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Is It Safe to Consume Cannabis Edibles?
What do we need to know about the safety of marijuana edibles? You may recall from my video Smoking Marijuana vs. Using a Cannabis Vaporizer that smoking cannabis can create respiratory problems, so using a vaporizer is an alternative. What...
Does the Science Say That Butter Is Really Back?
Are butter and other saturated fats bad for you or not? My video Friday Favorites: Is Butter Really Back? What the Science Says explores the uses and misuses of research on butter consumption and health. Time magazine famously exhorted people to “Eat Butter” and no doubt...
Is Laetrile (Amygdalin or Vitamin B17) an Effective Alternative Cure for Cancer?
The Mayo Clinic puts laetrile to the test to see if it is an effective cancer treatment. My video Does Laetrile (Amygdalin or Vitamin B17) Work as an Alternative Cancer Cure? looks at amygdalin and whether it is “quackery or...
Are Apricot Seeds an Alternative Cancer Cure?
If you choose alternative cancer treatments, do you live longer? In addition to conventional therapies, “does the use of alternative medicine predict survival from cancer?” Even if the alternative therapies themselves were useless, one might predict users would live longer...
Can Oxidized Cholesterol 27HC Explain Three Breast Cancer Mysteries?
Oxidized cholesterol, which is concentrated in products containing eggs, processed meat, and parmesan cheese, has cancer-fueling estrogenic effects on human breast cancer. In 1908, the presence of cholesterol crystals was noted “in the proliferating areas of cancers,” suggesting that cholesterol...
Dr. Greger’s Top Takeaways on Brain Health, Erythritol, and Gluten-Free Diets
Every month, we publish around eight new videos, four Friday Favorites, eight blogs, and four podcasts on NutritionFacts.org. We are bursting at the seams with all sorts of health and nutrition info that we don’t want you to miss, so...
Is Dietary Cholesterol in a Relationship with Cancer?
What is the relationship between the consumption of eggs and other cholesterol-rich foods and cancers of the colon, breast, endometrium, pancreas, and throat? In 1969, a correlation analysis was performed by a Dr. Gregor—no relation, and he spelled it wrong—and...
Lipstick Contaminated with Lead?
Dozens of lipsticks and lip glosses are put to the test. “Over the past years, using cosmetic products has increased worldwide at an alarming rate due to unending pursuit for individual beautification…” There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that unless cosmetic...
