Building an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like? “Intervention studies to enhance healthy ageing need appropriate...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like? “Intervention studies to enhance healthy ageing need appropriate outcome measures, such as blood-borne biomarkers, which are easily obtainable, cost-effective, and widely accepted.” We need blood-borne biomarkers of mortality risk. For example, having higher...
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Do Fruits and Vegetables Boost Our Mood?
A randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being. “Psychological health can be broadly conceptualized...
Is Moringa the Most Nutritious Food?
Does the so-called miracle tree live up to the hype? Moringa (Moringa oleifera) is a...
Cutting the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods
We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of...
Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels
Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a test of artery...
Fighting Inflammation and Treating Osteoarthritis with Berries
What did double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials on berries and the first clinical study on the...
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Healthiest of Healthy Foods
In my book How Not to Die, I center my recommendations around a Daily Dozen checklist of everything I try...
Açaí vs. Wild Blueberries for Artery Function
“Plant-based diets…have been found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease” and some of our...
How to Lower Your Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio
The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function...
We Have Specific Fruit and Vegetable Receptors
“According to a recent survey, the number of Americans adults who say they are eating ‘pretty...
Raisins and Dental Health
“Raisins have a long-standing reputation as a food that promotes dental caries (cavities),” based on...
The Best Diet for the Inflammation of Aging
One of the most recognized consequences of aging is a decline in immune function, illustrated...
How to Counteract the Effects of Alcohol
More than a million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year, affecting about...
Best Food for the Common Cold
It is well known that deficiencies in certain vitamins and minerals can lead to significant...
Sip Smoothies Slowly
A famous study in 2000 compared the impact of soda versus jelly beans. Researchers had...
Do Smoothies Cause Overly Rapid Sugar Absorption?
Drinking sugar water is bad for you, as I explored in If Fructose Is Bad,...
How to Treat Dry Eye Disease Naturally with Diet
One of the most common eye disorders, dry eye disease, causes irritation or discomfort, and...
Why Smoothies Are Better Than Juicing
Studies such as a recent Harvard School of Public Health investigation found that the consumption...
Foods for Glaucoma
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of legal blindness in white women, and the number...
Add Beans, Berries, and Greens to More Meals
After we eat, our bodies create free radicals in the process of breaking down our...
How to Get Enough Antioxidants Each Day
We need to get a daily minimum of 8-11,000 antioxidant units a day in our...
Which Common Fruit Fights Cancer Better?
Recently, researchers compared the ability of eleven common fruits to suppress cancer cell growth in...
98% of American Diets Potassium-Deficient
Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium, due...
Saffron vs. Prozac for Depression
Millions of Americans suffer from depression every year, a disabling disease that can end up...
