Metabolic syndrome is a medical condition, diagnosed when any three out of the following five risk factors occur together (1): Metabolic syndrome indicates a high risk of heart disease, type…
Fructose metabolism is significantly more harmful than other sugars. Fructose and glucose are the most commonly consumed simple sugars. They have the same amount of calories per gram, but differ…
The following is a list of the most important characteristics of cholesterol in order to understand why there are so many myths about it. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,…
One misconception about cancer is that its cells are acidic and/or cancer thrives in acidic environments resulting from an acid-forming diet. The alkaline diet supporters claim that by increasing the…
Cancer encompasses more than 100 diseases. All of these diseases have one thing in common: an abnormal and uncontrollable cell growth that can lead to serious illness and eventually death.…
