Dr. Greger's Videos on Dairy

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Why Don’t People Eat Healthier?

The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle.

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Breast Cancer and the Bovine Leukemia Virus in Meat and Dairy

Exposure to the bovine leukemia virus from meat and dairy (or a blood transfusion from those who eat meat or dairy) is a risk factor for cancer.

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Bovine Leukemia Virus as a Cause of Breast Cancer

As many as 37 percent of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to bovine leukemia virus.

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Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Death?

Do potato eaters live longer or shorter lives than non-potato eaters?

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Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of Diabetes?

Does the link between white potatoes and diabetes extend to non-fried potatoes without butter or sour cream?

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Which Foods Are Anti-Inflammatory?

Foods that reduce inflammation. What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like?

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Foods That Cause Inflammation

Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are the worst?

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The Role Milk May Play in Triggering Parkinson’s Disease

Is the brain damage associated with milk consumption due to the banned pesticide heptachlor or the milk sugar galactose?

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Avoid These Foods to Prevent a Leaky Gut

Avoid these foods for leaky gut prevention: common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier.

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Plant-Based Eating Score Put to the Test

How can you get a perfect diet score?

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Can Cholesterol Get Too Low?

Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90 percent of our risk for having a heart attack, whereas drugs may only reduce risk by 20 to 30 percent?

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Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels?

If the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora?

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Fasting for Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Headache

What effect do fasting and a plant-based diet have on TBI and migraines?

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Fasting for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

More than half of IBS sufferers appear to have a form of atypical food allergy.

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The Role Meat May Play in Triggering Parkinson’s Disease

What does the gut have to do with developing Parkinson’s disease?

Fiber vs. Low FODMAP for SIBO Symptoms

It may not be the number of bacteria growing in your small intestine, but the type of bacteria, which can be corrected with diet.

Foods Designed to Hijack Our Appetites

I debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient.

Are Emulsifiers Like Carboxymethylcellulose and Polysorbate 80 Safe?

Emulsifiers are the most widely used food additive. What are they doing to our gut microbiome?

The Food That Can Downregulate the Metastatic Cancer Gene

The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene

Women with breast cancer should include the “liberal culinary use of cruciferous vegetables.”

How to Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet

How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet

Randomized controlled trials show lowering saturated fat intake can lead to improved breast cancer survival.

What Causes Cancer to Metastasize?

Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36.

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The Best Diet for Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism

Is the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of animal foods, the benefits of plant foods, or both?

The Healthiest Natural Source of Iodine

How much nori, dulse, or arame approximate the recommended daily allowance for iodine?

Are Vegans at Risk for Iodine Deficiency?

Most plant-based milks are not fortified with iodine.

Preventing Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Diet

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt your microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic.

The Best Diet for Fatty Liver Disease Treatment

What are the three sources of the liver fat in fatty liver disease and how do you get rid of it?

Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?

What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?

Plant-Based Protein: Are Pea and Soy Isolates Harmful?

Plant-Based Protein: Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful?

What are the different impacts of plant protein versus animal protein, and do the benefits of plant proteins translate to plant protein isolates?

Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthy?

What happens when you compare the trans fats, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol levels in plant-based versus animal-based burgers?

The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

Environmental assessment of 50 different plant-based meats show them to be vastly more sustainable.

Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Bone Fractures and Lung Cancer?

What do randomized controlled trials of high-dose daily vitamin B12 supplementation show about the effects on cancer risk, death, and longevity?

Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Acne?

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.

How to Reverse Heart Failure with Diet

An entire issue of a cardiology journal dedicated to plant-based nutrition explores the role an evidence-based diet can play in the reversal of congestive heart failure.

Which Diets Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint?

Why don’t environmental groups advocate climate-friendlier diets?

Which Foods Have the Lowest Carbon Footprint?

How much greenhouse gas does the production of different foods cause measured in miles driven or lightbulb hour equivalents?

The Optimal Vitamin B12 Dosage for Adults

Why the current Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin B12 may be insufficient.

Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Lupus

Green smoothies are put to the test for the autoimmune disease SLE (lupus).

Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin B12 & Homocysteine?

Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin B12 and Homocysteine?

Not taking B12 supplements or regularly eating B12 fortified foods may explain the higher stroke risk found among vegetarians.

Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Animal Protein?

Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting grown hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?

Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Saturated Fat?

How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became Westernized by eating more meat and dairy?