Was Your Mother Right—

Your mother was right: Eat your vegetables.

A lower risk of cancer at many different sites is seen in association with higher intakes of vegetables and fruit. There are many biologically plausible reasons for this potentially protective association. It is argued that increasing intake of plant foods to 400-800 g/day is a public health strategy of considerable importance for individuals and communities worldwide.

Was your mother right--do we always need to close the door?

Myopia: was mother right about reading in the dark?

Mother was right: eat your vegetables and do not spit! When oral nitrate helps with high blood pressure.

Higher incidence of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes is a price that the “industrialized” world pays for abrupt changes in lifestyle and habits. These diseases increase rapidly in fast growing economies, where changes in diet are a significant factor with higher intake in food rich in cholesterol, saturated fat, salt, and sugar. More abundant consumption of fruits and vegetables is o...

Does your mother know?

A scientist is on a long plane flight, and the stranger sitting next to her asks her what she does. She says she's an immunologist. "Oh really", says her seat mate, "what do you work on?" "The mechanism of antigen presentation by class I MHC molecules", she replies with a sinking feeling. "How interesting", he murmurs, pulling a copy of War and Peace from his bag, and another opportunity for sp...