CVV Ministries

Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough? The International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention has already had its share

Eating An Anti-Inflammatory Diet For Lupus

Green smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease lupus. There are dozens and dozens of journals I try to stay on top

Spend Time In Nature For Your Health?

For perhaps 99.99 percent of our time as a species on Earth, we lived outdoors in the natural environment. Might there be a health benefit

Exploring Mexican Cuisine With Alexa Soto

We had the pleasure of talking with Alexa Soto about her work, food, Mexican cuisine, and Hispanic Heritage Month. We hope you enjoy this interview

The Largest Study On Fasting In The World

The Buchinger modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a therapeutic measure”—was described as “the ideal measure for the human

Can Fasting Be Healing?

Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from? The story of life on Earth is a story of starvation. Ash from massive volcanoes and

What’s The Best Weight-Loss And Disease-Prevention Diet?

The most effective diet for weight loss may also be the most healthful. Why are vegetarian diets so effective in preventing and treating diabetes? Maybe

Can We Safely Use Melamine Dishes And Polyamide Plastic Utensils?

I recommend glass, ceramic, porcelain, or stainless steel tableware and wooden or stainless steel cooking utensils. Melamine is used to make a variety of hard

Is Stainless Steel Or Cast Iron Cookware Best? Is Teflon Safe?

What is the best type of pots and pans to use? In my last video, I expressed concerns about the use of aluminum cookware. So,

Can We Safely Use Aluminum Foil, Bottles, And Pots?

DNA damage is assessed in users of aluminum cookware. “Over the last decades, the toxicity of aluminum for humans has been heavily discussed and is

Is Creatine Safe And Efficient For High Homocysteine?

Those on a healthy plant based diet who have elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day

Creatine To Normalize Homocysteine In Vegetarians?

What are the consequences of having to make your creatine rather than relying on dietary sources? “Almost universally, research ?ndings show a poor vitamin B12

Testing For Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. There were two cases of young, strictly vegetarian

What About Homocysteine, Vitamin B12, And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

Not taking vitamin B12 supplements or regularly eating B12 fortified foods may explain the higher stroke risk found among vegetarians. Leonardo da Vinci had a stroke.

What About Animal Protein And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

Might animal protein induced increases in the cancer promoting growth hormone IGF 1 help promote brain artery integrity? In 2014, a study on stroke risk and dietary protein

What About Saturated Fat And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became westernized with more meat and dairy? As Japan westernized, the country’s

What About Vegan Junk Food And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

Just because you’re eating a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn’t mean you’re eating healthfully. “Plant Based Diets Are Associated with a Lower Risk of Incident Cardiovascular

What About Omega-3S And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk? In my last video, we started to explore what might explain the higher stroke

What About Vitamin D And Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk?

Could the apparent increased stroke risk in vegetarians be reverse causation? And what about vegetarians versus vegans? In the “Risks of Ischaemic Heart Disease and

The 411 On Statins

The cholesterol lowering statin drug Lipitor has become the best selling drug of all time, generating more than $140 billion in global sales. This class of drugs

The Stroke Risk Of Vegetarians

The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk. “When ranked in order

Eating To Lower Lp(A)

What should we eat—and not eat—to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a)? Lipoprotein A, also known as Lp(a), is an independent, genetic, and causal

How To Treat High Lp(A), An Atherosclerosis Risk Factor

What could help explain severe coronary disease in someone with a healthy lifestyle who is considered to be at low cardiovascular disease risk? A young

Eat Quinoa And Lower Triglycerides?

How do the nutrition and health effects of quinoa compare to other whole grains? “Approximately 90% of the world’s calories are provided by less than

Obesity And A Toxic Food Environment

Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more than public health and an interest in truth. When it

Corporate Influence And Our Epidemic Of Obesity

Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the irresistibility of

Should We Take Any Responsibility For The Obesity Epidemic?

The power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls. Food and beverage companies frame body weight as “a matter of personal

Are Food Ads Making Us Obese?

We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but if that were the case, we wouldn’t

Marketing Takes Off And Obesity Soars

The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic.

Do Taxpayer Subsidies Play A Role In The Obesity Epidemic?

Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions of dollars to support the likes of the sugar and meat industries? The rise in calorie surplus sufficient to

Processed Foods And Obesity

The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food, but a different kind of food. The rise

Cutting The Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods

We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range. The traditional medical

Are We Polar Bears In A Jungle?

Rather than being some kind of disorder or a failure of willpower, weight gain is largely a normal response by normal people to an abnormal

What Is The Role Of Our Genes In The Obesity Epidemic?

The “fat gene” accounts for less than 1 percent of the differences in size between people. To date, about a hundred genetic markers have been

The Roles Diet And Exercise Play In The Obesity Epidemic

The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of

What Should We Eat?

Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods. Instead of looking only at individual studies or individual

What Should We Drink?

Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda. If you’ve watched my videos or read my

Headache And Migraine Relief From Foods

Plant based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches. Headaches are one of the top five reasons people end up in emergency rooms

Children’s Cereals: Candy For Breakfast?

Plastering front of package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract us from the incongruity of feeding our children multicolored marshmallows for breakfast. The

Is All Vegan Food Healthy?

How do healthier plant based diets compare to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods when it comes to diabetes risk? In my video on flexitarians, I

How Much Added Sugar Is Okay?