Brown Fat: Losing Weight Through Thermogenesis
During World War I, it was discovered that many of the chemicals for new explosives...
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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Only about one in four people have heard of Campylobacter, compared to 90 percent who are familiar with Salmonella. “Although the incidence of these two…gastrointestinal infections is amazingly high,” infecting more than a million Americans every year, “it is even...
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How Doctors Responded to Being Named a Leading Killer
In my video Why Prevention Is Worth a Ton of Cure, I profiled a paper...
Does Rye Bread Protect Against Cancer?
Previously, I’ve explored the beneficial effects of flaxseeds on prostate cancer (Flaxseeds vs. Prostate Cancer),...
Fish Consumption and Suicide
Depression is a serious and common mental disorder responsible for the majority of suicides. As...
Can Dehydration Affect Our Mood?
Water is by far the number-one nutrient in our diet. Studies have suggested that proper...
¡NutritionFacts.org en Español!
I am thrilled to announce the launch of Spanish-language NutritionFacts.org, availing hundreds of millions more...
Heart of Gold: Turmeric vs. Exercise
The endothelium is the inner lining of our blood vessels. Laid end-to-end, endothelial cells from...
Dr. Greger on Avocados and Lectins
My new DVD starts streaming today My new DVD is out today and is available as a...
How to Design a Misleading Study to Show Diet Doesn’t Work
A study out of the University of North Carolina found no association between dietary fiber...
9 out of 10 Who Die from It Never Knew They Even Had This Preventable Disease
Diverticula are out-pouchings of our intestine. Doctors like using a tire analogy: high pressures within...
The 3 Vitamins That Prevent Brain Loss
By our seventies, one in five of us will suffer from cognitive impairment. Within five...
Comparing Pollutant Levels Between Different Diets
The results of the CHAMACOS (Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of...
A Dietary Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, episodic intestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and...
Reversing Diabetic Blindness with Diet
Though many reported feeling better on Dr. Walter Kempner’s rice and fruit diet, he refused...
Optimal Bowel Movement Position
Compared to rural African populations eating traditional plant-based diets, white South Africans and black and...
Optimal Bowel Movement Frequency
Lasting for 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the greatest ancient civilizations—with a vastly...
Plant-Based Diets as the Nutritional Equivalent of Quitting Smoking
Despite the most widely accepted and well-established chronic disease practice guidelines uniformly calling for lifestyle...
New Remote Job Openings at NutritionFacts.org
Even as of this week, 20 months after publication, How Not to Die is in the top...
Big Sugar Flexes Its Muscles
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends we reduce our consumption of salt, trans fats, saturated...
How to Treat the Root Cause of Diabetes
After about age 20, we may have all the insulin-producing beta cells we’re ever going...
Even Children Are Getting Gastric Bypasses Now
Weight loss surgery for children and adolescents is becoming widespread and is being performed in...
Treating the Root Cause of Acid Reflux
In terms of preventing acid reflux heartburn, high-fat meals cause dramatically more acid exposure in...
Mozart as Medicine
We’ve been playing music since the Paleolithic Era, 40,000 years ago. Music as therapy has...
My New DVD Starts Streaming Today
My new DVD is out today and is available as a streaming video so you...
