Dr. Greger’s Medical Nutrition Blog
Should We Increase Our Protein Intake After Age 65?
A study that purported to show that diets high in meat, eggs, and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking supposedly suggested that “[p]eople under 65 who eat a lot of meat, eggs, and dairy are four times...
Dialing Down the Grim Reaper Gene
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be a 100 years old. What’s their secret? I discuss this in my video Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking. In 1993, a major breakthrough in longevity research was published about a...
A Highly Effective, Cheap, Easy-to-Use, Safer Treatment for Heavy Periods
Ginger is most famous for its role in preventing and alleviating nausea and vomiting. There are now so many studies that there are reviews of reviews. Just a half teaspoon of powdered ginger “is associated with a 5-fold likelihood of...
