Javed Alam

There’s a good reason so many people (mostly the sugar-burners, whose disparate group includes fruitarians, veg*ans, HEDers, body-builders, most MDs, the USDA - Javed Alam

A promising clinical study shows that the turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor) improves the immune systems of breast cancer patients. - Javed Alam

There’s a good reason so many people (mostly the sugar-burners, whose disparate group includes fruitarians, veg*ans, HEDers, body-builders, most MDs, the USDA - Javed Alam

A promising clinical study shows that the turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor) improves the immune systems of breast cancer patients. - Javed Alam

When goats are bred for dairy farming, the billies are killed at birth. Many farmers believe it's more ethical to rear them free-range for meat instead – and the restaurants are happy too - Javed Alam

When goats are bred for dairy farming, the billies are killed at birth. Many farmers believe it's more ethical to rear them free-range for meat instead – and the restaurants are happy too - Javed Alam

Stinging nettle, - Javed Alam

Stinging nettle, - Javed Alam

Zoe Harcombe looks at the advice for diabetics - Javed Alam

Zoe Harcombe looks at the advice for diabetics - Javed Alam

Dentist Weston Price, in his seminal 1930s book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration,' predicted that processed food would put American democracy in peril. - Javed Alam

Dentist Weston Price, in his seminal 1930s book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration,' predicted that processed food would put American democracy in peril. - Javed Alam

The United States founded the Internet, so it’s somewhat ironic that none of the 50 best-connected cities in the world today is American. - Javed Alam

An animation shows how a variety of urban spaces can become miniature farms. - Javed Alam

What do you and your family eat each week? You may be shocked to see the significant variation even between relatively 'similar' nations. - Javed Alam

In July 2011 the Adunni Susanne Wenger Foundation Nigeria and German NGO SONED started to build up the Environmental Education Centre "Permaculture Forest Garden" in the village of Gberefu, Lagos State. - Javed Alam

CBS News video: Type 2 diabetes harder to treat in kids: study - A new study on type 2 diabetes reveals it's harder to treat in children than adults, and a two-drug approach may be the most effective. Dr. Mark Hyman, author of "The Blood Sugar Solution," speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the study. - Javed Alam

Maligned for decades, the message from many health organizations has been the same: reduce or cut the fat. However, the idea of fat as universally "bad" simply isn't true. - Javed Alam

U.S. health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol. That may seem incredible in a nation where two-thirds of adults are overweight - Javed Alam