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Dr. Greger Addresses Saturated Fat Confusion in New DVD
Considering concerns over saturated fat to be the #1 threat to their growth, the global...
How to Get Enough Antioxidants Each Day
We need to get a daily minimum of 8-11,000 antioxidant units a day in our...
The Reason We Need More Antioxidants
Glucose is the primary fuel of the human body. We consume glucose and breathe in...
How Avoiding Eggs Could Help You Avoid Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is becoming a global pandemic. We know the consumption of eggs is...
Guest Blog: Healthy Holiday Eating
Imagine if, instead of a Thanksgiving dinner or winter celebration meal that left you and...
How Beans Help Our Bones
Health authorities from all over the world universally recommend increasing the consumption of whole grains...
What Is Actually in Chicken Nuggets?
In a scathing expose of the USDA’s new meat inspection program, the Washington Post quoted...
Does Caramel Color Cause Cancer?
Used as a coloring agent in products ranging from colas and beer to gravies and...
We Can End the Heart Disease Epidemic
Many of the diseases that are common in United States are rare or even nonexistent...
How to Prevent Heart Disease
Many of today’s lifestyle medicine doctors, myself included, were greatly influenced by Nathan Pritikin, the...
How Seafood Can Impact Brain Development
In my video Fish Intake Associated With Brain Shrinkage, I discussed evidence suggesting that mercury...
Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Tuna
All fish contain small amounts of methylmercury, the most toxic form of mercury, and “fish...
How Fatty Foods May Affect Our Love Life
The food industry, like the tobacco companies and other drug lords, has been able to...
Can One Become a Sugar Addict?
People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without...
Where Are Phosphate Additives Found?
In my videos Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge and Cola and Phosphate Additives in Chicken,...
Phosphate Additives in Chicken Banned Elsewhere
In my video Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge and Cola, I talked about the danger...
What Do Meat Purge and Cola Have in Common?
In my video, Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet, I profiled research suggesting that the use...
What to Eat to Reduce Our Toxic Exposure
It is not very common that a single molecule attracts enough interest to merit international...
Our Immune System Uses Plants to Activate Gut Protection
It might seem that our skin is the first line of defense between our insides...
Dr. Greger Addresses GMOs in New DVD
The world’s preeminent scientific journal recently editorialized that we are now swimming in information about...
Four Things to Help Prevent Most Disease
Though I was trained as a general practitioner, my chosen specialty is lifestyle medicine. Most...
Are Canned Beans as Healthy as Home-Cooked?
Beans are an essential part of any healthful diet. The federal government recommends about half...
Will the Real Paleo Diet Please Stand Up?
Paleolithic diets are currently the rage, attracting athletes, dieters, and health seekers of all stripes....
