Poultry and Weight Gain
Vegetarians have considerably lower obesity rates compared to those who eat meat, but why? Is...
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Are Carboxymethylcellulose, Polysorbate 80, and Other Emulsifiers Safe?
“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years. With mammograms, though, breast cancer may only grow and spread for…21.4 years. Critics of breast cancer screening claim that, on...
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Get a Personalized Bookplate What better way to celebrate the birthday of someone you...
The Role of Caffeine in Artery Function
There are dietary guidelines for food, but what about for beverages? A Beverage Guidance Panel...
How Big Food Twists the Science
Just like mosquitos are the vectors of spread for malaria, a landmark article published recently...
Introducing the Kempner Rice Diet
Franklin Delano Roosevelt brought us through the Great Depression and World War II. Who knows...
Preventing and Treating Low Back Pain with Diet
Low back pain became one of the biggest problems for public health systems in the...
What About All the Sugar in Fruit?
If the fructose in sugar and high fructose corn syrup has been considered “alcohol without...
New DVD, New Annual Talk, New Live Q&As & HOW NOT TO DIE now out in Spanish
Decades ago, when I was still studying biophysics at Cornell’s Agriculture School, I reached out...
How to Eliminate 90 Percent of Heart Disease Risk
Medical myths and dogmas die hard. Researchers creating a new body of knowledge for prevention...
Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds
In the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the consumption of fruits and vegetables is crucial. Preventing...
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Diet
Up to half of Alzheimer’s cases may be attributable to just seven risk factors shown...
Preventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes
It’s safe to say that Alzheimer’s disease research is in a “state of crisis.” For...
How Much Added Sugar Is Too Much?
In 1776, at the time of the American Revolution, Americans consumed about four pounds of...
Caloric Restriction vs. Plant-Based Diets
Hundreds of thousands of deaths in the United States every year are attributed to obesity,...
GMO Soy and Breast Cancer
In response to concerns raised about the toxicity of Monsanto’s roundup pesticide, which ends up...
Is Monsanto’s Roundup Pesticide Glyphosate Safe?
GMO soy has been found to be contaminated with pesticide residues (see Are GMOs Safe?...
GMO Soybeans Compared to Conventionally Grown and Organic Soy
As I discussed in the video, Are GMOs Safe? The Case of BT Corn, genes...
Free Meal Plan with Dr. Greger-Approved Recipes
The good news: I’m writing a cookbook. When I set out to write How Not...
Is Insecticidal GMO Corn Safe?
Recently, the prominent science journal Nature editorialized that we are now swimming in information about...
Why Does the Meat Industry Routinely Feed Animals Antibiotics?
When farm animals are fed antibiotics, they can develop antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their guts. Manure...
Fast Food Restaurants in Children’s Hospitals
The food industry spends billions on advertising. Promotion costs for individual candy bars can run...
Dietary Estrogens and Male Fertility
In my video, The Role of Diet in Declining Sperm Counts, I discussed the association...
Preserving Male Reproductive Health with Diet
In 1992, a controversial paper was published suggesting sperm counts have been dropping around the...
Why Smoothies Are Better Than Juicing
Studies such as a recent Harvard School of Public Health investigation found that the consumption...
