NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

Foods That May Help Protect Against Fine Particulate Matter (Air Pollution)

What is the evidence that plant-based dietary patterns may reduce the detrimental impacts of air pollution, including one plant in particular?

Limit Outdoor Activity on High Air Pollution Days for Heart and Lung Health

Globally, air pollution is the second leading killer of humanity. What can we do about it?

Friday Favorites: Epigenetic Clocks for Testing Your Biological Age

Epigenetic clocks have become established as robust measures of chronological age, surpassing telomere length as the best age predictor.

Are Ultra-Processed Foods Addictive?

Our cravings aren’t an accident. They’re a business model.

How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Addictive Properties

Ultra processed food corporations didn’t just use the tobacco industry playbook—they were the tobacco industry.

Friday Favorites: Comparing Vegetarian and Vegan Athletic Performance, Endurance, and Strength

Long-term plant-based eating may improve exercise capacity and endurance.

Dietary Supplements for Treating Tinnitus

Most over-the-counter tinnitus supplements promise relief but lack solid evidence and may even carry risks.

Alternative and Lifestyle Treatments for Tinnitus Relief

What everyday strategies can make tinnitus easier to live with?

Friday Favorites: Do Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent Diabetes, Cancer Mortality, and Overall Mortality?

Randomized interventional trials are necessary to establish cause and effect.

Conventional Treatments for Tinnitus Relief

Cognitive behavioral therapy may reduce tinnitus distress, while most drugs fall short.

What Causes Tinnitus and How to Prevent It

Why do hundreds of millions of people hear sounds others can’t?

Friday Favorites: Any Benefits to Ear Candling? What’s the Best Way to Remove Ear Wax?

Photographs are taken inside the ear canal before and after ear candling to put it to the test. And irrigation? Also called ear syringing, it involves flushing out ear wa

How to Form Good Habits

Learn how to use implementation intentions.

How to Break Bad Habits

There are two ways to break a bad habit: change the cue or change the action.

Friday Favorites: Why Do Milk Drinkers Live Shorter Lives on Average?

How might we reduce the risk of premature death from dairy consumption?

How Long Does It Take to Form Healthy Habits?

The idea that habits form in 21 days is a myth.

The Effects of Glyphosate on Children and How to Reduce Exposure

Could low-level glyphosate exposure affect pregnancy or metabolic health in children?

Friday Favorites: Does Aluminum Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?

Although aluminum isn’t necessarily benign, what convinced me that it does not play a role in Alzheimer’s disease?

Are Consumers of GMO Crops Exposed to Enough Glyphosate to Increase Cancer Risk?

If most glyphosate exposure comes from food, how much do we actually absorb?

What Explains the Different Glyphosate Safety Conclusions?

If glyphosate was deemed “probably carcinogenic,” why did regulators still approve its use?