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• December 25, 2012
  Whole Grains May Work As Well As Drugs

  The consumption of three portions of whole grains a day appears as powerful as high blood pressure medications in alleviating hypertension.
• December 24, 2012
  Metabolic Syndrome and Plant-Based Diets

  Plant-based diets appear to protect against metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, which is characterized by the so-called “deadly quartet,” abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high..
• November 28, 2012
  Ractopamine in Pork

  BREAKING NEWS video: An analysis of yesterday's Consumer Reports finding that 1 in 5 samples of retail pork tested positive for the growth-promoting drug ractopamine. Tomorrow, I will cover their..
• July 26, 2012
  Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death

  Death in America is largely a foodborne illness. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to..
• April 24, 2012
  The Safer Cinnamon

  There are four common types of cinnamon: Vietnamese, Chinese (cassia), Indonesian, and Ceylon (true) cinnamon. Which is safest in terms of the level of coumarin, which may damage the liver at toxic..
• January 17, 2012
  Amla Versus Diabetes

  For a dollar a month, Indian gooseberry (amla) powder may work as well as a leading diabetes drug without the side effects.
• January 16, 2012
  Power Plants

  Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine's arsenal came from natural products, from penicillin to the chemotherapy agents Taxol® and vincristine.
• October 17, 2011
  Alkaline Water: a Scam?

  Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it snake oil. They both may be wrong.