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Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond
The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon. After ...View More
Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality
Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 ...View More
How Healthy Are Baruka Nuts?
How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a new nut on the marke ...View More
Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels?
If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what ...View More
Is Aflatoxin a Concern?
Is “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? What do we do about toxic mold contamination of food? In rece ...View More
Are the Effects of Ochratoxin Concerning?
The overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated. Ochratoxin has ...View More
Mold Toxins in Cereals, Herbs, Spices, and Wine
Most crops are contaminated with fungal mycotoxins, but some foods are worse than others. Oats can b ...View More
The Effects of Fasting on Cancer
Ever since the days of Hippocrates, 2,400 years ago, fasting has been offered as a treatment for acu ...View More
Fungal Toxins for Breakfast?
One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycoto ...View More
Heavy Metal, Headbanging, and Our Health
How might we moderate the rare but very real risk of headbanging? If you search for heavy metal in t ...View More
