Might Turmeric Help Prevent Alzheimer’s?
There are plenty of anti-inflammatory drugs out there that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s...
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How to Boost Your Longevity Hormone
The “Robin Hood of Science” continues to provide more than 60 million scientific papers to anyone in the world for free at https://sci-hub.st The first issues of the first scientific journals were published in 1665, including an “observation made in...
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Eating Garlic and Raisins May Help Prevent Preterm Birth
The United States has one of the worst premature birth rates in the world, now...
Dioxins in U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish
Dioxins are highly toxic pollutants that accumulate in tissue fat. Almost all dioxins found in...
Dr. Greger’s New Google Talk
I was recently honored to be invited to Google to present on How Not to...
When Charities Collaborate with the Food Industry
When the history of the world’s attempts to address obesity is written, one researcher writes,...
Four Brazil Nuts Once a Month…
One of the craziest studies I read all year involved feeding people a single serving...
The Effects of Dietary Cholesterol on Blood Cholesterol
Blood cholesterol levels are clearly increased by eating dietary cholesterol. In other words, putting cholesterol...
Why Don’t More Doctors Practice Prevention?
Why don’t more doctors practice preventive cardiology? Time availability is a reason frequently cited by...
Using Cherries to Treat Gout
Over the last 40 years, the burden of gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, has risen...
Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbugs” in Meat
As a rule, “high-ranking public-health officials try to avoid apocalyptic descriptors. So, it’s worrying to...
Drugs vs. Lifestyle for Preventing Diabetes
In just one decade, the number of people with diabetes has more than doubled. According...
How to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Diabetes
Thirty years ago, virtually all diabetes in young individuals was thought to be autoimmune Type...
Hummus for a Healthy Heart
I’ve talked previously about the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of various phytonutrients in beans, but...
What to Do If You Suspect Gluten Problems
Symptoms of gluten sensitivity include irritable bowel type symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, and...
How a Gluten-Free Diet Can Be Harmful
Until only a few years ago, almost the whole of the scientific world maintained that...
Gluten Sensitivity Put to the Test
In 1980, researchers in England reported a series of women with no evidence of celiac...
Should We Take Chlorella to Boost Natural Killer Cell Activity?
Multiple studies published over the last few decades suggest that exercise can mitigate the decline...
A Simple Yet Neglected Cure for Childhood Constipation
Back in the 1950s, it was suggested that some cases of constipation among children might...
How to Cook Broccoli
When I used to teach medical students at Tufts, I gave a lecture about this...
The #1 Dietary Risk Factor Is Not Eating Enough Fruit
The Global Burden of Disease Study published in 2012, is the most comprehensive and systematic...
New DVD Covers Splenda, Lupus, CoQ10, & Reversing Diabetes
On April Fool’s Day, 1998, the FDA approved the artificial sweetener sucralose, sold as Splenda....
Why Are Chickens Fed Prozac?
Between 1940 and 1971, the synthetic estrogen DES was prescribed to several million pregnant women...
Making Your Own Mouthwash
The effects of a vegetarian diet on systemic diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases...
Bile Binding Beets
In my video Breast Cancer and Constipation, I discussed how fruits and veggies bind carcinogenic...
