Key Takeaways for Allergy Season and a Recipe for Taquitos

Key Takeaways for Allergy Season and a Recipe for Taquitos

It’s spring here in the United States, which, for millions of people, means allergy season. While you may be feeling lousy because your immune system is busily attacking allergens left and right, that same heightened state of alertness may have benefits for your...
Black Salve Is a Dangerous Scam

Black Salve Is a Dangerous Scam

Is black salve, a paste made from bloodroot, safe and effective for the treatment of skin cancer? “Despite warnings from the American Academy of Dermatology and being listed as a ‘fake cancer cure’ by the FDA, black salve is still promoted on the internet through...
Cabbage Leaf Wraps for Arthritic Knees

Cabbage Leaf Wraps for Arthritic Knees

Unbelievably, a randomized controlled trial of cabbage leaf wraps for arthritis was published. In a section of the British Medical Journal called “Minerva,” where interesting little snippets are compiled, a picture was published of a woman who had taped a cabbage leaf...
Randomized Controlled Trials of Beans

Randomized Controlled Trials of Beans

Do legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—work only to prevent disease, or can they help treat and reverse it as well? Legumes—all kinds of beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—are “an excellent source of many essential nutrients, including vitamins,...
Blueberry Blocking Effects of Yogurt

Blueberry Blocking Effects of Yogurt

What happened when researchers tried to tease out what’s in dairy that interferes with the health benefits of berries and tea? A trio of Harvard studies that followed more than 100,000 women for more than a decade found that those consuming the most anthocyanins—the...