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Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM brings you the latest in nutrition-related research delivered in easy to understand video segments.

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Do Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent Diabetes, Cancer Mortality, and Overall Mortality? from 2023-12-13T12:50:07

Randomized interventional trials are necessary to establish cause-and-effect.

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Acid Reflux Medicine May Cause Osteoporosis from 2023-12-11T12:50:05

Stomach acid–blocking proton pump inhibitor drugs—PPIs with brand names like Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Protonix, and AcipHex—appear to significantly increase the risk of bone fractures.

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Friday Favorites: Are Fortified Kids’ Breakfast Cereals Healthy or Just Candy? from 2023-12-08T12:50:50

The industry’s response to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary.

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The Benefits of Topical Vitamin C for Reversing Skin Aging from 2023-12-06T12:50:45

What are the pros and cons of alpha hydroxy acid lotions and chemical peels, as well as the roles of topical antioxidants vitamin E and C, in reversing the signs of aging?

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The Benefits of Topical Niacinamide for Reversing Skin Aging from 2023-12-04T12:50:29

Niacinamide, a form of vitamin B3 also known as nicotinamide, is a precursor to two potent antioxidants that can help reverse signs of skin aging.

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Friday Favorites: Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss or Should It Be Skipped? from 2023-12-01T12:50:41

Is the link between breakfast skipping and obesity cause-and-effect? Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning ca...

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Topical Retinoids to Reverse Skin Aging from 2023-11-29T12:50:55

Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid (sold under a variety of brands including Retin-A), can reverse the signs of aging, but at what cost?

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What Is the Most Important Anti-Aging Cream Ingredient? from 2023-11-27T12:50:39

Most anti-aging creams may work no better than typical moisturizers.

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Friday Favorites: The Healthiest Food Sources of Vitamin B12 from 2023-11-24T12:50:43

What are the best green-light (whole food plant-based) sources of vitamin B12?

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Soy Foods for Menopause Hot Flash Symptoms from 2023-11-20T12:50:48

Soy can be considered a first-line treatment for menopausal hot flash and night sweat symptoms.

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Friday Favorites: What Are the Best Foods? from 2023-11-17T12:50:52

A review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods.

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Menopausal Hot Flashes Are Not Inevitable from 2023-11-15T12:50:04

Why do 85 percent of menopausal women suffer hot flashes in some countries but only 15 percent in others?

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Does Prevagen Really Work? from 2023-11-13T12:50:16

Why did the makers of Prevagen settle a class action lawsuit in 2020 with the FTC over deceptive business practices and false advertising? Is Prevagen safe?

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Friday Favorites: The 3,500 Calorie per Pound Rule Is Wrong from 2023-11-10T12:50:48

How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound of body fat?

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VSED: The Downsides of Fasting for Ending Life from 2023-11-08T12:50:03

What are the pros and cons of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking to end your life?

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VSED: The Benefits of Fasting for Ending Life from 2023-11-06T12:50:16

Even under hospice with excellent palliative care, some spend their last months in uncontrollable suffering. What can be done in places in the United States that outlaw physician-assisted dying?

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Friday Favorites: Fasting for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases from 2023-11-03T11:50:04

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connect...

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How to Die a Good Death from 2023-11-01T11:50:02

Hospice is often framed as “giving up,” but, ironically, hospice patients sometimes actually live longer

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Is It Possible to Reverse Aging and Live Forever? from 2023-10-30T11:50:18

Some animals, like the immortal jellyfish, can effectively live forever, so why can’t we?

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Friday Favorites: What Are the Best Beverages? from 2023-10-27T11:50:04

A review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda

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Caffeine Shampoo and Rosemary Oil for Hair Growth from 2023-10-25T11:50:21

I cover natural topical treatments for hair growth, including pumpkin seed oil, caffeine, green tea, pyrithione zinc, ginger, Chinese knotweed, and rosemary.

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Controversy Around FDA’s Approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab from 2023-10-23T11:50:36

I discuss the safety and efficacy of the newest Alzheimer's drug treatments, aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi).

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Friday Favorites: Why People Gain Weight in the Fall from 2023-10-20T11:50

A list of “specific recommendations for the prevention of obesity by improving the circadian system health.”

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The Diet Shown to Slow Age-Related Hearing Loss from 2023-10-18T11:50:29

An interventional trial found that dietary changes may slow or even reverse the loss of hearing.

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The Supplement Shown to Slow Age-Related Hearing Loss from 2023-10-16T11:50:20

Some studies found that higher levels of folate in the blood seem to correlate with better hearing, so researchers decided to put it to the test.

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Friday Favorites: Are BCAA (Branched Chain Amino Acids) Healthy? from 2023-10-13T11:50:50

Why we may want to strive not to exceed the recommended intake of protein.

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Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Preventable, So What Causes It? from 2023-10-11T11:50:21

Why do some populations retain their hearing into old age?

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Update on Vegetarian Stroke Risk from 2023-10-09T11:50:09

Those eating more plant-based diets have lower risk of having a stroke, including both bleeding and clotting strokes.

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Friday Favorites: What Are the Health Benefits of Sorghum? from 2023-10-06T11:50:25

How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? Learn why sorghum is one of my favorite new grains, and the benefits of red sorghum compared to bla...

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Fall Prevention Is the Most Important Thing for Preventing Osteoporosis Bone Fractures from 2023-10-04T11:50:23

A combination of resistance exercise to improve lower limb muscle strength and balance training can beat out drugs for preventing osteoporotic bone fractures.

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Dietary Sources of the “Longevity Vitamin” Ergothioneine from 2023-10-02T11:50:07

It may be even more important to include mushrooms (or tempeh) in our diet as we age.

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Friday Favorites: Are Pre-Cut Vegetables Just as Healthy? from 2023-09-29T11:50:01

Endotoxins can build up on pre-chopped vegetables and undermine some of their benefits.

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Are There Any Side Effects to Taking Creatine? from 2023-09-27T11:50:20

A misinterpretation of lab tests may explain concerns over kidney safety with creatine supplementation.

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What Is Creatine? Can It Treat Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss with Age)? from 2023-09-25T11:50:25

When accompanied by a progressive strength-training regimen, 3 grams of creatine a day may improve muscle performance in older adults.

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Friday Favorites: Foods that Help Headache and Migraine Relief from 2023-09-22T11:50:32

Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.

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Soy Milk for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms from 2023-09-20T11:50:06

Soy foods may explain why Japanese-American women not only have the lowest rates of hot flashes in the United States but also have the lowest rates of vaginal dryness.

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Hormone Treatment (Estrogen Pills and Creams) for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms from 2023-09-18T11:50:42

Does vaginal estrogen carry the same risk as oral estrogen?

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Friday Favorites: Hospitals Profit on Junk Food from 2023-09-15T11:50:13

Why is hospital food so unhealthy?

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The Best Moisturizers and Lubricants for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms from 2023-09-13T11:50:43

I discuss the first-line management of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (vulvovaginal atrophy).

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The Best Diet for COVID and Long-COVID from 2023-09-11T11:50:04

Healthy plant-based diets appear to help reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 and getting infected in the first place, even independent of comorbidities.

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Book Trailer for How Not to Age from 2023-09-08T11:50:41

Learn about my newest book, How Not to Age.

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The Side Effects of Yoga from 2023-09-06T11:50:56

What is the rate of yoga injuries compared to other activities?

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Yoga Put to the Test for IBS, Inflammatory Bowel, Menopause, and Osteoporosis from 2023-09-04T11:50:16

A study using sham acupuncture underscores the necessity of controlling for expectancy effects.

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Friday Favorites: Which Foods and Diets Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint? from 2023-09-01T11:50:50

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents?

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Yoga Put to the Test for Depression, Anxiety, and Urinary Incontinence from 2023-08-30T11:50:41

Which of the 50 different yoga styles have been shown to be best?

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Yoga Put to the Test for Headaches, Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, and the Elderly from 2023-08-28T11:50:54

What happens when real yoga is compared to sham yoga?

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Friday Favorites: Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease from 2023-08-25T11:50:34

See what a penny a day worth of garlic powder can do.

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Yoga Put to the Test for MS, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Insomnia, and Breast Cancer from 2023-08-23T11:50:22

Is yoga better than other types of exercise, better than nothing but similar to other physical activity, or not beneficial even when it’s compared to doing nothing at all?

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How to Prove Whether Yoga Has Special Health Benefits from 2023-08-21T11:50:02

Yoga practitioners are healthier, but does practicing yoga lead to good health, or does good health lead to practicing yoga?

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Friday Favorites: Benefits of Flaxseeds for Inflammation from 2023-08-18T11:50:55

Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flaxseed.

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Why Vegans Should Eat More Plant-Based from 2023-08-16T11:50:18

One cannot assume that simply avoiding animal foods will necessarily produce a healthy diet.

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The Risks and Benefits of Mindfulness for Weight Loss from 2023-08-14T11:50:52

Contrary to popular perception, the evidence for even the most well-founded benefits of mindfulness meditation is not entirely conclusive.

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Friday Favorites: Kids’Breakfast Cereals as Nutritional Façade from 2023-08-11T11:50:53

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

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Mindful Eating vs. Cognitive Defusion for Food Cravings from 2023-08-09T11:50:09

Of all the mindfulness skills, cognitive defusion appears to be the most effective, simple, and efficient approach to manage food cravings.

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How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Without Sleeping Pills from 2023-08-07T11:50:28

Taking less than just 18 Ambien-class sleeping pills in an entire year may triple the risk of dying prematurely.

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Friday Favorites: The Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Optimal Dosage for Adults from 2023-08-04T11:50:56

B12 deficiency is known as “The Great Masquerader.”

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Is Soy Milk the Most Nutritious Non-Dairy Milk? from 2023-08-02T11:50:37

Soy milk is compared to dairy milk and other plant-based milks.

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Which Foods Are the Most Anti-Angiogenic? from 2023-07-31T11:50:26

For cancer prevention, researchers suggest “constant consumption” of anti-angiogenic foods.

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Friday Favorites: For Flavonoid Benefits, Don’t Peel Apples from 2023-07-28T11:50:42

Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples and spinach in a test of artery function.

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Targeting Angiogenesis to Lose Weight from 2023-07-26T11:50:21

Expanding body fat releases blood supply-generating factors that may end up hooking up tumors, too.

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Greens, Green Tea, and Nuts Put to the Test for Telomeres from 2023-07-24T11:50:50

Not all plant foods are linked to less cellular aging based on telomere attrition, and not all animal foods are linked to more.

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Friday Favorites: Is Vegan Food Always Healthy? from 2023-07-21T11:50:53

Healthier plant-based diets compared to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods on diabetes risk.

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What to Eat to Prevent Telomere Shortening from 2023-07-19T11:50:23

The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of plant-based diets may explain why they can effectively reverse cellular aging by elongating telomeres.

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Are Beyond Meat Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthy? from 2023-07-17T11:50:33

The SWAP-MEAT study puts Beyond Meat products to the test.

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Friday Favorites: Type 1 Diabetes Treatment–A Plant-Based Diet from 2023-07-14T11:50:43

Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough?

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Are Beer, Bananas, and B Vitamins Mosquito Repellents? from 2023-07-12T11:50:40

What happens when mosquitos put on beer goggles?

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Does Eating Garlic Reduce Mosquito Bites? from 2023-07-10T11:50:53

Garlic is put to the test as a repellent for mosquitoes and ticks.

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Friday Favorites: What’s the Ideal BMI and Waist Size? from 2023-07-07T11:50:41

Is there a unisex chart to see what your optimal weight might be based on your height? Increased risk of metabolic complications starts at an abdominal circumference of 31.5 inches in women and 37 ...

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Fecal Transplants for Aging and Weight Loss from 2023-07-05T11:50:58

Does poop from centenarians have anti-aging properties?

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Plant-Based Diet for Minimal Change Disease of the Kidney from 2023-07-03T11:50:49

What are the three reasons plant protein is preferable to animal protein for kidney protection?

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Friday Favorites: Neurotoxicity Effects of Star Fruit from 2023-06-30T11:50:47

Star fruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses.

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The Benefits of Gum Chewing for Halitosis (Bad Breath) from 2023-06-28T11:50:16

Are any gum flavors better than others?

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Fasting to Detox from 2023-06-26T11:50:55

How might we help flush the pollutants stored in our fat that come spilling out into our bloodstream during weight loss?

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Friday Favorites: The Recommended Daily Added Sugar Intake from 2023-06-23T11:50:16

Public health authorities continue to drop the upper tolerable limit of daily added sugar intake

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Dietary Cholesterol and Inflammation from Abdominal Obesity from 2023-06-21T11:50:56

The optimal intake of dietary cholesterol may be zero.

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How Hot Peppers May Extend Your Life from 2023-06-19T11:50:06

Spice can hack your brain by making foods taste saltier.

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Friday Favorites: How to Reverse Heart Failure with Diet from 2023-06-16T11:50:23

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal of congestive heart failure.

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Is Spicy Food Good for You? from 2023-06-14T11:50:48

Those who eat spicy foods regularly tend to live longer, but is it cause-and-effect?

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How to Treat Body Odor with Diet from 2023-06-12T11:50:44

Deodorize from the inside out with food.

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Friday Favorites: Are Weight-Loss Supplements Safe and Effective? from 2023-06-09T11:50:04

Only 2 out of 12 supplement companies were found to have products that were even accurately labeled. Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss?

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Better to Exercise Before or After Meals for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Control? from 2023-06-07T11:50:01

If people burn more fat on the days they exercise before eating, rather than afterwards, why doesn’t this translate into more weight loss?

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The Best Time to Exercise for Weight Loss from 2023-06-05T11:50:35

Burn off significantly more body fat exercising before meals, rather than after them.

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Friday Favorites: Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods from 2023-06-02T11:50:30

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

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Improving VO2 Max: A Look at Vegetarian and Vegan Athletes from 2023-05-31T11:50:13

Plant-based diets improve the performance of athletes and nonathletes alike.

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Vitamin D Supplements Tested for COPD, Heart Disease, Depression, Obesity, and Cancer Survival from 2023-05-29T11:50:40

Before watching the video, can you guess which conditions vitamin D has actually been proven to work for in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials?

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Friday Favorites: Are Ancient Grains Healthier? from 2023-05-26T11:50:56

Ancient wheats like kamut are put to the test for inflammation, blood sugar, and cholesterol control.

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Topical Apple Cider Vinegar for Treating Varicose Veins from 2023-05-24T11:50:37

What are the results of a randomized controlled trial on the effect of topical apple cider vinegar on varicose veins?

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The Negative Effects and Benefits of Plant-Based Diets from 2023-05-22T11:50:09

What are the pros and cons of plant-based eating?

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Friday Favorites: The Best Knee Replacement Alternative for Osteoarthritis Treatment from 2023-05-19T11:50:41

Is there a nonsurgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that instead treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?

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Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough? from 2023-05-17T11:50:30

Just because we don’t have evidence that there is a growing epidemic of sleep deprivation doesn't necessarily mean we are getting enough sleep.

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Plant-Based Pregnancy Outcomes and Breast Milk from 2023-05-15T11:50:41

The composition of breast milk is compared between vegetarian and nonvegetarian women.

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Friday Favorites: Benefits of Grapes for Brain Health from 2023-05-12T11:50:13

Grape juice and whole grapes are put to the test for brain function, including cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s.

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Fat-Blocking Benefits of Hibiscus Tea from 2023-05-10T11:50:11

What did a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of hibiscus tea for weight loss find?

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Strategies to Eat Less Meat from 2023-05-08T11:50:20

What is the most effective way to help people reduce their meat consumption?

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Friday Favorites: Boosting Anticancer Natural Killer Cell Function with Forest Bathing from 2023-05-05T11:50:52

Visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both the number and activity of natural killer cells, one of the ways our body fights off cancer.  Can the aroma of wood essential oils replic...

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Natural Alternatives to DEET Mosquito Repellent from 2023-05-03T11:50:51

Picaridin, citronella, and lemon eucalyptus are put to the test.

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Is DEET the Best Mosquito Repellent? from 2023-05-01T11:50:35

What are the pros and cons of DEET mosquito repellent?

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Friday Favorites: Are There Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature? from 2023-04-28T11:50:03

Studies on green exercising, the value of greenspaces, or even just viewing trees outside the window on surgery recovery.

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Fecal Transplants for Ulcerative Colitis, MS, Depression, Bipolar, and Alcoholism from 2023-04-26T11:50:51

I go over randomized, controlled trials and case reports of stool transplants for various clinical conditions.

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Plant-Based Diet for Treating and Reversing Stage 3 Kidney Disease from 2023-04-24T11:50:45

I share a touching story of the power of plant-based eating for chronic kidney failure.

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Friday Favorites: Win-Win Dietary Solutions to the Climate Crisis from 2023-04-21T11:50:42

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health.

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Can Stress Cause Halitosis (Bad Breath)? from 2023-04-19T11:50:43

How can stress and menstrual cycles affect the smell of our breath?

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Spontaneous Regression of Cancer with Fasting from 2023-04-17T11:50:45

How can we naturally increase the activity of our cancer-fighting natural killer cells?

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Friday Favorites: Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Acne, Bone Fractures, and Lung Cancer? from 2023-04-14T11:50:02

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections. What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about the effects on cancer risk,...

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A Case of Stage 3 Cancer Reversal with Fasting from 2023-04-12T11:50:21

I go over a case report of water-only fasting, followed by a whole food, plant-based diet for follicular lymphoma.

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Is Swimming Good for Weight Loss? from 2023-04-10T11:50:49

Exercising in cool water or under cool conditions on land can lead to an increase in post-workout calorie intake.

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Why Don’t People Eat Healthier? from 2022-03-14T11:50:57

The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle.

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Flashback Friday: Oil Pulling Benefits for Plaque, Gingivitis, Teeth Whitening, and Bad Breath Tested from 2022-03-11T12:50:47

Oil pulling is put to the test head-to-head against chlorhexidine mouthwash for oral and dental health measures. It is also tested for teeth whitening, halitosis, and dental enamel erosion, the res...

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Breast Cancer and the Bovine Leukemia Virus in Meat and Dairy from 2022-03-09T12:50:32

Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or dairy) is a risk factor for cancer.

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Bovine Leukemia Virus as a Cause of Breast Cancer from 2022-03-07T12:50:49

As many as 37 percent of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to bovine leukemia virus.

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Flashback Friday: The Best Food for High Cholesterol from 2022-03-04T12:50:56

Are the apparently amazing benefits of amla—dried Indian gooseberries—too good to be true?

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Cancer-Causing NDMA in Medications (Zantac, Metformin) and Meat from 2022-03-02T12:50:05

Billion-dollar drugs pulled from the market for carcinogenic contamination less than that found in a single serving of grilled chicken.

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How to Increase Your Life Expectancy 12 to 14 Years from 2022-02-28T12:50:10

What can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending, lifestyle changes?

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Flashback Friday: Are Microwaves Safe?&The Effects of Radiation Leaking from Microwave Ovens from 2022-02-25T12:50:34

The hazards of microwave ovens may not be what you might expect.

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Do Vitamin C Supplements Help with Anxiety? from 2022-02-23T12:50:49

What are the risks and benefits of using vitamin C for depression and anxiety?

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The Healthiest Type of Potato from 2022-02-21T12:50:37

Are yellow-fleshed potatoes healthier than white? And, what about the glycoalkaloid toxins?

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Flashback Friday: The Worst Food for Tooth Decay from 2022-02-18T12:50:11

One of the worst breakfast cereals will surprise you.

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How to Reduce the Glycemic Impact of Potatoes from 2022-02-16T12:50:06

Broccoli, vinegar, and lemon juice are put to the test to blunt the glycemic index of white potatoes.

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Glycemic Index of Potatoes: Why You Should Chill and Reheat Them from 2022-02-14T12:50:22

If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated, you can get a nearly 40 percent lower glycemic impact.

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Flashback Friday: Does Nutritional Yeast Trigger Crohn’s Disease? from 2022-02-11T12:50:15

Is the exaggerated reaction of many Crohn’s disease patients to baker’s, brewer’s, and nutritional yeast just a consequence of their inflamed leaky gut, or might the yeast be a contributing cause?

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Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Death? from 2022-02-09T12:50:33

Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters?

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Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of Diabetes? from 2022-02-07T12:50:57

Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or sour cream?

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Flashback Friday: Is Lipstick Safe Given the Lead Contamination? from 2022-02-04T12:50:56

Dozens of lipsticks and lip glosses are put to the test.

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Prunes: A Natural Remedy for Constipation from 2022-02-02T12:50:18

Prunes, figs, and exercise are put to the test as natural home remedies for constipation.

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The Carcinogen Glycidol in Cooking Oils from 2022-01-31T12:50:33

Glycidol may help explain why people who eat fried foods get more cancer.

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Flashback Friday: Which Is a Better Breakfast—Cereal or Oatmeal? from 2022-01-28T12:50:23

The remarkable impact of the structure of food beyond nutritional content or composition.

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Which Foods Are Anti-Inflammatory? from 2022-01-26T12:50:35

Foods that reduce inflammation. What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like?

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Foods That Cause Inflammation from 2022-01-24T12:50:33

Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are the worst?

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Flashback Friday: Best Food to Prevent Common Childhood Infections from 2022-01-21T12:50:19

The amount of beta-glucan fiber in just a dusting of nutritional yeast a day is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial for the prevention of common childhood illnes...

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Pomegranate: A Natural Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis from 2022-01-19T12:50:19

Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Fighting the Ten Hallmarks of Cancer with Food from 2022-01-17T12:50:31

The foundation of cancer prevention is plants, not pills.

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Flashback Friday: How to Avoid Lectin Poisoning from 2022-01-14T12:50:27

How can we properly cook beans?

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Pesticides and Cancer Risk from 2022-01-12T12:50:35

Does choosing organic over conventional foods protect against cancer? The effects of pesticides on cancer risk.

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How Useful Is Personalized Nutrition? from 2022-01-10T12:50:09

Perhaps it should be less about personalized nutrition and more about taking personal responsibility for your health.

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Flashback Friday: Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist from 2022-01-07T12:50:51

In my book How Not to Die, I center my recommendations around a Daily Dozen checklist of all the things I try to fit into my daily routine.

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The Role Milk May Play in Triggering Parkinson’s Disease from 2022-01-05T12:50:41

Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or the milk sugar galactose?

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Onions Put to the Test for Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS Treatment from 2022-01-03T12:50:52

Weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS treatment with diet. What can an eighth of a teaspoon a day of onion powder do for body fat, and what can raw red onion do for cholesterol?

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Flashback Friday: Dr. Greger in the Kitchen—My New Favorite Beverage from 2021-12-31T12:50:14

Dr. Greger blends up a vegetable smoothie inspired by a recipe in The How Not to Die Cookbook.

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Extreme Weight-Loss Devices from 2021-12-29T12:50:28

I discuss the safety and efficacy for weight loss of everything from Botox and corsets to siphons and tapeworms.

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Is Gastric Balloon Surgery Safe and Effective for Weight Loss? from 2021-12-27T12:50:05

Sham surgery trials have shown us that some of our most popular surgeries are themselves shams.

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Flashback Friday: The Best Diet for Upset Stomach from 2021-12-24T12:50:54

What to avoid and what to eat to help with dyspepsia.

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Mixed Nuts Put to the Test for Erectile Dysfunction from 2021-12-22T12:50:33

Walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts are put to the test for erectile and sexual function, sperm count, and semen quality.

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How to Heal a Leaky Gut with Diet from 2021-12-20T12:50:06

The recommended diet for leaky gut treatment. Which foods and food components can boost the integrity of our intestinal barrier?

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Flashback Friday: The Effects of Avocados&Red Wine on Meal-Induced Inflammation from 2021-12-17T12:50:48

Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial (after-meal) inflammation caused by the consumption of refined carbohydrates and meat.

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Avoid These Foods to Prevent a Leaky Gut from 2021-12-15T12:50:42

Avoid these foods for leaky gut prevention: common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier.

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Plant-Based Eating Score Put to the Test from 2021-12-13T12:50:02

How can you get a perfect diet score?

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Flashback Friday: What Is the Optimal Vitamin C Intake? from 2021-12-10T12:50:12

Experiments showing how much vitamin C our body absorbs and excretes can give us a sense of how many vitamin C rich fruits and vegetables we should be eating each day.

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Are PCSK9 Inhibitors for LDL Cholesterol Safe and Effective? from 2021-12-08T12:50:29

Those with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect with drugs?

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Can Cholesterol Get Too Low? from 2021-12-06T12:50:31

Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90 percent of our risk for having a heart attack, whereas drugs may only reduce risk by 20 to 30 percent?

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Flashback Friday: Best Way to Cook Vegetables from 2021-12-03T12:50:58

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention.

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Fasting to Reverse Diabetes from 2021-12-01T12:50:57

By losing 15 percent of their body weight, nearly 90 percent of those who’ve had type 2 diabetes for less than four years can achieve remission.

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Are Onions Beneficial for Testosterone, Osteoporosis, Allergies, and Cancer? from 2021-11-29T12:50:16

What did randomized controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions?

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Flashback Friday: Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer from 2021-11-26T12:50:09

Pomegranate juice for prostate cancer was finally put to the test in a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Arthritis from 2021-11-24T12:50:28

What happened when topical olive oil was pitted against an ibuprofen-type drug for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?

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How Sustainable Is the Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery? from 2021-11-22T12:50:39

Weight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects.

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Flashback Friday: Big Salt—Getting to the Meat of the Matter from 2021-11-19T12:50:04

Why does the meat industry add salt to its products when millions of lives are at stake?

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Bariatric Surgery vs. Diet to Reverse Diabetes from 2021-11-17T12:50:01

Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk.

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The Complications of Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery from 2021-11-15T12:50:06

The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon.

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Flashback Friday: Best Supplements for Prostate Cancer from 2021-11-12T12:50:41

What would happen if you secretly gave cancer patients four of the healthiest foods?

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The Mortality Rate of Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery from 2021-11-10T12:50:24

Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients on average.

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Are Baruka Nuts the Healthiest Nut? from 2021-11-08T12:50:59

How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts?

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Flashback Friday: Blueberries for a Diabetic Diet and DNA Repair from 2021-11-05T11:50:44

Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.

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Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels? from 2021-11-03T11:50:31

If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora?

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Should We Be Concerned About Aflatoxin? from 2021-11-01T11:50:57

Is “toxic mold syndrome” a real thing? And, what do we do about toxic mold contamination of food?

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Flashback Friday: Which Has More Caramel Coloring Carcinogens–Coke or Pepsi? from 2021-10-29T11:50:32

How many cola cancer cases are estimated to be caused by Coke and Pepsi in New York versus California, where a carcinogen labeling law (Prop 65) exists?

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Should We Be Concerned About the Effects of Ochratoxin? from 2021-10-27T11:50:51

The overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated.

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Ochratoxin in Certain Herbs, Spices, and Wine from 2021-10-25T11:50:52

Most food crops are contaminated with fungal mycotoxins, but some foods are worse than others.

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Flashback Friday: How to Block Breast Cancer’s Estrogen-Producing Enzymes from 2021-10-22T11:50:32

What happens to hormone levels in women and men randomized to drink soy milk?

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Ochratoxin in Breakfast Cereals from 2021-10-20T11:50:29

One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in moldy food ingredients, such as oats.

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The Dangerous Effects of Heavy Metal Music from 2021-10-18T11:50:47

How might we moderate the rare but very real risk of headbanging?

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Flashback Friday: Coconut Water and Depression from 2021-10-15T11:50:13

What is the science behind the marketing of foods for antidepressant effects?

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White Button Mushrooms for Prostate Cancer from 2021-10-13T11:50:41

What can reishi mushrooms, shiitake mushroom extracts, and whole powdered white mushrooms do for cancer patients?

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Medicinal Mushrooms for Cancer Survival from 2021-10-11T11:50:08

Did the five randomized controlled trials of reishi mushrooms in cancer patients show benefits in terms of tumor response rate, survival time, or quality of life?

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Flashback Friday: Eggs and Breast Cancer from 2021-10-08T11:50:28

How few eggs should we eat to reduce the risk of prostate, ovarian, colon, and breast cancer?

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Hospitals with 100 Percent Plant-Based Menus from 2021-10-06T11:50:24

The American Medical Association has passed a resolution encouraging healthy plant-based food options be available in hospitals.

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3-MCPD in Refined Cooking Oils from 2021-10-04T11:50:44

There is another reason to avoid palm oil and question the authenticity of extra-virgin olive oil.

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Flashback Friday: Evidence-Based Weight Loss – Live Presentation from 2021-10-01T11:50:12

In this live presentation, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his book How Not to Diet.

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The Side Effects of 3-MCPD in Bragg’s Liquid Aminos from 2021-09-29T11:50:03

Chlorohydrin contaminates hydrolyzed vegetable protein products and refined oils.

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Lifestyle and Disease Prevention: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny from 2021-09-27T11:50:37

Treating the underlying cause of chronic lifestyle diseases.

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Flashback Friday: How to Develop a Healthy Gut Ecosystem from 2021-09-24T11:50:28

What we eat determines what kind of bacteria we foster the growth of in our gut, which can increase or decrease our risk of some of our leading killer diseases.

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How Low Should You Go for Ideal Cholesterol Levels? from 2021-09-22T11:50:14

Having a so-called normal cholesterol in a society where it’s normal to drop dead of a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing.

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Fasting for Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Headache from 2021-09-20T11:50:37

What effect do fasting and a plant-based diet have on TBI and migraines?

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Flashback Friday: Is Candida Syndrome Real? from 2021-09-17T11:50:26

Does the presence of Candida in stool correlate with “Candida-hypersensitivity” symptoms, such as headaches and tiredness? And what happens when people are placed on a high-sugar diet?

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Fasting for Irritable Bowel Syndrome from 2021-09-15T11:50:02

More than half of IBS sufferers appear to have a form of atypical food allergy.

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The Role Meat May Play in Triggering Parkinson’s Disease from 2021-09-13T11:50:05

What does the gut have to do with developing Parkinson’s disease?

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Flashback Friday: Which Intestines for Food and Cosmetics? from 2021-09-10T11:50:16

The FDA appears to have caved to industry pressure and allows intestines potentially infected with mad cow disease prions into food products and lipstick.

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Benefits of Cumin and Saffron for Weight Loss from 2021-09-08T11:50:31

The spice cumin can work as well as orlistat, the “anal leakage” obesity drug.

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Ending the Hidden Practice of Pelvic Exams on Unconscious Women Without Their Consent from 2021-09-06T11:50:02

Will #MeToo be able to break through the white-coat wall of silence?

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Flashback Friday: Fermented or Unfermented Soy Foods for Prostate Cancer Prevention? from 2021-09-03T11:50:26

Which appear more protective: fermented soy foods, such as miso and tempeh, or unfermented soy, like tofu and soy milk?

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Medical Students Practice Pelvic Exams on Anesthetized Women Without Their Consent from 2021-09-01T11:50:16

Shockingly, this “outrageous assault upon the dignity” of female patients continues to this day.

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How Much Longer Do You Live on Statins? from 2021-08-30T11:50:54

What are the pros and cons of relative risk versus absolute risk versus number-needed-to-treat versus average postponement of death taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs?

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Flashback Friday: The Role of Burger Viruses in Cancer from 2021-08-27T11:50:11

Polyomaviruses discovered in meat can survive cooking and pasteurization.

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The True Benefits vs. Side Effects of Statins from 2021-08-25T11:50:31

A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you.

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Are Doctors Misleading Patients About Statin Risks and Benefits? from 2021-08-23T11:50:30

What is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? If patients knew the truth of how little these drugs actually worked, almost no one would agree to take them.

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Flashback Friday: The Benefits of Açai vs. Blueberries for Artery Function from 2021-08-20T11:50:58

What are the effects of açai berries, cooked and raw blueberries, grapes, cocoa, green tea, and freshly squeezed orange juice on artery function?

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Who Should Take Statins? from 2021-08-18T11:50:06

How can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk and use it to determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug?

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How Much Do Doctors Actually Know About Nutrition? from 2021-08-16T11:50:42

See if you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors.

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Flashback Friday: Does Aspartame Cause Cancer? from 2021-08-13T11:50:09

How should we parse the conflicting human data on intake of aspartame (Nutrasweet) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, and pancreatic cancer?

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Fiber vs. Low FODMAP for SIBO Symptoms from 2021-08-11T11:50:51

It may not be the number of bacteria growing in your small intestine, but the type of bacteria, which can be corrected with diet.

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Are Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Tests Valid? from 2021-08-09T11:50:44

Even if we could accurately diagnose SIBO, if there is no difference in symptoms between those testing positive and those testing negative, then what’s the point?

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Flashback Friday: Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function from 2021-08-06T11:50:53

A half teaspoon of dried rosemary can improve cognitive function.

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Fruits and Vegetables Put to the Test for Boosting Mood from 2021-08-04T11:50:01

A randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being.

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Exploiting Sensory-Specific Satiety for Weight Loss from 2021-08-02T11:50:26

How can we use sensory-specific satiety to our advantage?

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Flashback Friday: Lead Contamination in Fish and Game from 2021-07-30T11:50:44

Most hunters may not be aware about the health risks related to consuming meat from animals shot with lead ammunition.

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How Variation Can Trump Sensation and Lead to Overeating from 2021-07-28T11:50:49

Big Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us.

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Foods Designed to Hijack Our Appetites from 2021-07-26T11:50

I debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient.

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Flashback Friday: Should All Children Have Their Cholesterol Checked? from 2021-07-23T11:50:31

The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be less healthy and have shorter lifespans than their parents.

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200-Pound Weight Loss Without Hunger from 2021-07-21T11:50:08

I dive into one of the most fascinating series of studies I’ve ever come across.

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Pine Mouth Syndrome: Prolonged Bitter Taste from Certain Pine Nuts from 2021-07-19T11:50:51

Why do some pine nuts cause a bad taste in your mouth that can last for weeks?

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Flashback Friday: Controversy Over the Trans Fat Ban from 2021-07-16T11:50:41

The food industry fought tooth and nail to retain partially hydrogenated oils, even though they were killing 50,000 Americans a year.

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Is It Safe to Eat Raw Mushrooms? from 2021-07-14T11:50:30

Microwaving is probably the most efficient way to reduce agaritine levels in fresh mushrooms.

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The Efficacy and Side Effects of Moringa Leaf Powder from 2021-07-12T11:50:24

Why don’t I recommend moringa?

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Flashback Friday: Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution from 2021-07-09T11:50:12

There is a food that offers the best of both worlds—significantly improving our ability to detox carcinogens like diesel fumes and decreasing inflammation in our airways—all while improving our res...

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The Benefits of Moringa: Is It the Most Nutritious Food? from 2021-07-07T11:50:36

Does the so-called miracle tree live up to the hype?

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Are Emulsifiers Like Carboxymethylcellulose and Polysorbate 80 Safe? from 2021-07-05T11:50:15

Emulsifiers are the most widely used food additive. What are they doing to our gut microbiome?

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Flashback Friday: HOW NOT TO DIE–The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting,&Reversing Our Top 15 Killers from 2021-07-02T11:50:31

In this “best-of” compilation of his last prior four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.

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The Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet from 2021-06-30T11:50:02

The leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet.

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The Effects of Cleaning Products and Air Fresheners on Lung Function from 2021-06-28T11:50:44

There is a reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prohibits not only smoking, but also scented or fragranced products in its buildings.

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Flashback Friday: How to Cook Greens from 2021-06-25T11:50:23

Dark green leafy vegetables are the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. What’s the best way to prepare them?

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How to Boost Brain BDNF Levels for Depression Treatment from 2021-06-23T11:50:16

Fasting and exercise can raise BDNF levels in our brain, but this can also be achieved by eating and avoiding certain foods.

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Fasting to Treat Depression from 2021-06-21T11:50:25

Caloric restriction can boost levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), considered to play a critical role in mood disorders.

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Flashback Friday: Is Miso Healthy? from 2021-06-18T11:50:40

Miso is packed with sodium, which is linked to both stomach cancer and high blood pressure, so is it safe to consume?

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Cannabis for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from 2021-06-16T11:50:21

Even though cannabis smoking may help with IBD symptoms in the short-term, it may make the long-term prognosis worse.

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The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene from 2021-06-14T11:50:11

Women with breast cancer should include the “liberal culinary use of cruciferous vegetables.”

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Flashback Friday: Sesame Seeds for Knee Osteoarthritis from 2021-06-11T11:50:48

Can the consumption of sesame seeds improve the clinical signs and symptoms of arthritis?

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How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet from 2021-06-09T11:50:40

Randomized controlled trials show lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer survival.

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What Causes Cancer to Metastasize? from 2021-06-07T11:50:39

Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36.

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Flashback Friday: Is Canned Fruit as Healthy? from 2021-06-04T11:50:20

Perhaps dietary guidelines should stress fresh, frozen, and dried fruit—rather than canned.

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Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss from 2021-06-02T11:50:45

For three cents a day, black cumin may improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar control, as well as accelerate the loss of body fat.

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Diet for Hypothyroidism: A Natural Treatment for Hashimoto’s Disease from 2021-05-31T11:50:31

What were the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a half teaspoon of powdered black cumin a day in Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroiditis) patients?

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Flashback Friday: The Effect of Animal Protein on Stress Hormones, Testosterone, and Pregnancy from 2021-05-28T11:50:10

What happened to women who were randomized to eat more meat and dairy during pregnancy? What effect does animal protein consumption have on cortisol and testosterone levels in men?

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The Best Diet for Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism from 2021-05-26T11:50:18

Is the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of animal foods, the benefits of plant foods, or both?

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The Healthiest Natural Source of Iodine from 2021-05-24T11:50:13

How much nori, dulse, or arame approximate the recommended daily allowance for iodine?

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Flashback Friday: Best Food for Hay Fever (Seasonal Allergies) from 2021-05-21T11:50:08

What did a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of a food that costs pennies a day for ragweed allergy sufferers find?

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Are Vegans at Risk for Iodine Deficiency? from 2021-05-19T11:50:57

Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine.

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Elderberry Benefits and Side Effects: Does It Help with Colds and the Flu? from 2021-05-17T11:50:22

How effective are flu shots, elderberries, echinacea, and cranberries?

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Flashback Friday: Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death from 2021-05-14T11:50:43

Death in America is largely a foodborne illness. Focusing on studies published in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our...

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The Human Health Effects of Cultivated Meat: Chemical Safety from 2021-05-12T11:50:21

More than 95 percent of human exposure to industrial pollutants like dioxins and PCBs comes from fish, other meat, and dairy.

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The Human Health Effects of Cultivated Meat: Antibiotic Resistance from 2021-05-10T11:50:54

Miracle drug antibiotics are being squandered to compensate for the overcrowded, stressful, unhygienic conditions on factory farms.

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Flashback Friday: Best Food to Counter Stress-Induced Immune Suppression from 2021-05-07T11:50:20

How might we improve immune function in children and adults under physical or psychological stress?

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The Human Health Effects of Cultivated Meat: Food Safety from 2021-05-05T11:50:24

What are the direct health implications of making clean meat—that is, meat without animals?

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How Common Are Muscle Side Effects from Statins? from 2021-05-03T11:50:04

Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials but appear to be so high out in the real world?

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Flashback Friday: Can Morbid Obesity Be Reversed Through Diet? from 2021-04-30T11:50:19

How extreme was Dr. Kempner’s rice diet compared to traditional surgical approaches? Is there a safer alternative?

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The Best Diet for Crohn’s Disease Treatment from 2021-04-28T11:50:12

Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments in both active and quiescent stages in both Crohn’s disease and ulcerati...

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The Best Diet for Ulcerative Colitis Treatment from 2021-04-26T11:50:22

Plant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, blowing away other treatments.

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Preventing Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Diet from 2021-04-21T11:50:12

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt your microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic.

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Kombucha’s Side Effects: Is It Bad for You? from 2021-04-19T11:50:14

What are the risks versus benefits of drinking kombucha?

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Flashback Friday: Gut Dysbiosis–Starving Our Microbial Self from 2021-04-16T11:50:17

Inadequate consumption of prebiotics—the fiber and resistant starch concentrated in unprocessed plant foods—can cause a disease-promoting imbalance in our gut microbiome.

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The Best Diet for Fatty Liver Disease Treatment from 2021-04-14T11:50:45

What are the three sources of the liver fat in fatty liver disease and how do you get rid of it?

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Just How Bad Is Hospital Food? from 2021-04-12T11:50:20

What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?

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Flashback Friday: Are There Risks and Benefits of Energy Drinks? from 2021-04-09T11:50:42

Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar brand energy drinks are put to the test.

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Heart Stents and Upcoding: How Cardiologists Game the System from 2021-04-07T11:50:56

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling a patient they have a much more serious, unstable disease than they really have, fraud that results in unnecessary procedures, unnecessary co...

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Why Are Stents Still Used If They Don’t Work? from 2021-04-05T11:50:10

Over and over, studies have shown that doctors tend to make different clinical decisions for patients based on how much they will get paid personally.

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Flashback Friday: Do Vitamin D Supplements Help with Diabetes, Weight Loss, and Blood Pressure? from 2021-04-02T11:50:20

Those with higher vitamin D levels tend to have lower rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, but is it cause and effect? Interventional trials finally put vitamin D to the test.

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Do Heart Stent Procedures Work for Angina Chest Pain? from 2021-03-31T11:50:54

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like nonemergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients.

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Angioplasty Heart Stent Risks vs. Benefits from 2021-03-29T11:50:47

What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they are promoting expensive, risky procedures with no benefit?

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Flashback Friday: Benefits of Brewer’s Yeast for Diabetes from 2021-03-26T11:50:52

A half-teaspoon a day of brewer’s yeast is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

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The Risks of Heart Stents from 2021-03-24T11:50:44

Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How do doctors even convince patients to sign up for procedures that are all risk without benefit?

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Why Angioplasty Heart Stents Don’t Work Better from 2021-03-22T11:50:52

Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vessel disease,” “2-vessel disease,” or “left main disease.” At...

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Flashback Friday: How Our Gut Bacteria Can Use Eggs to Accelerate Cancer from 2021-03-19T11:50:21

The reason egg consumption is associated with elevated cancer risk may be the TMAO, considered the “smoking gun” of microbiome-disease interactions.

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Do Angioplasty Heart Stent Procedures Work? from 2021-03-17T11:50:57

There are demonstrably no benefits to the hundreds of thousands of angioplasty and stent procedures performed outside of an emergency setting. They don’t prevent heart attacks, enable you to live l...

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The Benefits of Millet for Diabetes from 2021-03-15T11:50:18

What were the remarkable results of a crossover study randomizing hundreds of people with diabetes to one and a third cup of millet every day?

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Flashback Friday: The Best Diet for Diabetes from 2021-03-12T12:50:05

The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger.

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Studies on Millet Nutrition: Is It a Healthy Grain? from 2021-03-10T12:50:17

Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to a number of totally different plants. Which is the most healthful?

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The Effects of Processed Meat on Lung Function from 2021-03-08T12:50:06

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”?

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Flashback Friday: The Effects of Avocados on Inflammation from 2021-03-05T12:50:40

High-fat plant foods—avocados, peanuts, and walnuts—and olive oil are put to the test.

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Lychee Fruit and Hypoglycin: How Many Are Too Many? from 2021-03-03T12:50:21

There is a toxin in lychee fruit that can be harmful, but only under certain circumstances?

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Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: Cran-Chocolate Pomegranate BROL Bowl from 2021-03-01T12:50:44

Prebiotic goodness for breakfast to keep your microbiome happy all day long.

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Flashback Friday: More Than an Apple a Day: Preventing the Most Common Diseases from 2021-02-26T12:50:06

Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition, and developed this live presentation on the latest in cutting-edge research on how a healthy diet can affect some of o...

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Is Heme Iron the Reason Meat Is Carcinogenic? from 2021-02-24T12:50:25

Rectal biopsies taken before and after eating meat determine the potentially DNA-damaging dose of heme.

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Heme-Induced N-Nitroso Compounds and Fat Oxidation from 2021-02-22T12:50:49

What do clinical studies show about the role of heme in the formation of a class of carcinogenic compounds?

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Flashback Friday: Benefits of Blueberries for Heart Disease from 2021-02-19T12:50:07

Blueberry tea is put to the test for cholesterol lowering.

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Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer? from 2021-02-17T12:50:53

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? A look at heme’s carcinogenic effects.

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What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers? from 2021-02-15T12:50:01

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure?

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Flashback Friday: Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease? from 2021-02-12T12:50:37

The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal bleeding.

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The Health Effects of Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products vs. BCAAs in Meat from 2021-02-10T12:50:36

Clinical trials on Quorn show that it can improve satiety and help people control cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels.

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Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test from 2021-02-08T12:50:19

What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk?

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Flashback Friday: Gut Microbiome–Strike It Rich with Whole Grains from 2021-02-05T12:50:54

What can we eat to increase good gut bacteria richness in our colon?

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Plant-Based Protein: Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful? from 2021-02-03T12:50:52

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isolates?

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Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthy? from 2021-02-01T12:50:05

What happens when you compare the trans fats, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol levels in plant-based versus animal-based burgers?

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Blueberries for a Diabetic Diet & DNA Repair from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.

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Flashback Friday: Is Milk Good for Our Bones? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The galactose in milk may explain why milk consumption is associated with significantly higher risk of hip fractures, cancer, and premature death.

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Best Way to Cook Vegetables from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention.

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Best Foods for Halitosis & Gingivitis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The best and worst foods for bad breath and gum inflammation.

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Flashback Friday: The Five to One Fiber Rule from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A guideline is suggested for how to read food labels for packaged grain products such as bread and breakfast cereals.

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How to Treat Periodontitis with Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Plant-based diets are put to the test in the treatment of periodontal disease.

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Flashback Friday: Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Adding myrosinase enzymes in the form of even a pinch of mustard powder to cooked cruciferous (cabbage-family) vegetables like kale, collards or Brussels sprouts can offer anti-cancer sulforaphane ...

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Is Ginger Beneficial in a Diabetic Diet? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ground ginger and ginger tea are put to the test for blood sugar control.

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Do Mobile Phones Affect Sleep? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The effects of cell phone radiation on sleep quantity and quality.

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Flashback Friday: Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Depression from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

If depression can be induced with pro-inflammatory drugs, might an anti-inflammatory diet be effective in preventing and treating mood disorders?

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Recipe: Morning Grain Bowls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Here's a delicious way to start the day! Morning Grain Bowls from the How Not to Die Cookbook.

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Are Vegetarians at Risk for Eating Disorders? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Who has the healthiest thoughts, attitudes, and habits regarding food?

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Flashback Friday: Dark Chocolate and Artery Function from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What do studies not funded by the chocolate industry show about the effect of cocoa on arterial health?

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Benefit of Dates for Colon Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Seven dates a day for three weeks are put to the test in a randomized controlled trial.

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Are Cannabis Edibles Safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What you have to know about the safety of marijuana edibles.

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Flashback Friday: Heart of Gold – Turmeric vs. Exercise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Diet and exercise synergize to improve endothelial function, the ability of our arteries to relax normally.

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Is Butter Really Back? What the Science Says from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Is butter—and other saturated fats—bad for you or not?

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Flashback Friday: Does Meditation Affect Cellular Aging? & Telomeres – Cap It All off with Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Is the reversal of cellular aging Dr. Dean Ornish demonstrated with lifestyle changes due to the plant-based diet, the exercise, the stress management, or just to the associated weight loss?

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Does Amygdalin or Vitamin B-17 Work as an Alternative Cancer Cure? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Mayo Clinic puts amygdalin to the test to see if it is an effective cancer treatment.

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Do Apricot Seeds Work as an Alternative Cancer Cure? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Do those who choose alternative cancer treatments live longer?

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Flashback Friday: Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

One week on a plant-based diet can significantly drop blood levels of homocysteine, a toxin associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Without vitamin B12 supplementation, though, a...

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Oxidized Cholesterol 27HC May Explain 3 Breast Cancer Mysteries from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Oxidized cholesterol (concentrated in products containing eggs, processed meat, and parmesan cheese) has cancer-fueling estrogenic effects on human breast cancer.

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Eggs & Breast Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How few eggs should we eat to reduce the risk of prostate, ovarian, colon, and breast cancer?

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Flashback Friday: Plant-Based Diets for Improved Mood and Productivity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The most comprehensive controlled trial of diet and mood finds that a plant-based nutrition program in a workplace setting across ten corporate sites significantly improves depression, anxiety, and...

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Dietary Cholesterol & Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The relationship between the consumption of eggs and other cholesterol-rich foods and cancers of the colon, breast, endometrium, pancreas, and throat.

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Is Fiber an Effective Anti-Inflammatory? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Most Americans get less than half the recommended minimum fiber intake a day and the benefits of fiber go way beyond bowel regularity.

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Flashback Friday: What Are the Healthiest Foods? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding disease-promoting components?

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Do the Dozen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Take the Daily Dozen Challenge

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Do Lutein Supplements Help with Brain Function? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.

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Flashback Friday: How to Slow Brain-Aging by Two Years from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The consumption of blueberries and strawberries is associated with delayed cognitive aging by as much as 2.5 years—thought to be because of brain-localizing anthocyanin phytonutrients, as shown on ...

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Brain-Healthy Foods to Fight Aging from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?

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What About Kosher & Organic Chicken? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Comparing contamination rates for antibiotic-resistant E. coli and ExPEC bacteria that cause urinary tract infections

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Flashback Friday: Anti-Cancer Potential of Sweet Potato Proteins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sweet potatoes are not just one of the healthiest and cheapest sources of nutrition; the predominant protein is a type of protease inhibitor that may have cancer-fighting properties.

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Does Low-Acid Coffee Cause Less Acid Reflux? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What is low-acid coffee, and does it help those who suffer from acid reflux, heartburn, and indigestion?

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Which Coffee Is Healthier: Light vs. Dark Roast? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dark roast coffee is more effective than light roast coffee in reducing body weight.

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Flashback Friday: Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Preventing and treating chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke with diet and lifestyle changes is not just safer but may be dramatically more effective.

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Benefits of Blueberries for Heart Disease from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Blueberry tea is put to the test for cholesterol lowering.

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Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, & Endurance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Randomized controlled trials put plant-based eating to the test for athletic performance.

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Flashback Friday: The Best Kept Secret in Medicine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Lifestyle changes are often more effective in reducing the rates of heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and premature death than almost any other medical intervent...

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The First Studies on Vegetarian Athletes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Meat-eating athletes are put to the test against veg athletes and even sedentary plant-eaters in feats of endurance.

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The Gladiator Diet: How Vegetarian Athletes Stack Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Comparing the diets of the Roman gladiator “barley men” and army troopers to the modern Spartans of today.

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Flashback Friday: Which Type of Protein Is Better for Our Kidneys? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Anti-inflammatory drugs abolish the hyperfiltration and protein leakage response to meat ingestion, suggesting that animal protein causes kidney stress through an inflammatory mechanism.

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Is Lipstick Safe Given the Lead Contamination? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dozens of lipsticks and lip glosses are put to the test.

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Benefits of Tea Tree Oil for Warts & Cold Sores from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Does tea tree oil have enough antiviral activity to combat HSV-1 and papilloma viruses, the causes of cold sores and common warts respectively?

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Flashback Friday: Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Freedom of Information Act documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned the egg industry that saying eggs are nutritious or safe may violate rules against false and misleading ad...

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How the Dairy Industry Designs Misleading Studies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How the meat and dairy industries design studies showing their products have neutral or even beneficial effects on cholesterol and inflammation.

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Is Cheese Healthy? Compared to What? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dairy is compared to other foods for cardiovascular (heart attack and stroke) risk.

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Flashback Friday: The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How does sweet potato baking compare to boiling and steaming, and should we eat the skin?

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Is Cheese Really Bad for You? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What about the recent studies that show cheese has neutral or positive health effects?

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Best Brain Foods: Greens & Beets Put to the Test from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Cocoa and nitrite-rich vegetables, such as green leafies and beets, are put to the test for cognitive function.

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Flashback Friday: How Much Fruit Is Too Much? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Does the threshold for toxicity of fructose apply to fruit or just to added industrial sugars such as sucrose and high fructose corn syrup?

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Best Brain Foods: Berries & Nuts Put to the Test from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Randomized controlled studies put nuts, berries, and grape juice to the test for cognitive function.

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Can Saunas Detoxify Lead from the Body? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How much does sweating via sauna or exercise get rid of lead and mercury?

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Benzoyl Peroxide vs. Tea Tree Oil for Acne from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A 5% tea-tree oil gel is pitted head-to-head against the leading over-the-counter treatment for pimples.

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The Best Diet for Upset Stomach from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What to avoid and what to eat to help with dyspepsia.

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Are Acid-Blocking Drugs Safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Do the benefits outweigh the risks for acid-blocker drugs (proton pump inhibitors like Nexium/Prilosec/Prevacid)? What about baking soda?

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Are There Benefits of Energy Drinks? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The effects of Red Bull and Monster brand energy drinks on artery function and athletic performance.

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Are There Risks to Energy Drinks? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Red Bull and Rockstar brand energy drinks are put to the test.

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Benefits of Ginger for Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ground ginger powder is put to the test for weight loss and NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

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Do Cell Phones Cause Salivary Gland Tumors? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What effect does mobile phone radiation have on your parotid gland?

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Best Food for Labor & Delivery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Shorten labor time by hours, with less induction and less postpartum bleeding, with a humble fruit.

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Best Food for Late Pregnancy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dates are put to the test in a randomized, controlled trial for cervical ripening.

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Benefits of a Macrobiotic Diet for Diabetes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What happens when you add massive amounts of carbs to the daily diet of type 2 diabetics in the form of whole grains?

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Pros & Cons of a Macrobiotic Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed of largely whole grains, vegetables, and beans?

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Best Food for Periodontal Disease & Gingivitis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?

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Can Cannabis Cure Cancer? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Some studies on mice show cannabis makes cancer better; other studies on mice show it makes cancer worse. What did the one and only human clinical trial to date find?

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Does Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On a puff-by-puff basis, cannabis smoke deposits four times more tar in the lungs than tobacco, but does this translate into increased cancer risk?

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Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How to choose the healthiest coffee, and the effects of adding milk vs. soymilk.

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Benefits of Blueberries for Mood & Mobility from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of… blueberries!

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Foods that Help Headache & Migraine Relief from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.

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Flashback Friday: Foods to Improve Athletic Performance and Recovery from 2021-01-29T12:50:05

What are the effects of spinach and berries on oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle soreness in athletes?

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The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes from 2021-01-27T12:50:23

Environmental assessment of 50 different plant-based meats show them to be vastly more sustainable.

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The Health Benefits of Sorghum from 2021-01-25T12:50:23

Learn why sorghum is one of my favorite new grains.

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Flashback Friday: Worth Getting an Annual Health Check-Up and Physical Exam? from 2021-01-22T12:50:39

What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual check-up, a comprehensive annual physical exam, and routine blood testing?

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Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain? from 2021-01-20T12:50:13

How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? And the benefits of red sorghum compared to black and white varieties.

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Why Does Forest Bathing Boost Natural Killer Cell Function? from 2021-01-18T12:50:17

Can the aroma of wood essential oils replicate the immune-boosting effects of walking in a forest?

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Flashback Friday: Do Vitamin C Supplements Prevent Colds but Cause Kidney Stones? from 2021-01-15T12:50:11

What are the benefits and risks of taking vitamin C supplements?

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Boosting Anticancer Immunity with Forest Bathing from 2021-01-13T12:50:55

Visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both the number and activity of natural killer cells, one of the ways our body fights off cancer.

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What’s the Ideal Waist Size? from 2021-01-11T12:50:23

Increased risk of metabolic complications starts at an abdominal circumference of 31.5 inches in women and 37 inches in most men, though it’s closer to 35.5 inches for South Asian, Chinese, and Jap...

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Flashback Friday: How Much Should You Exercise? from 2021-01-08T12:50:51

Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities, recommending what they think may be achievable, rather than simply informing us what the science sa...

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What’s the Ideal BMI? from 2021-01-06T12:50:01

Is there a unisex chart to see what your optimal weight might be based on your height?

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Is the Obesity Paradox Real or a Myth? from 2021-01-04T12:50:11

How do we explain studies that suggest overweight individuals live longer?

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Flashback Friday: The Weight-Loss Program That Got Better with Time from 2021-01-01T12:50:46

The most well-published community-based lifestyle intervention in the medical literature is also one of the most effective.

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The Effects of Obesity on the Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases from 2020-12-30T12:50:30

What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, as well as kidney function and fatty liver disease?

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The Effects of Obesity on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Cardiovascular Disease from 2020-12-28T12:50:09

Sufficient, sustained weight loss may cut the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes in half.

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Flashback Friday: Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: My New Favorite Dessert from 2020-12-25T12:50:38

Dr. Greger whips up some matcha ice cream inspired by a recipe in his How Not to Die Cookbook.

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The Effects of Obesity on Dementia, Brain Function, and Fertility from 2020-12-23T12:50:28

Weight loss can decrease dementia risk and improve mental performance and infertility.

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The Effects of Obesity on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes from 2020-12-21T12:50:48

Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, and reverse type 2 diabetes.

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Flashback Friday: Should Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40? from 2020-12-18T12:50:05

Various health organizations offer clashing mammogram recommendations that range from annual mammograms starting at age 40 to eliminating routine mammograms altogether. Who should you trust?

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The Best Knee Replacement Alternative for Osteoarthritis Treatment from 2020-12-16T12:50:53

Is there a nonsurgical alternative to knee replacement surgery that instead treats the cause and offers only beneficial side effects?

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Fasting for Autoimmune Diseases from 2020-12-14T12:50:44

Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease, glomerulonephritis, and ...

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Flashback Friday: Increasing Protein Intake After Age 65 from 2020-12-11T12:50:58

What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens?

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Fasting for Rheumatoid Arthritis from 2020-12-09T12:50:23

Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease.

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Does Marijuana Cause Strokes and Heart Attacks? from 2020-12-07T12:50:26

The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to the increased heartrate, blood pressure, and carbon monoxide levels.

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Flashback Friday: Chocolate and Stroke Risk from 2020-12-04T12:50:16

Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.

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Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Bone Fractures and Lung Cancer? from 2020-12-02T12:50:47

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about the effects on cancer risk, death, and longevity?

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Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Acne? from 2020-11-30T12:50:37

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.

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Flashback Friday: Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health? from 2020-11-27T12:50:37

Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to decrease the harms of smoking. What does the science say about sodium, sugar and saturated fat?

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How to Reverse Heart Failure with Diet from 2020-11-25T12:50:37

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal of congestive heart failure.

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Are There Benefits of Pole Walking for Weight Loss? from 2020-11-23T12:50:53

Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic walking (“exerstriding”), beat our regular walking for depression, sleep quality, and weight loss?

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Flashback Friday: Prunes for Osteoporosis from 2020-11-20T12:50:09

Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones

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Which Diets Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint? from 2020-11-18T12:50:50

Why don’t environmental groups advocate climate-friendlier diets?

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Which Foods Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint? from 2020-11-16T12:50:24

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents?

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Flashback Friday: From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food from 2020-11-13T12:50

Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this presentation based on cutting-edge research exploring the role diet may play in preventing, arrestin...

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Win-Win Dietary Solutions to the Climate Crisis from 2020-11-11T12:50:56

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health.

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Hospitals Profit on Junk Food from 2020-11-09T12:50:26

Why is hospital food so unhealthy?

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Flashback Friday: Should We Take DHA Supplements to Boost Brain Function? from 2020-11-06T12:50:01

Overt omega-3 deficiency is rare, but do short-term experiments on cognitive function suggest there might be an optimal DHA dose?

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The Best Type of Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin or Methylcobalamin? from 2020-11-04T12:50:25

For prevention and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency, cyanocobalamin in chewable, sublingual, or liquid forms (rather than in a multivitamin) is best under most circumstances.

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The Optimal Vitamin B12 Dosage for Kids, Pregnancy, and Seniors from 2020-11-02T12:50:40

At age 50, everyone, regardless of diet should start supplementing with B12-fortified foods or supplements but over age 65 only high-dose daily supplements may suffice.

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Flashback Friday: The Best Source of Resveratrol from 2020-10-30T11:50:38

Is there any benefit to resveratrol? If so, should we get it from wine, grapes, peanuts, or supplements?

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The Healthiest Food Sources of Vitamin B12 from 2020-10-28T11:50:12

What are the best green-light (whole food plant-based) sources of vitamin B12?

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The Optimal Vitamin B12 Dosage for Adults from 2020-10-26T11:50:50

Why the current Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin B12 may be insufficient.

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Flashback Friday: Do Cell Phones Lower Sperm Counts?&Does Laptop WiFi Lower Sperm Counts? from 2020-10-23T11:50:38

What is the effect of cell phone radiation and WiFi exposure on sperm motility and DNA damage? Should laptops not be on laps?

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The Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency from 2020-10-21T11:50:22

B12 deficiency is known as “The Great Masquerader.”

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The Effects of Marijuana on Car Accidents from 2020-10-19T11:50

Did traffic fatalities go up or down after cannabis legalization?

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Flashback Friday: Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy? from 2020-10-16T11:50:10

How can soy foods have it both ways, pro-estrogenic effects in some organs that can protect bones and reduce hot flash symptoms, yet also anti-estrogenic effects in others that protect against brea...

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Optimizing Water Intake to Lose Weight from 2020-10-14T11:50:23

Two cups of cold water on an empty stomach a few times a day for weight loss.

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What Is the Safest Metabolism Booster? from 2020-10-12T11:50:40

Drink two cups of water and you can get a surge of the adrenal hormone noradrenaline in your bloodstream, as if you just smoked a few cigarettes or downed a few cups of coffee.

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Flashback Friday: Why Is Nutrition So Commercialized? from 2020-10-09T11:50:07

Why is the field of nutrition often more about marketing products than educating people about the fundamentals of healthy eating?

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The Effect of Drinking Water on Adrenal Hormones from 2020-10-07T11:50:09

Drinking water can be such a safe, simple, effective way to prevent yourself from fainting.

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How to Get the Weight Loss Benefits of Ephedra Without the Risks from 2020-10-05T11:50:36

The diving reflex shows that it’s possible to have selective adrenal hormone effects.

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Flashback Friday: What’s the “Natural” Human Diet? from 2020-10-02T11:50:33

What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?

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The Role of Epigenetics in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-09-30T11:50:44

Amazingly, a baby born to an obese surrogate mother with a skinny biological mom may harbor a greater risk of becoming obese than a baby from a big biological mom born to a slim surrogate.

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Type 1 Diabetes Treatment: A Plant-Based Diet from 2020-09-28T11:50:46

Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough?

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Flashback Friday: Does an Apple a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away? from 2020-09-25T11:50:10

Which would save more lives: a prescription to eat an apple a day, or statin drugs?

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Lupus from 2020-09-23T11:50:06

Green smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease SLE (lupus).

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Are There Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature? from 2020-09-21T11:50:16

Studies on green exercising, the value of greenspaces, or even just viewing trees outside the window on surgery recovery.

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Flashback Friday: Lead Contamination in Hot Sauces from 2020-09-18T11:50:19

Given the lead contamination found in candies containing chili imported from Mexico, 25 hot sauces were tested for heavy metals.

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The World’s Largest Fasting Study from 2020-09-16T11:50:41

Buchinger modified fasting is put to the test.

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The Benefits of Fasting for Healing from 2020-09-14T11:50:53

Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from?

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Flashback Friday: Is Organic Meat Less Carcinogenic? from 2020-09-11T11:50:43

Researchers tested 76 samples of different kinds of meat, both organic and conventional, for 33 different carcinogens.

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The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention from 2020-09-09T11:50:31

The most effective diet for weight loss may also be the healthiest.

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The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine from 2020-09-07T11:50:09

Those on a healthy plant-based diet with elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day of contaminant-free creatine.

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Flashback Friday: Amla vs. Drugs for Cholesterol, Inflammation,&Blood-Thinning from 2020-09-04T11:50:28

Extracts of amla (Indian gooseberry) were pitted head-to-head against cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and the blood thinners aspirin and Plavix.

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Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? from 2020-09-02T11:50:49

What are the consequences of having to make your own creatine rather than relying on dietary sources?

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How to Test for Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency from 2020-08-31T11:50:33

Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency.

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Flashback Friday: Can Saunas Detoxify Lead from the Body? from 2020-08-28T11:50:31

How much does sweating via sauna or exercise get rid of lead and mercury?

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin B12&Homocysteine? from 2020-08-26T11:50:07

Not taking B12 supplements or regularly eating B12 fortified foods may explain the higher stroke risk found among vegetarians.

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Animal Protein? from 2020-08-24T11:50:45

Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting grown hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?

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Flashback Friday: Food as Medicine: Preventing&Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet from 2020-08-21T11:50:01

Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this presentation based on the latest in cutting edge research exploring the role diet may play in preven...

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Saturated Fat? from 2020-08-19T11:50:20

How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became Westernized by eating more meat and dairy?

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vegan Junk Food? from 2020-08-17T11:50:37

Just because you’re eating vegetarian or vegan doesn’t mean you’re eating healthy.

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Flashback Friday: Coconut Oil and Abdominal Fat from 2020-08-14T11:50:32

What does a review of the evidence on the effects of coconut oil on weight loss and belly fat find?

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Omega 3s? from 2020-08-12T11:50:59

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk?

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Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin D? from 2020-08-10T11:50:06

Could the apparent increased stroke risk in vegetarians be reverse causation? And what about vegetarians versus vegans?

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Flashback Friday: Benefits of Blueberries for the Brain from 2020-08-07T11:50:07

Blueberries can significantly improve cognitive performance within hours of consumption.

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Do Vegetarians Really Have Higher Stroke Risk? from 2020-08-05T11:50:45

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

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What Not to Eat for Stroke Prevention from 2020-08-03T11:50:05

What is the relationship between stroke risk and dairy, eggs, meat, and soda?

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Flashback Friday: Will You Live Longer if You Take Vitamin D Supplements&How Much Should You Take? from 2020-07-31T11:50:45

What do 56 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 100,000 people between the ages of 18 and 107 show vitamin D can do to our lifespan? And what is the safe dose of vitamin D supplementation to...

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What to Eat for Stroke Prevention from 2020-07-29T11:50:41

More than 90% of stroke risk is attributable to modifiable risk factors.

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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic from 2020-07-27T11:50:06

We need to reform the food system before it’s too late.

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Flashback Friday: Are Avocados Good for You? from 2020-07-24T11:50:24

The nutritional benefits of guacamole extend beyond just the nutrients avocados themselves contain.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic May Just Be a Dress Rehearsal from 2020-07-22T11:50:42

There may be an even deadlier pandemic threat waiting in the wings…of chickens.

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How COVID-19 Ends: Vaccination, Mutations, and Herd Immunity from 2020-07-20T11:50:59

What should we expect in the coming months and years with SARS-CoV-2?

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Flashback Friday: Topical Honey for Canker Sores from 2020-07-17T11:50:35

What works better against aphthous ulcers? Honey applied with a cotton swab three times a day after meals was compared head-to-head against an over-the-counter soothing pain-relieving paste and a p...

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The Best Mask or DIY Face Covering for COVID-19 from 2020-07-15T11:50:34

Twenty different materials put to the test.

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What to Do if You Come Down with COVID-19 from 2020-07-13T11:50:08

Can pets like cats and dogs get infected and be infectious?

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Flashback Friday: How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have&Should You Sit, Lean, or Squat? from 2020-07-10T11:50:59

Most people have between 3 bowel movements a day and 3 a week, but normal doesn’t necessarily mean optimal. Squatting and leaning can help straighten the anorectal angle, but a healthy enough diet ...

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Hand Washing&Sanitizing to Inactivate COVID-19 Coronavirus from 2020-07-08T11:50:01

My recipes for DIY hand sanitizer and surface disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2.

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How to Avoid COVID-19 from 2020-07-06T11:50:44

How long can the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus survive on surfaces like paper?

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Flashback Friday: Do Natural and DIY Tea Tree Oil Cleaning Products Disinfect as Well as Bleach? from 2020-07-03T11:50

What’s the best household cleaning product to use?

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Would Zinc Lozenges Help with COVID-19? from 2020-07-01T11:50:50

Zinc may help slow the replication of other coronaviruses, but what about SARS-CoV-2?

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The Immune System and COVID-19 Treatment from 2020-06-29T11:50:51

Are there immune-boosting foods we should be eating?

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Flashback Friday: Why Do Plant-Based Diets Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? from 2020-06-26T11:50:49

Rheumatoid arthritis may be triggered by autoimmune friendly fire against a urinary tract infection bacteria called Proteus mirabilis, which could help explain why sufferers randomized to a plant-b...

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Modifiable Risk Factors and Comorbidities for Severe COVID-19 Infection from 2020-06-24T11:50:57

There are things you can do right now to reduce your risk of falling seriously ill and dying from this disease.

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COVID-19 Symptoms vs. the Flu, a Cold, or Allergies from 2020-06-22T11:50:59

What does the clinical course of COVID-19 look like for both those who survive and those who don’t?

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Flashback Friday: Optimal Vinegar Dose from 2020-06-19T11:50:43

How much vinegar should you consume with a meal to improve satiety and reduce the spike in blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides?

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Social Distancing, Lockdowns,&Testing: How to Slow the COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-06-17T11:50:32

What can we learn from other countries and the 1918 pandemic to slow COVID-19?

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R0 and Incubation Periods: How Other Coronavirus Outbreaks Were Stopped from 2020-06-15T11:50:21

Why can’t we stop COVID-19 like we stopped SARS and MERS, the other two 21st century coronavirus outbreaks?

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Flashback Friday: Saving Lives by Treating Acne with Diet from 2020-06-12T11:50:11

Over-activated TOR signaling may help explain the link between acne and subsequent risk for prostate and breast cancer.

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The Last Coronavirus Pandemic May Have Been Caused by Livestock from 2020-06-10T11:50:48

The next coronavirus pandemic may come from pigs not pangolins.

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Where Did the COVID-19 Coronavirus Come From? from 2020-06-08T11:50:56

The role wet markets, wildlife trafficking, and pangolins have played in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2.

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Flashback Friday: Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension&How Much Is Too Much? from 2020-06-05T11:50:25

How do the blood-pressure lowering effects of hibiscus tea compare to the DASH diet, a plant-based diet, and a long-distance endurance exercise? And be aware, the impressive manganese content of hi...

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The SARS Coronavirus and Wet Markets from 2020-06-03T11:50:38

The role live animal markets and the trade in exotic animals have played in the emergence of deadly coronavirus outbreaks.

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Where Do Deadly Coronaviruses Like MERS-CoV Come From? from 2020-06-01T11:50:38

In the last 17 years, there have been three new deadly coronavirus epidemics, but where do emerging diseases emerge from?

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Flashback Friday: Never Too Late to Start Eating Healthier from 2020-05-29T11:50:40

Since many tumors take decades to grow it’s remarkable that cancer risk can so dramatically be reduced– even late in life.

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Are Melamine Dishes and Polyamide Plastic Utensils Safe? from 2020-05-27T11:50:56

I recommend glass, ceramic, porcelain, or stainless-steel tableware and wooden or stainless-steel cooking utensils.

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Stainless Steel or Cast Iron: Which Cookware Is Best? Is Teflon Safe? from 2020-05-25T11:50:09

What’s the best type of pots and pans to use?

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Flashback Friday: Carcinogen-Blocking Effects of Turmeric Curcumin from 2020-05-22T11:50:16

Less than a teaspoon a day of turmeric appears to significantly lower the DNA-mutating ability of cancer-causing substances.

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Are Aluminum Pots, Bottles, and Foil Safe? from 2020-05-20T11:50:26

DNA damage is assessed in users of aluminum cookware.

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How to Lower Lp(a) with Diet from 2020-05-18T11:50:17

What to eat and what to avoid to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a).

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Flashback Friday: Effect of Sucralose (Splenda) on the Microbiome from 2020-05-15T11:50:04

What effect do artificial sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda), saccharin (Sweet&Low), aspartame (Nutrasweet), and acesulfame K (Sweet One) have on our gut bacteria?

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Treating High Lp(a): A Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis from 2020-05-13T11:50:46

What is this lipoprotein(a) and what can we do about it?

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Benefits of Quinoa for Lowering Triglycerides from 2020-05-11T11:50:01

How do the nutrition and health effects of quinoa compare to whole grains?

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Flashback Friday: Boosting Brown Fat Through Diet from 2020-05-08T11:50:45

The fat-burning properties of brown adipose tissue can be boosted by cold exposure, certain flavor molecules, and arginine-rich foods.

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The Role of the Toxic Food Environment in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-05-06T11:50:24

Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic, such as sedentary lifestyles or lack of self-discipline, serve the needs of the manufacturers and marketers more than the public’s health and the ...

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The Role of Corporate Influence in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-05-04T11:50:13

Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal: maximize the irresistibility of their products.

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Flashback Friday: Coffee and Mortality from 2020-05-01T11:50:26

What effect does coffee and tea consumption have on longevity, cancer risk, GERD reflux, bone fractures, glaucoma, sleep quality, and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)?

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Flashback Friday: Coffee & Mortality from 2020-05-01T11:50:26

What effect does coffee and tea consumption have on longevity, cancer risk, GERD reflux, bone fractures, glaucoma, sleep quality, and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)?

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The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-29T11:50:37

How the power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls.

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The Role of Food Advertisements in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-27T11:50:49

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 be in the midst of an obesity epidemic.

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Flashback Friday: How to Reduce Your TMAO Levels from 2020-04-24T11:50:54

Should we be concerned about high-choline plant foods, such as broccoli, producing the same toxic TMAO that results from eating high-choline animal foods, such as eggs?

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The Role of Marketing in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-22T11:50:56

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.

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The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-20T11:50:02

Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions to support the likes of the sugar and livestock industries?

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Flashback Friday: The Best Foods for Fighting Autism and Brain Inflammation from 2020-04-17T11:50:24

One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation. The sulforaphane found in five ...

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The Role of Processed Foods in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-15T11:50:22

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.

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Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods from 2020-04-13T11:50:39

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

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Flashback Friday: Can Flax Seeds Help Prevent Breast Cancer? from 2020-04-10T11:50:58

Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1.

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The Thrifty Gene Theory: Survival of the Fattest from 2020-04-08T11:50:13

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

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The Role of Genes in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-06T11:50:52

The big fat “fat gene” accounts for less than 1% of the differences in size between people.

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Flashback Friday: Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Garlic & Onions from 2020-04-03T11:50:29

Why should we wait ten minutes after chopping or crushing garlic before we cook it unless we’re going in for elective surgery within the next week?

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The Role of Diet vs. Exercise in the Obesity Epidemic from 2020-04-01T11:50:10

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 willpower, are not only wrong, but actively harmful ...

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What Are the Best Foods? from 2020-03-30T11:50:34

A review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods.

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Pandemics: History & Prevention from 2020-03-27T11:50:45

How to treat the cause by preventing the emergence of pandemic viruses in the first place (a video I recorded more than a decade ago when I was Public Health Director at the HSUS in Washington DC).

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What Are the Best Beverages? from 2020-03-25T11:50:24

A review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda.

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Flashback Friday: The Okinawa Diet – Living to 100 from 2020-03-20T11:50:16

What would happen if you centered your diet around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group?

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Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure from 2020-03-18T11:50:22

A whole food plant-based diet can be used to help lock in the benefits of fasting to kickstart the reversal of high blood pressure.

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How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally with Lifestyle Changes from 2020-03-16T11:50:40

The effect of fasting to lower blood pressure compared to medications, cutting down on alcohol, meat and salt, eating more fruits and vegetables, or eating completely plant-based.

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Flashback Friday: Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help with Weight Loss? from 2020-03-13T11:50:43

CT scans confirm that daily vinegar consumption can lead to a significant loss of abdominal fat.

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What the New Blood Pressure Range Guidelines Mean from 2020-03-11T11:50:18

Natural approaches to lowering high blood pressure can work better than drugs because you’re treating the underlying cause, and can end up having only good side effects.

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Kids’ Breakfast Cereals as Nutritional Façade from 2020-03-09T11:50:45

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

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Flashback Friday: Is Fish “Brain Food” for Older Adults? from 2020-03-06T12:50:48

Why has fish consumption been associated with cognitive impairment and loss of executive function?

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Is Vegan Food Always Healthy? from 2020-03-04T12:50:21

Healthier plant-based diets compared to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods on diabetes risk.

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The Recommended Daily Added Sugar Intake from 2020-03-02T12:50:50

Public health authorities continue to drop the upper tolerable limit of daily added sugar intake.

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Flashback Friday: How to Reduce Carcinogenic Bile Acid Production from 2020-02-28T12:50:33

The consumption of animal fat appears to increase the growth of gut bacteria that turn our bile acids into carcinogens.

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Effects of Marijuana on Weight Gain and Bone Density from 2020-02-26T12:50:29

Are the apparent adverse effects of heavy cannabis use on bone just due to users being skinnier?

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Why People Gain Weight in the Fall from 2020-02-24T12:50:09

A list of “specific recommendations for the prevention of obesity by improving the circadian system health.”

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Flashback Friday: What Causes Insulin Resistance & Diabetes? from 2020-02-21T12:50:32

Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle cells. Saturated fat can be toxic to the insulin...

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Shedding Light on Shedding Weight from 2020-02-19T12:50:43

Randomized, controlled trials of phototherapy (morning bright light) for weight loss.

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The Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals from 2020-02-17T12:50:19

What shift workers can do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.

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Flashback Friday: How to Prevent a Stroke from 2020-02-14T12:50:28

Insufficient intake of fiber-rich foods may lead to the stiffening of our arteries associated with risk of having a stroke.

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Are Ancient Grains Healthier? from 2020-02-12T12:50:55

Ancient wheats like kamut are put to the test for inflammation, blood sugar, and cholesterol control.

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How to Sync Your Central Circadian Clock to Your Peripheral Clocks from 2020-02-10T12:50:31

Bright light exposure synchronizes the central circadian clock in our brains, whereas proper meal timing helps sync the timing of the clock genes throughout the rest of our body.

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Flashback Friday: The Protein-Combining Myth from 2020-02-07T12:50:27

The myth that plant proteins are incomplete, necessitating protein combining, was debunked by the scientific nutrition community decades ago.

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How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar Levels from 2020-02-05T12:50:59

The same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugars.

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Benefits of Grapes for Brain Health from 2020-02-03T12:50:32

Grape juice and whole grapes are put to the test for brain function, including cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s.

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Flashback Friday: Whole Beets vs. Juice for Improving Athletic Performance from 2020-01-31T12:50:02

What is the latest science on the performance-enhancing qualities of nitrate-rich vegetables?

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Eat More Calories in the Morning than the Evening from 2020-01-29T12:50:10

Why are calories eaten in the morning less fattening than calories eaten in the evening?

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Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper from 2020-01-27T12:50:55

Harness the power of your circadian rhythms for weight loss by making breakfast or lunch your main meal of the day.

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Flashback Friday: Does Cholesterol Size Matter? from 2020-01-24T12:50

How do American Egg Board arguments hold up to scientific scrutiny, such as the concept that large fluffy LDL cholesterol is protective compared to small, dense LDL?

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Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold from 2020-01-22T12:50:58

Raw garlic is compared to roasted, stir-fried, simmered, and jarred garlic.

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Eat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight from 2020-01-20T12:50:21

A calorie is not a calorie—it not only depends on what you eat, but when you eat.

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Flashback Friday: The Problem with the Paleo Diet Argument from 2020-01-17T12:50:58

The Paleolithic period represents just the last two million years of human evolution. What did our bodies evolve to eat during the first 90% of our time on Earth?

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Chronobiology – How Circadian Rhythms Can Control Your Health & Weight from 2020-01-15T12:50:24

Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a different time of day can have such different effects—it’s no surprise that chronoprevention approaches, like meal ti...

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The Effects of Hormones in Milk on Infertility in Women from 2020-01-13T12:50:36

Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow milk.

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Flashback Friday: Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking from 2020-01-10T13:00:43

Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be 100 years old. What’s their secret?

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Is Skipping Breakfast Better for Weight Loss? from 2020-01-08T12:50:08

Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies.

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Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss? from 2020-01-06T12:50:19

Is the link between breakfast skipping and obesity cause-and-effect?

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Flashback Friday: Diet & Climate Change – Cooking up a Storm from 2020-01-03T12:50:32

While epidemics of chronic disease are currently by far our leading causes of death, global warming is considered a looming public health threat. How can we eat to combat dietary diseases and green...

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Are BCAA (Branched Chain Amino Acids) Healthy? from 2020-01-01T12:50:50

Why we may want to strive not to exceed the recommended intake of protein.

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Are Weight-Loss Supplements Effective? from 2019-12-30T12:50:15

Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss?

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Flashback Friday: Is Gluten Sensitivity Real? & Separating the Wheat from the Chat from 2019-12-27T12:50:05

For more than 30 years, the medical profession has debated the existence of an intolerance to the wheat protein, gluten, unrelated to allergy or celiac disease. How common is gluten sensitivity? Ar...

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Are Weight-Loss Supplements Safe? from 2019-12-25T12:50:49

Only 2 out of 12 supplement companies were found to have products that were even accurately labeled.

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Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease from 2019-12-23T12:50:10

See what a penny a day worth of garlic powder can do.

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Flashback Friday: If Fructose Is Bad, What About Fruit? from 2019-12-20T12:50:59

Does the fructose naturally found in fruit and fruit juice have the same adverse effects as excess “industrial fructose” (table sugar and high fructose corn syrup) and if not, why not?

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Are Pre-Cut Vegetables Just as Healthy? from 2019-12-18T12:50:44

Endotoxins can build up on pre-chopped vegetables and undermine some of their benefits.

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Are Fortified Kids’ Breakfast Cereals Healthy or Just Candy? from 2019-12-16T12:50:08

The industry’s response to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary.

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Flashback Friday: Slow Your Beating Heart – Beans vs. Exercise from 2019-12-13T12:50:04

A cup a day of beans, chickpeas, or lentils for three months may slow resting heart rate as much as exercising for 250 hours on a treadmill.

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Benefits of Flax Seeds for Inflammation from 2019-12-11T12:50:50

Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flax seed.

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The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating from 2019-12-09T12:50:21

Calories eaten in the morning count less and are healthier than calories eaten in the evening.

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Flashback Friday: Can Oatmeal Reverse Heart Disease? from 2019-12-06T12:50:57

Less than 3% of Americans meet the daily recommended fiber intake, despite research suggesting high-fiber foods such as whole grains can affect the progression of coronary heart disease.

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Time-Restricted Eating Put to the Test from 2019-12-04T12:50:52

Are there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating?

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Trailer for How Not to Diet: Dr. Greger’s Guide to Weight Loss from 2019-12-02T12:50:58

17 ingredients to an ideal weight-loss diet and the 21 tweaks to accelerate the further loss of excess body fat.

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Flashback Friday: Childhood Constipation & Cow’s Milk from 2019-11-29T12:50:57

The elimination of all dairy products was found to cure constipation in up to 100% of kids tested, leading to a resolution of rectal inflammation and complications such as anal fissures.

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Neurotoxicity Effects of Star Fruit from 2019-11-27T12:50:38

Star fruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses.

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The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test from 2019-11-25T12:50:08

The effects of eating only 5 days a week or a fasting-mimicking diet 5 days a month.

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Flashback Friday: Alzheimer’s & Atherosclerosis of the Brain from 2019-11-22T12:50:56

Lack of adequate blood flow to the brain due to clogging of cerebral arteries may play a pivotal role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s dementia.

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Evidence-Based Weight Loss – Live Presentation from 2019-11-20T13:00:11

In his newest live presentation, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his new book How Not to Diet.

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Does Intermittent Fasting Increase Human Life Expectancy? from 2019-11-18T12:50:18

Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension.

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Flashback Friday: Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise from 2019-11-15T12:50:59

The deleterious effects of a Paleolithic diet appear to undermine the positive effects of a Crossfit-based high-intensity circuit training exercise program.

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Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe? from 2019-11-13T12:50:53

Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol.

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Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Put to the Test from 2019-11-11T12:50:20

Does every-other-day-eating prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight loss or improve compliance over constant day-to-day calorie restriction?

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Flashback Friday: What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? from 2019-11-08T12:50:46

There appear to be just two types of people in the world: those who have mostly Bacteroides type bacteria in their gut, and those whose colons are overwhelmingly home to Prevotella species instead.

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Does Marijuana Cause Schizophrenia? from 2019-11-06T12:50:52

The evidence linking cannabis use to psychotic disorders is considered strong enough to warrant a public health warning.

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Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? from 2019-11-04T12:50:01

The reasons why fasting longer than 24 hours, and particularly three or more days, should only be done under the supervision of a health professional and preferably in a live-in clinic.

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Flashback Friday: Coffee & Artery Function from 2019-11-01T11:50:44

The new dietary guidelines for beverages recommend tea and coffee second only to water in healthfulness, but what about concerns they might impair the function of our endothelium?

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Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? from 2019-10-30T11:50:34

Fasting for a week or two is like the keto diet—it can actually slow body fat loss rather that accelerating it.

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Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test from 2019-10-28T11:50:12

For more than a century, fasting—up to 382 days without calories—has been used a weight-loss treatment.

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Flashback Friday: Turning the Clock Back 14 Years from 2019-10-25T11:50:45

Four simple health behaviors may cut our risk of chronic disease by nearly 80%, potentially dropping our risk of dying equivalent to that of being 14 years younger.

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For Flavonoid Benefits, Don’t Peel Apples from 2019-10-23T11:50:38

Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples and spinach in a test of artery function.

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Potential Pitfalls of Calorie Restriction from 2019-10-21T11:50:50

How to preserve bone and mass on a low calorie diet.

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Flashback Friday: Alzheimer’s Disease – Grain Brain or Meathead? from 2019-10-18T11:50:03

Grain consumption appears strongly protective against Alzheimer’s disease, whereas animal fat intake has been linked to dementia risk.

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The Benefits of Calorie Restriction for Longevity from 2019-10-16T11:50:57

Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing.

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Does Sugar Lead to Weight Gain? from 2019-10-14T11:50:18

The sugar industry’s response to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic.

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Flashback Friday: Turmeric Curcumin Reprogramming Cancer Cell Death from 2019-10-11T11:50:38

The spice turmeric appears to be able to switch back on the self-destruct mechanism within cancer cells.

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Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Hearing from 2019-10-09T11:50:42

I was honored to testify before the US government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Check out the video to see my speech and a few of my favorite excerpts.

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The New Calories per Pound of Weight Loss Rule from 2019-10-07T11:50:05

Losing a pound of fat can take as few as 10 calories a day or as many as 55, depending on whether you’re improving food quality or just restricting food quantity.

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Flashback Friday: Plant-Based Diets for Diabetes from 2019-10-04T11:50:39

When placed head-to-head against the American Diabetes Association diet, how do plant-based diets fare in terms of not only blood sugar, body weight, and cholesterol control, but also mood and qual...

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The Reason Weight Loss Plateaus When You Diet from 2019-10-02T11:50:33

Understanding the metabolic and behavioral adaptations that slow weight loss.

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The 3,500 Calorie per Pound Rule Is Wrong from 2019-09-30T11:50:37

How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound of body fat?

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Flashback Friday: Green Smoothies – What Does the Science Say? from 2019-09-27T11:50:58

Might disrupting the fiber by blending fruit result in overly rapid sugar absorption?

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The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk on Cancer from 2019-09-25T11:50:58

What are the effects of the female sex hormones in milk on men, women, and children?

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Recipe: Soba Noodle Soup from 2019-09-23T11:50:35

A light broth soup, packed with a rainbow of vegetables and hearty buckwheat soba noodles. Toss in edamame or your favorite vegetables and spices to make this recipe your own. This recipe comes fro...

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Flashback Friday: Paleopoo – What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces from 2019-09-20T11:50:52

Ancient dietary practices based on analyzing the fiber content of fossilized human waste can give us insights for combating the modern obesity epidemic.

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Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse? from 2019-09-18T11:50:39

Keto diets put to the test for diabetes reversal.

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Keto Diets: Muscle Growth & Bone Density from 2019-09-16T11:50:42

Ketogenic diets found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and bone loss.

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Flashback Friday: Treating Gout with Cherry Juice from 2019-09-13T11:50:54

Cherry consumption has been shown to successfully prevent gout arthritis attacks, but what about cherry juice concentrate?

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Are Keto Diets Safe? from 2019-09-11T11:50:44

The effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk.

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Is Weight Loss on Ketosis Sustainable? from 2019-09-09T11:50:50

Might the appetite-suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance?

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Flashback Friday: Biblical Daniel Fast Put to the Test from 2019-09-06T11:50:26

Within a matter of weeks, participants placed on the vegan diet outlined by the prophet Daniel experienced improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin levels, insulin resistance, and C-...

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Keto Diet Results for Weight Loss from 2019-09-04T11:50:01

Ketogenic diets and the $33-billion diet gimmick.

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Keto Diet Theory Put to the Test from 2019-09-02T11:50:07

Do low-carb and ketogenic diets have a metabolic advantage for weight loss?

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Flashback Friday: Prebiotics – Tending Our Inner Garden from 2019-08-30T11:50:34

Why does our immune system confuse unhealthy diets with dysbiosis—an overrun of bad bacteria in our colon?

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Is Keto an Effective Cancer-Fighting Diet? from 2019-08-28T11:50:04

The clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer: what does the science say?

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Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? from 2019-08-26T11:50:19

How Dr. Greger pressure steams his greens.

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Flashback Friday: Four Nuts Once a Month from 2019-08-23T11:50:47

A single serving of Brazil nuts may bring cholesterol levels down faster than statin drugs and keep them down even a month after that single ingestion.

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Are Weight-Loss Pills Effective? from 2019-08-21T11:50:25

Studies show many doctors tend to overestimate the amount of weight loss caused by obesity drugs or were simply clueless.

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Are Weight-Loss Pills Safe? from 2019-08-19T11:50:14

Why don’t more people take the weight loss medications currently on the market?

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Flashback Friday: Should We Take EPA and DHA Omega-3 For Our Heart? from 2019-08-16T11:50:24

What’s the best way to fulfill the omega-3 essential fat requirements?

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Recipe: Veggie Mac & Cheese from 2019-08-14T11:50:04

A cruciferous spin on macaroni and cheese, this recipe takes comfort food to a whole new level, and is a tasty way to check off a few servings on the Daily Dozen checklist. This recipe comes from K...

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Is It Best to Drink Tap, Filtered, or Bottled Water? from 2019-08-12T11:50:54

Given the disinfection byproducts in tap water, Brita, PUR, ZeroWater, and refrigerator water filters are put to the test.

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Flashback Friday: Which Foods Increase Happiness? from 2019-08-09T11:50:18

Certain foods are linked not only to increased happiness, but also to greater “eudaemonic” well-being—feelings of engagement, creativity, meaning, and purpose in life.

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Avoiding Fish for 5 Years Before Pregnancy from 2019-08-07T11:50:40

The problem with fish advisories that tell pregnant women to cut down on fish is that it may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.

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Does Chewing Gum Help with Weight Loss? from 2019-08-05T11:50:46

If extra chewing is effective in suppressing your appetite when it comes to food, what about chewing gum as a weight loss strategy?

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Flashback Friday: How to Counter the Inflammation of Aging from 2019-08-02T11:50:34

What can we eat to combat “inflamm-aging,” the chronic low-grade inflammation that accompanies the aging process?

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How Many Calories Do You Burn Chewing Gum? from 2019-07-31T11:50:25

What are the effects of gum chewing on hunger and appetite?

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Plant-Based Diets Recognized by Diabetes Associations from 2019-07-29T11:50:44

Plant-based diets as the single most important, yet underutilized, opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes-induced epidemic of disease and death.

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Flashback Friday: Diet & GERD Acid Reflux Heartburn from 2019-07-26T11:50:21

Which foods should we eat and avoid to prevent and treat acid reflux before it can place us at risk for Barrett’s esophagus and cancer?

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How to Stop Tooth Decay from 2019-07-24T11:50:58

If sugar consumption is considered the one and only cause of cavities, how much is too much?

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Benefits of Flaxseed Meal for Weight Loss from 2019-07-22T11:50:40

Were the flax seed studies showing 20 pounds of weight loss just flukes?

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Flashback Friday: Preventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes and Diet from 2019-07-19T11:50:17

Lifestyle changes could potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease every year in the United States. And the role of the Mediterranean diet in preventing and treating ...

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Recipe: Easy Veggie Tacos from 2019-07-17T11:50:57

This recipe for Veggie Tacos comes from staff member Ángela.

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The Best Diet for Colon Cancer Prevention from 2019-07-15T11:50:49

What would happen within just two weeks if you swapped the diets of Americans with that of healthier eaters?

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Flashback Friday: How to Make Your Own Fruit & Vegetable Wash from 2019-07-12T11:50:03

Commercial fruit and vegetable washes fail to work better than tap water, but there is a cheap do-it-yourself solution that may completely eliminate certain pesticide residues.

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Best Foods for Colon Cancer Prevention from 2019-07-10T11:50:26

A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion, the disappearance of diversity in our good gut flora.

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A Political Lesson on the Power of the Food Industry from 2019-07-08T11:50:14

The amazing story about what lobbying millions can do to shut down efforts to protect children.

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Flashback Friday: Longer Life Within Walking Distance from 2019-07-05T11:50:06

Researchers find exercise often works just as well as drugs for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, and the prevention of diabetes. Exercise is medicine.

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The Effects of Marijuana on Fertility & Pregnancy from 2019-07-03T11:50:16

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should probably be advised to either decrease, or where possible, cease cannabis use entirely. And, couples trying to conceive may also want to consider cutting down.

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How to Treat Reflux in Children with Diet from 2019-07-01T11:50:22

Hypersensitivity reactions to dairy products even in those who test negative for cow’s milk allergy.

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Flashback Friday: Eating More to Weigh Less from 2019-06-28T11:50:44

Energy density explains how a study can show participants lose an average of 17 pounds within 21 days while eating a greater quantity of food.

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Should You Floss Before or After You Brush? from 2019-06-26T11:50:21

How good is the evidence that flossing is effective, and what have randomized controlled trials shown is the optimal toothbrushing and ?ossing sequence?

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Berries for Inflammation & Osteoarthritis Treatment from 2019-06-24T11:50:16

Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials on berries and the first clinical study on the effects of berries on arthritis.

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Flashback Friday: Which Fruits & Vegetables Boost DNA Repair? from 2019-06-21T11:50:20

Every hour, there are 800 incidents of DNA damage in our bodies. Which foods help us patch back up: apples, broccoli, celery, choy sum, lemons, lettuce, oranges, persimmons, or strawberries?

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Kidney Stones and Spinach, Chard, and Beet Greens: Don’t Eat Too Much from 2019-06-19T11:50:01

Given their oxalate content, how much is too much spinach, chard, beet greens, chaga mushroom powder, almonds, cashews, star fruit, and instant tea?

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Oxalates in Spinach and Kidney Stones: Should We Be Concerned? from 2019-06-17T11:50:14

Even though dietary oxalates may have a limited effect on kidney stone risk in most people, there are some predisposing factors that can put anyone at risk.

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Flashback Friday: Antioxidants in a Pinch from 2019-06-14T11:50:22

Some herbs and spices—including cinnamon, cloves, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, and peppermint—are so rich in antioxidants that just a small pinch can go a long way.

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How to Cook Greens from 2019-06-12T11:50:37

Dark green leafy vegetables are the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. What’s the best way to prepare them?

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Which Type of Duct Tape Is Best for Wart Removal? from 2019-06-10T13:50:15

Why do some experiments show that duct tape is ineffective for treating warts?

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Flashback Friday: Evidence-Based Medicine or Evidence-Biased? from 2019-06-07T13:50:14

Evidence-based medicine may ironically bias medical professionals against the power of dietary intervention.

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Can You Really Remove Warts with Duct Tape? from 2019-06-05T13:50:39

Duct tape beat out ten other wart treatments for not only cost but effectiveness, so why isn’t it standard practice?

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Duct Tape & Wart Removal from 2019-06-03T13:50:22

Duct tape beat out cryotherapy (freezing) for treating warts in a randomized controlled head-to-head trial.

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Flashback Friday: Improving on the Mediterranean Diet & Do Flexitarians Live Longer? from 2019-05-31T13:50:42

What are the four problematic nutritional aspects of even plant-based Mediterranean diets? Does just reducing one’s intake of meat, dairy, and eggs significantly reduce mortality?

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How to Prevent Toxoplasmosis from 2019-05-29T13:50:37

The risk of contracting the brain parasite toxoplasma from kitty litter vs. meat.

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Does Toxoplasmosis Cause Schizophrenia? from 2019-05-27T13:50:06

A brain parasite is considered “probably one of the most important risk factors for schizophrenia.”

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Flashback Friday: Which Vegetable Binds Bile Best? from 2019-05-24T13:50:35

Which foods are best at removing carcinogenic bile acids from the body: asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, eggplant, green beans, kale, mustard greens, okra, or pe...

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Long-Term Effects of Toxoplasmosis Brain Infection from 2019-05-22T13:50:14

The effect of toxoplasma brain parasites can cause personality alterations.

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Toxoplasmosis: A Manipulative Foodborne Brain Parasite from 2019-05-20T13:50:49

Nearly one quarter of Americans have already been infected with the brain parasite toxoplasma.

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Flashback Friday: Flax Seeds for Hypertension from 2019-05-17T13:50:15

Extraordinary results reported in a rare example of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a dietary intervention (flaxseeds) to combat one of our leading killers, high blood pre...

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Which Is a Better Breakfast: Cereal or Oatmeal? from 2019-05-15T13:50:29

The remarkable impact of the structure of food beyond nutritional content or composition.

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Should We Be Concerned About the Cyanide from Flax Seed? from 2019-05-13T13:50:46

In a worst-case scenario, how much flax seed is too much?

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Flashback Friday: Cooked Beans or Sprouted Beans? from 2019-05-10T13:50:14

How do canned versus germinated beans (such as sprouted lentils) compare when it comes to protecting brain cells and destroying melanoma, kidney, and breast cancer cells.

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How Well Does Cooking Destroy the Cyanide in Flax Seeds? from 2019-05-08T13:50:05

Are flax seeds like bitter almonds, where just a few ounces could kill you, or more like regular almonds, where regular dietary intake wouldn’t even come close?

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Does Wi-Fi Radiation Affect Brain Function? from 2019-05-06T13:50:51

What have more than 100 studies on Wi-Fi and human brain wave modulation found?

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Flashback Friday: Cooking to Live Longer from 2019-05-03T13:50:50

Does cooking meals at home lead to improved health outcomes? And how do TV dinners compare nutritionally to TV-chef recipes?

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How Much Microplastic Is Found in Fish Fillets? from 2019-05-01T13:50:30

How many plastic particles per serving have been found in the fish muscle itself?

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Are Microplastics in Seafood a Cancer Risk? from 2019-04-29T13:00:57

Plastic particles may exacerbate the pollutant contamination of fish.

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Flashback Friday: Ginger for Migraines from 2019-04-26T13:50:50

An eighth teaspoon of powdered ginger was found to work as well as the migraine headache drug sumatriptan (Imitrex) without the side effects.

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Microplastic Contamination & Seafood Safety from 2019-04-24T13:50:14

Can ingested plastic particles from fish get into our bloodstream?

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Sugar Industry Attempts to Manipulate the Science from 2019-04-22T13:00:44

How the food industry responds to “health food faddists."

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Flashback Friday: How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet from 2019-04-19T13:50:12

The first-line treatment for hypertension is lifestyle modification, which often includes the DASH diet. What is it and how can it be improved?

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Recipe: Garlic Caesar Salad Dressing from 2019-04-17T13:50:24

My go-to salad dressing, from the How Not to Die Cookbook.

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The Orthorexia Nervosa Test from 2019-04-15T13:50:45

See how you score on the orthorexia “diagnostic” test.

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Flashback Friday: Optimal Cholesterol Level from 2019-04-12T13:50:37

Why don’t authorities advocate a sufficient reduction in cholesterol down to safe levels?

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Orthorexia Nervosa Symptoms from 2019-04-10T13:50

When an eating “disorder” can save your life.

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Is Orthorexia a Real Eating Disorder? from 2019-04-08T13:50:04

Tracing the source and legitimacy of a disorder purporting to describe an “unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.”

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Flashback Friday: Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein? from 2019-04-05T13:00:40

Nutritional quality indices show plant-based diets are the healthiest, but do vegetarians and vegans reach the recommended daily intake of protein?

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The Best Diet for Diabetes from 2019-04-03T13:50:20

The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger.

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Treating Reflux in Babies with Diet from 2019-04-01T13:50:25

Treating the cause of infant reflux with maternal cow's milk elimination.

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Flashback Friday: What’s the Best Mouthwash? from 2019-03-29T12:50:39

There’s a cheap concoction one can make at home that safely wipes out cavity-forming bacteria on our teeth better than chlorhexidine mouthwash and also reduces their plaque-forming ability.

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Do the Health Benefits of Coffee Apply to Everyone? from 2019-03-27T12:50:29

Genetic differences in caffeine metabolism may explain the Jekyll and Hyde effects of coffee.

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Recipe: Edamame Guacamole from 2019-03-25T12:00:54

Here's a spin on traditional guacamole, from the How Not to Die Cookbook.

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Flashback Friday: How to Prevent and Treat Kidney Stones with Diet from 2019-03-22T12:50:23

Interventional studies support the population data that animal protein consumption appears to markedly increase the risk of kidney stones. Decreasing animal protein and sodium intake appears more e...

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The Worst Food for Tooth Decay from 2019-03-20T12:50:52

One of the worst breakfast cereals will surprise you.

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Pesticides in Marijuana from 2019-03-18T12:50:27

The biggest barrier to reducing toxic pesticides in cannabis is, not surprisingly, the cannabis industry itself.

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Flashback Friday: #1 Anticancer Vegetable from 2019-03-15T12:50:42

There are two superfood classes of vegetables most adept at blocking human cancer cell growth in a petri dish.

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Dairy & Cancer from 2019-03-13T12:50:47

How do we explain the increased risk of prostate cancer but the decreased risk of colon cancer associated with dairy consumption?

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