Foods for Glaucoma
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of legal blindness in white women, and the number...
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How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts
Oil pulling is put to the test head-to-head against chlorhexidine mouthwash for oral and dental health measures. What are the potential risks and benefits of the ancient practice of oil pulling, in which oil is swished or “pulled” between the teeth for 15 minutes or so and...
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How Long to Avoid Fish Before Conception?
Mothers’ increased consumption of fish before and during pregnancy leads to increased exposure to both...
Boosting Anticancer Immunity with Berries
For disease prevention and health maintenance, berries of all colors have “emerged as champions.” Research...
The Vitamin Everyone on a Plant-Based Diet Needs
A new study from China found that compared to omnivores, those who ate egg-free and...
Comparing Vegans’ Arteries to Runners’
We know from the work of Drs. Dean Ornish and Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. that...
Add Beans, Berries, and Greens to More Meals
After we eat, our bodies create free radicals in the process of breaking down our...
Dr. Greger Addresses Saturated Fat Confusion in New DVD
Considering concerns over saturated fat to be the #1 threat to their growth, the global...
How to Get Enough Antioxidants Each Day
We need to get a daily minimum of 8-11,000 antioxidant units a day in our...
The Reason We Need More Antioxidants
Glucose is the primary fuel of the human body. We consume glucose and breathe in...
How Avoiding Eggs Could Help You Avoid Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is becoming a global pandemic. We know the consumption of eggs is...
Guest Blog: Healthy Holiday Eating
Imagine if, instead of a Thanksgiving dinner or winter celebration meal that left you and...
How Beans Help Our Bones
Health authorities from all over the world universally recommend increasing the consumption of whole grains...
What Is Actually in Chicken Nuggets?
In a scathing expose of the USDA’s new meat inspection program, the Washington Post quoted...
Does Caramel Color Cause Cancer?
Used as a coloring agent in products ranging from colas and beer to gravies and...
We Can End the Heart Disease Epidemic
Many of the diseases that are common in United States are rare or even nonexistent...
How to Prevent Heart Disease
Many of today’s lifestyle medicine doctors, myself included, were greatly influenced by Nathan Pritikin, the...
How Seafood Can Impact Brain Development
In my video Fish Intake Associated With Brain Shrinkage, I discussed evidence suggesting that mercury...
Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Tuna
All fish contain small amounts of methylmercury, the most toxic form of mercury, and “fish...
How Fatty Foods May Affect Our Love Life
The food industry, like the tobacco companies and other drug lords, has been able to...
Can One Become a Sugar Addict?
People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without...
Where Are Phosphate Additives Found?
In my videos Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge and Cola and Phosphate Additives in Chicken,...
Phosphate Additives in Chicken Banned Elsewhere
In my video Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge and Cola, I talked about the danger...
What Do Meat Purge and Cola Have in Common?
In my video, Treating Kidney Failure Through Diet, I profiled research suggesting that the use...
What to Eat to Reduce Our Toxic Exposure
It is not very common that a single molecule attracts enough interest to merit international...
