Why We Should Eat More Beans
We’ve known for decades that beans have an exceptionally low glycemic index. You give someone...
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The Corporate Playbook Behind Undermining Dietary Guidelines
A review of the effects of oil pulling concluded that, indeed, the ancient practice “may have beneficial effects on oro dental hygiene,” or oral and dental health. I’ve talked before about studies investigating oil pulling and dental health, but what...
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Egg Industry Caught Making False Claims
On the basis of concerns from the American Heart Association and consumer groups, the Federal...
Male Fertility and Dietary Pollutants
Infertility affects 10–15 percent of couples attempting to conceive, and in about half the cases...
Trans Fat in Animal Fat
Trans fats are bad. They may increase one’s risks of heart disease, sudden death, diabetes—and...
Ginger and Lemon Balm for Radiation Exposure
The German Medical Association has finally apologized for the profession’s role in the Nazi atrocities,...
Dealing with Air Travel Radiation Exposure
Doctors appear to be causing tens of thousands of cancers with CT scans and dentists...
Are Dental X-Rays Safe?
Every year, doctors cause an estimated 29,000 cancers a year dosing patients with X-rays during...
How Risky Are CT Scans?
The greatest radiation exposure risk comes not from the Fukushima fallout or the polonium naturally...
Fukushima Radiation and Seafood
With prevailing westerly winds over Japan, radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plant tragedy...
Tea and Fluoride Risk
If cranberries are so good at keeping bacteria from sticking to the wall of the...
Does Cranberry Juice Work Against Bladder Infections?
How could any bacteria cause a bladder infection without just getting flushed away—literally? Bladder infections...
Dr. Greger’s New Nutrition DVD Now Available
The newest volume of my Latest in Clinical Nutrition DVD series is now out. Order...
How Avoiding Chicken Could Prevent Bladder Infections
Where do bladder infections come from? Back in the ’70s, longitudinal studies of women over...
Preventing Bacterial Vaginosis with Diet
In the same way fermented pickles, kimchi, and sauerkraut foster the growth of good bacteria...
Treating Migraines with Lavender
Lavender has been studied recently for several purposes, including treatment of mood and anxiety disorders...
My Testimony Before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee
This week I had the honor of speaking before the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,...
Using Lavender to Treat Anxiety
Lavender oil, which is distilled from lavender flowers, is often used in aromatherapy and massage....
Top 10 Most Popular Videos of 2013
2013 was a banner year for NutritionFacts.org. Thanks to the collective enthusiasm for sharing this...
How Probiotics Affect Mental Health
Before Thorazine was invented in 1950, mental illness was often treated surgically. In fact, in...
How Should I Take Probiotics?
Foods appear to be better carriers for probiotics than supplements, but if one chooses to...
Probiotics During Cold Season?
Babies delivered via caesarean section appear to be at increased risk for various allergic diseases....
Probiotics and Diarrhea
Probiotics have slowly moved from the field of alternative medicine into the mainstream, particularly for...
Mushrooms and Immunity
There’re lots of products that promise to boost your immune system—who wouldn’t want that? Well,...
Raspberries Reverse Precancerous Lesions
More berried treasure! A story similar to the strawberries and esophageal cancer revelation I documented...
