Why Are Chickens Fed Prozac?
Between 1940 and 1971, the synthetic estrogen DES was prescribed to several million pregnant women...
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Weight Bias in Health Care
There are some serious public health concerns about the legalization of marijuana, but they’re probably not what you might expect. Regarding marijuana legalization, “opinions range from regarding this as a landmark human rights advance granting access to a miracle medication,...
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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...
Bile Acids and Breast Cancer
Why do constipated women appear to be at higher risk for breast cancer? The results...
Evidence-Based Nutrition
Dr. Esselstyn’s landmark study, demonstrating that even advanced triple vessel coronary artery disease could be...
The Dietary Link Between Acne and Cancer
Acne is an epidemic skin disease of industrialized countries, reaching prevalence rates of over 85 percent of...
How to Suppress the Aging Enzyme TOR
Over the last decade, more than 5,000 papers have been published about TOR, an engine-of-aging...
Free App for Android & iPhone and Top 10 Videos of 2015
The second half of my new book (and New York Times Bestseller for the third...
Starch-Blocking Foods for Diabetics?
How did doctors treat diabetes before insulin? Almost a thousand medicinal plants are known antidiabetic...
Which Works Better: Adding Beans or Portion Control?
People who eat the most legumes appear to only have a fraction of the risk...
Which Nut Suppresses Cancer Cell Growth the Most?
People who eat nuts in their adolescence may have a better chance of fighting off...
How Not to Die Hits New York Times Best Seller List!
NutritionFacts.org Needs Your Help 2015 marks the 4-year anniversary of NutritionFacts.org. In that time, our...
Making Plant-Based Diets the New Normal
A Nutritional Update for Physicians was published in the official journal of Kaiser Permanente, the...
Coffee for Hepatitis C
Decades ago, researchers in Norway came upon an unexpected finding. Alcohol consumption was associated with...
There Was No Book… Until Now!
People are more likely to die during December and January than any other time of...
Dr. Greger Takes on Vitamin C for Cancer in New DVD
Vitamin C is no stranger to controversy. It took 40 years between when citrus fruits...
Do Dietary Toxins Contribute to Hand Tremors?
Essential tremor, affecting 1 in 25 adults over 40 and up to 1 in 5...
How Learning to Cook Can Save Your Life
The eating habits of modern Americans have been described as, “eating breakfast in their cars,...
Is It Better to Bake, Boil, or Steam Sweet Potatoes?
I previously talked about the cancer fighting properties of sweet potatoes (See Anti-Cancer Potential of...
Sweet Potato Proteins vs. Cancer
Sweet potatoes can be considered a superfood. They are one of the healthiest and cheapest...
Where Are the Lowest Rates of Alzheimer’s in the World?
The rates of dementia differ greatly around the world, from the lowest rates in Africa,...
Coca-Cola Stopped Sponsoring the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the world’s largest association of nutrition professionals. They claim...
How Dark Chocolate Affects Our Arteries
Chocolate: delicious beauty or harmful beast? Or both? Although chocolate products can contain high levels...
How Do Broccoli Supplements Compare to Sprouts?
Your parents would have been smart to tell you to to “eat your broccoli.” But...
