How to Reduce Your TMAO Levels
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?
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?
What happens when metastatic prostate cancer patients were taught to increase intake of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans, and to decrease consumption of meat, dairy, and junk?
Do the health benefits of rice consumption outweigh any potential risk from the arsenic contamination?
Soy is put to the test for the treatment of prostate cancer.
The Fairness Doctrine example shows the extent to which purveyors of unhealthy products will go to keep the truth from the American public.
The food industry fought tooth and nail to retain partially hydrogenated oils, even though they were killing 50,000 Americans a year.
What happens to our gut flora when we switch from a more animal-based diet to a more plant-based diet?
Daily supplementation with 1,000 mg of vitamin C was put to the test to see if it could improve male fertility and lower lead levels.
Those who have higher vitamin C levels tend to have less lead in their bloodstream, but what happens when people are given vitamin C supplements to put it to the test?
What would happen if you secretly gave cancer patients four of the healthiest foods?
The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.
It may be more expedient politically to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a decrease in consumption of unhealthy items, but it may be far less effective.
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.
Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. Thankfully, there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction.
Selecting foods to improve pelvic blood flow and decrease inflammation both immediately after a meal and for the long term may improve sexual functioning in men and women.
An eighth of a teaspoon of ground ginger power is tested head-to-head against the leading drug for the alleviation of painful periods.
Even a small amount of fresh herbs can double or even quadruple the antioxidant power of a meal. The abilities of oregano to decrease chromosomal damage from radiation and marjoram to affect hormone levels in women with PCOS are put to the test.
Which dietary changes could reduce free radical damage and also improve DNA repair in women with mutated BRCA genes?
What are the protective components of dietary patterns and foods associated with lower risk of cerebrovascular disease, or stroke?
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?
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 taxing sodium, sugar, and saturated fat?
One third of men in their 30s may already have tiny, cancerous tumors in their prostates. How much tea would we have to drink to build up cancer-suppressing levels in our prostate tissue?
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates among those eating plant-based diets.
The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal bleeding.
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.
Is a plant-based diet sufficient to reach sodium goals?
Combining certain foods together may be more beneficial than eating them separately.
What can we eat to increase good gut bacteria richness in our colon?
We have tremendous power over our health destiny and longevity.
What is the baggage that comes along with the nutrients in your food?
How might we prevent and reverse hypertension, the number-one risk factor for death in the world?
How might beans, berries, and intact (not just whole) grains reduce colon cancer risk?
Fiber isn’t the only thing our good gut bacteria can eat. Starch can also act as a prebiotic.
Perhaps dietary guidelines should stress fresh, frozen, and dried fruit—rather than canned.
What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens?
Single meals can affect testosterone and cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Some foods eaten regularly during pregnancy may even reprogram children’s responses to stress later in life.
In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?
Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health care, U.S. Hispanics tend to live the longest. Why?