How to avoid fatty liver disease and lose those extra pounds

Just because you eat plenty of a particular nutrient in your diet always means that your body will be able to use it, right? Not exactly. Almost all of us have genetic variations that make it impossible to get everything our body needs from diet alone. This is especially true of oils.

This summertime favorite can lower LDL cholesterol and stop heart disease

I'm excited. Summer is right around the corner. And that means lots of great tasting fruit will be ripe and ready for eating. It's rarely a surprise to find out that one fruit or another is great for certain ailments. But researchers recently discovered a surprising benefit from a fruit that we don't hear much about.

Stopping colon cancer with a probiotic

I'm a huge fan of probiotics. But they do have their limitations. One of the biggest limitations is that not every product contains every strain of good bacteria. Even some of the best ones contain a limited number of strains. A new study shows why this might be important if you want to prevent colon cancer.

In the study, researchers compared 20 controls to 10 patients with colorectal cancer. They looked at various stool analyses and the effects of probiotic supplementation.