The Mediterranean Diet: Myth or Scientific Reality?

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Diana Artene

The "Mediterranean diet" is promoted globally as a symbol of health, associated with the prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and…

Smoking during the pandemic, ping-pong between panic and stupidity

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Reading the French study about smoking and Covid-19 I woke up pretty much just like Proust transported back in time…

Dietary supplements affecting blood clotting

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In the global uncertainty Coronavirus has abruptly threw us all in, many people are taking all sorts of dietary supplements…

Coronavirus – batshit crazy spring rolled Devil’s baby

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The story of the virus with a beer name (Coronavirus, so: Have it with lime!) began at a market. On…

Vitamin D supplements – hype and physiology

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Vitamin D supplements are more and more popular nowadays, this vitamin being promoted to do anything from preventing cancer or…

Cholesterol lowering, between laziness & superficiality

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Cardiovascular disease prevention by statins alone works as efficiently as the lovely story: "There was an important job to be…

Alkaline water and cancer

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Many people a little more attentive towards healthy eating started to drink alkaline water or to buy water alkalizing devices in…

Is meat carcinogenic?

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In articles dedicated to analysing the validity of the link between "animal protein" and cancer, I explained why this association…

Can breast cancer patients take statins?

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After breast surgery ± chemotherapy and radiotherapy, ER+ breast cancer patients start antiestrogenic treatment. Some of these patients – either…

What does it mean to be cured of cancer?

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In the virtual space, various pseudo-oncological cancer therapies are promoted on the basis of examples such as "I know X…