer risk. If Americans adopted the current dietary guidelines issued by the National Cancer Institute, cancer rates would decrease by as much as 25 to 50%. Plant foods are protecti...
Can vegetarians possibly get enough iron? The most recent information from the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)--which establishes nutrient recommendations for Americans--says that vegetarians need nearly twice as much iron as omnivores....
A number of studies show that vegetarians have lower blood levels of cholesterol than people who eat meat. Research from the American Health Foundation in New York found that lacto-ovo vegetarians had blood cholesterol levels that were 14% lower than...
The past decade has seen increased usage of a number of drugs aimed at reducing cholesterol levels and the risk for heart disease. In particular, a class of drugs called statins, which work by inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol by the liver, hav...
