Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension
Recently, researchers from Taiwan pitted the herbal tea hibiscus against obesity. They gave hibiscus to...
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When Should We Rely on Observational Studies?
What dietary change can simultaneously help detoxify mercury, lead, and cadmium from the body? I’ve previously explored the issue of lead contamination in calcium supplements, such as bonemeal, but bone meal isn’t all that can be contaminated. “Substantial quantities of...
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How to Treat Prediabetes with Diet
For people with prediabetes, lifestyle modification is considered “the cornerstone of diabetes prevention.” Diet-wise, this...
Are Sprouted Lentils Healthier Than Canned Lentils?
Beans, chickpeas, split peas and lentils are packed with nutrients and play a role in...
Egg Consumption and LDL Cholesterol Size
Maria Fernandez has received nearly a half million dollars from the egg industry and writes...
How to Protect Our Telomeres with Diet
In my video, Does Meditation Affect Cellular Aging?, I discussed how stress reduction through meditation...
How Many Minutes of Daily Meditation to Combat Stress?
In the film The Holiday, Cameron Diaz exclaims “Severe stress … causes the DNA in...
Can Turmeric Help with Alzheimer’s?
The spice turmeric may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease (See Preventing Alzheimer’s with Turmeric), but what...
Might Turmeric Help Prevent Alzheimer’s?
There are plenty of anti-inflammatory drugs out there that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s...
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...
