The United States Department of Agriculture has an ongoing Pesticide Data Program that tests for pesticide residues on a variety of basic foods, especially those likely to be eaten by infants and children. The Environmental Working Group translates the USDA data into a list of the best and worst foods as far as pesticide residue levels are concerned.

In patients with Parkinson's 76% have elevated levels of a pesticide called beta-HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane), compared to 40% of controls. Pesticide exposure has been implicated as a Parkinson's risk factor for some time, but this is the first study linking a specific pesticide to Parkinson's disease

The recently discovered “gut-retina axis” describes a delicate inter-relationship between gut flora, immune cells that signal the retina, and the eye microbiome.

The FDA is Acquiring New Powers to Suppress Alternative HealthYour right to have free access to safe and highly effective dietary supplements is under an intense multi-pronged FDA attack. On May 14, 2007 the Supreme Court sided with the FDA by deciding not to hear the case of Nutraceutical v FDA, letting stand a federal appeals court ruling that...

Researchers trying to figure out why those of lower socioeconomic status have greater rates of heart disease came upon the interesting discovery that they had a significant lack of essential fatty acids in their red blood cells (meaning they don't consume much dietary or supplemental DHA or EPA).

It is one thing to take nutrition to help maintain general health and prevent disease, it is yet another to take nutrition to improve human ability. DHA is one nutrient that does both, as a new study proves that taking 1 gram of DHA per day (but not EPA) is associated with higher levels of oxygenated hemoglobin entering your brain. This enabled better...

Emerging roles of resolvins in the resolution of inflammation and pain.

Resolvins as regulators of the immune system.

Fish oil and neurovascular reactivity to mental stress in humans

Systems approach with inflammatory exudates uncovers novel anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving mediators.

D-series resolvin attenuates vascular smooth muscle cell activation and neointimal hyperplasia following vascular injury