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...
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How the Fight to Ban Trans Fat Was Won
The World Health Organization concluded that cell phone radiation may cause brain tumors, but what about effects on cognitive function? “At present, we do not know precisely the degree to which the risk of cancer and other adverse health effects...
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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...
Why Some Dietary Cholesterol Studies Fail to Show Harm
How else can we make decisions for ourselves and our families but by the best...
Topical Application of Turmeric Curcumin for Cancer
In my video, Turmeric Curcumin and Colon Cancer, I talked about a study where researchers...
Preventing and Treating Colon Cancer with Turmeric Curcumin
The low incidence of bowel cancer in India is often attributed to natural antioxidants such...
How to Reduce Your Dietary Cadmium Absorption
Cadmium is known as a highly toxic metal that represents a major hazard to human...
Reduce Workout Soreness with Watermelon
Long-distance runners and cross-fit athletes alike know it well: Delayed-onset muscle soreness is the discomfort...
How to Treat Gout With Diet
The Washington State Fruit Commission, our largest cherry producer, can fund reviews that cherry-pick studies...
Which Are More Anti-Inflammatory: Sweet Cherries or Tart Cherries?
Haggis, the national dish of Scotland, is a savory pudding of heart, liver, lungs, and...
Dr. Greger Takes on Calcium Supplements in New DVD
The optimal daily calcium intake is one of the most controversial areas in nutrition. Unlike...
Where Do You Get Your Fiber?
Vegetarians and vegans are all too familiar with the question: Where do you get your...
Exercise as Medicine
Physical inactivity has been called the biggest public health problem of the 21st century. Of...
Eliminate Most of Your Chronic Disease Risk in Four Steps
In 1903, Thomas Edison predicted that the doctor of the future will give no medicine,...
How Much Longer Do Fruit- and Vegetable-Eaters Live?
Probably the least controversial advice in all of nutrition is to eat more fruits and...
My New Book HOW NOT TO DIE Is Now Available for Pre-Order!
It’s hard to express how excited I am that How Not to Die is going...
How Plants Can Be Both Safer and More Effective
During the last decade, the drug industry has followed an assumption that a single drug...
Plants as Intellectual Property: Patently Wrong?
Since ancient times, Mother Nature has been a fertile source for drugs used to treat...
Why Certain Plant Compounds May Mimic Dietary Restriction
A new concept, called xenohormesis, has arisen to explain the mystery of why so many...
How Humans Benefit from Stressed Plants
Plants live the ultimate sedentary lifestyle—most of us usually think of plants more as objects...
Hives from Tick Bite-Induced Meat Allergies
In a previous video Alpha Gal and the Lone Star Tick, I started talking about...
