Healthier Salt Substitutes
As I discuss in my video Shaking the Salt Habit, the two most prominent dietary...
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Do Vitamin C Supplements Help Reduce Anxiety?
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...
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Do You Have to Combine Plant Proteins at a Meal?
All nutrients come from the sun or the soil. Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” is...
Black and Red Rice Are Better Than Brown, Which Is Healthier Than White
Why does switching from white rice to brown rice enable overweight individuals to significantly reduce...
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How Plastics Can Affect Your Love Life
Most of the attention on phthalates, a group of hormone-disrupting chemicals found in PVC plastics,...
Concerns About Bone Broth
There are toxicological issues associated with production and processing of meat, such as the presence...
Bell Peppers to Help Ward Off Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder striking 1 percent of our older population and is...
Does Smoking Really Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the landmark 1964...
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It’s Giving Tuesday Today is #GivingTuesday, kicking off the charitable season with a celebration of...
Should Plant-Based Women Supplement with DHA During Pregnancy?
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of DHA supplementation of pregnant and breastfeeding women...
Should Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Take DHA Supplements?
One of the reasons breastfed infants may have better cognitive and visual development is because...
We Have Specific Fruit and Vegetable Receptors
“According to a recent survey, the number of Americans adults who say they are eating ‘pretty...
How to Make Your Own CoQ10
Fecal Fluorescence on Meat Chlorophyll is the green pigment that makes green leaves green. If...
Almonds vs. Rice vs. Potatoes for Osteoporosis
Currently, an estimated ten million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, causing more than a million fractures, including...
The Best Diet for Chest Pain
The Dean Ornish program that led to improved arterial function and the dramatic drop in...
Dr. Greger on Plant-Based Athletes, the Best Way to Cook Veggies, and More
Last week, October 25, was my birthday. Thank you to everyone who donated to NutritionFacts.org, which I...
How to Improve Artery Function
Endothelial dysfunction is the initial step in the development of peripheral artery disease, heart disease,...
What Happens If You Add Milk to Tea?
Our endothelium, the inner lining of our blood vessels that controls the function of every...
How to Treat Lupus with Turmeric
Different autoimmune diseases tend to target different organs. If our immune system attacks the insulin-producing...
How to Treat Chronic Kidney Disease with Food
“In the United States, approximately one in three adults aged 65 years and older has...
Raisins and Dental Health
“Raisins have a long-standing reputation as a food that promotes dental caries (cavities),” based on...
Meat Industry Response to Meat Being Labeled Carcinogenic
The most extensive report on diet and cancer in history is constantly being updated with...
Splenda Side-Effects
On April Fool’s Day, 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the artificial sweetener sucralose,...
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dietary Copper
Though the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease has yet to be found, there is increasing...
