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Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed largely of whole grains, vegetables, and beans? The American Medical Association has described macrobiotic diets as “one of the most dangerous dietary regimens, posing not only serious hazards to the...
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Do Flaxseeds Offer Sufficient Omega-3’s for Our Heart?
According to two of perhaps the most credible nutrition authorities, the World Health Organization and...
How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes reversal, not just treatment, should be a goal in the management of type 2...
A Super Healthy Plant-Based Diet vs. Diabetes
We’ve known that type 2 diabetes could be reversed by an extreme reduction in food...
How Bariatric Surgery Reverses Diabetes
“Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) is one of the most successful treatment strategies for diabetes...
Fennel Seeds for a Nitrate Boost
Dozens of studies now suggest that the nitrates in vegetables, such as beets and green...
Plant vs. Animal Food Purines for Preventing Gout
More than 2,000 years ago, “Hippocrates described gout as a disease of kings primarily because...
How Many Servings of Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Mood?
“Thousands of papers have been published on the important topic of what determines people’s subjective...
Dr. Greger on Macrobiotic Diets
Whenever I’m speaking at events, people tell me these amazing stories about reinventing their health...
Is It Healthier to Be Happier?
More than 60 years ago, the World Health Organization defined health as a “state of...
How to Activate Appetite-Suppressing Hormones
In the United States, we tend to get less than 20 grams of fiber a...
What to Eat to Boost Immunity
What we eat—or don’t eat—can affect our immune system. In my video Using the Produce...
How to Treat Infant Colic
Colic, characterized by prolonged periods of inconsolable crying, affects up to 40 percent of young...
Don’t Be Confused by Big Salt
High blood pressure is not the only harmful effect of too much salt—it’s also been...
The Best Diet for the Inflammation of Aging
One of the most recognized consequences of aging is a decline in immune function, illustrated...
The Best Food for Acne
We hear a lot about traditional Chinese herbal medicine, but less about the herbs used...
Why Drugs and Diet Can Sometimes Fail in Diabetes
“People with type 2 diabetes are at elevated risk for a number of serious health...
How to Counteract the Effects of Alcohol
More than a million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year, affecting about...
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Reduce Acid-Forming Proteins to Protect Kidney Function
Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem affecting about one in eight Americans,...
Fennel Seeds vs. Ginger for Menstrual Cramps and PMS
Ninety percent of women report having painful menstrual cramps at least some of the time....
Is Triclosan Antibacterial Toothpaste Safe?
Why do dogs lick their wounds? They even lick our wounds. This leads to a...
“The Eskimo Myth”
As I reviewed in my video Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?, the revelation that...
Salt Is Put to the Test
From a medical journal editor: “Like any group with vested interests, the food industry resists...
