All Videos for Antioxidants

How to Cook Greens

Dark green leafy vegetables are the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. What’s the best way to prepare them?



Do the Health Benefits of Coffee Apply to Everyone?

Genetic differences in caffeine metabolism may explain the Jekyll and Hyde effects of coffee.



Blueberries for a Diabetic Diet and DNA Repair

Blueberries are put to the test against insulin resistance, oxidation, and DNA damage.



Best Way to Cook Vegetables

Boiling, steaming, microwaving, air frying, and sous vide cooking are put to the test for nutrient retention.



Best Foods for Halitosis and Gingivitis

The best and worst foods for bad breath and gum inflammation.



Benefit of Dates for Colon Health

Seven dates a day for three weeks are put to the test in a randomized controlled trial.



Do Lutein Supplements Help with Brain Function?

Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.



Brain-Healthy Foods to Fight Aging

What is the best source of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?



Which Coffee Is Healthier: Light vs. Dark Roast?

Dark roast coffee is more effective than light roast coffee in reducing body weight.



Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, and Endurance

Randomized controlled trials put plant-based eating to the test for athletic performance.



Do Cell Phones Cause Salivary Gland Tumors?

What effect does mobile phone radiation have on your parotid gland?



Best Food for Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis

What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate healthier?



Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee?

How to choose the healthiest coffee, and the effects of adding milk vs. soymilk.



Benefits of Blueberries for Mood and Mobility

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of… blueberries!



Bean Pastas and Lentil Sprouts

Do the benefits of beans, and lentils, and chickpeas remain when they’re powdered? Also, how to use temperature stress to boost sprout nutrition.



Best Supplement for Canker Sores

Vitamin C, turmeric, beta-glucan fiber, and vitamin B12 are put to the test for recurring canker sores (aphthous ulcers).



Benefits of Lentils and Chickpeas

Lentils and chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, are put to the test.



Benefits of Beans for Peripheral Vascular Disease

Do legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—work only to prevent disease, or can they help treat and reverse it as well?



Benefits of Blueberries for Blood Pressure May Be Blocked by Yogurt

What happened when researchers tried to tease out what’s in dairy that interferes with the health benefits of berries and tea?



The Effects of Avocados on Inflammation

High-fat plant foods—avocados, peanuts, and walnuts—and olive oil are put to the test.



How to Reduce Cholesterol Oxidation

Chicken, fish, and egg powder in processed foods present greater risk from cholesterol oxidation byproducts, but there are things you can do to reduce exposure.



The Benefits of Kale and Cabbage for Cholesterol

Dinosaur kale and red cabbage are put to the test.



Are Avocados Good for You?

The nutritional benefits of guacamole extend beyond the nutrients in avocados.



Apple Peels Put to the Test for Chronic Joint Pain

Are the health benefits associated with apple consumption simply due to other healthy behaviors among apple-eaters?



Dining by Traffic Light: Green Is for Go, Red Is for Stop

In this video, I explain my traffic light system for ranking the relative healthfulness of Green Light vs. Yellow Light vs. Red Light foods.



Tomato Sauce vs. Prostate Cancer

What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day for three weeks?



Lycopene Supplements vs. Prostate Cancer

High doses of lycopene—the red pigment in tomatoes—were put to the test to see if it could prevent precancerous prostate lesions from turning into full-blown cancer.



Amla vs. Drugs for Cholesterol, Inflammation, and Blood-Thinning

Extracts of amla (Indian gooseberry) were pitted head-to-head against cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and the blood thinners aspirin and Plavix.



The Best Food for High Cholesterol

Are the apparently amazing benefits of amla—dried Indian gooseberries—too good to be true?



The Best Food for Fibroids

Women with uterine fibroids should consider adding green tea to their daily diet, as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled interventional trial suggests it may help as well as surgery.



Best Foods for Autism

The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to benefit autism in a way no drug ever has in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.



Fighting Autism Brain Inflammation with Food

One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation.



Benefits of Turmeric for Arsenic Exposure

What happened when turmeric curcumin was put to the test to see if it could reverse DNA damage caused by arsenic exposure?



The Benefits of Açai vs. Blueberries for Artery Function

What are the effects of açai berries, cooked and raw blueberries, grapes, cocoa, green tea, and freshly squeezed orange juice on artery function?



The Antioxidant Effects of Açai vs. Apples

Açaí berries are touted for their antioxidant power, but does that translate into increased antioxidant capacity of your bloodstream when you eat them?



Best Food for Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction

The spice saffron may not only work as well as SSRI antidepressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft without the side effects, but it may even be able to treat the adverse sexual side effects that occur in up to 70 percent of people taking the drugs.



Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility & Lead Poisoning?

Daily supplementation with 1,000 mg of vitamin C was put to the test to see if it could improve male fertility and lower lead levels.



Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning?

Those who have higher vitamin C levels tend to have less lead in their bloodstream, but what happens when people are given vitamin C supplements to put it to the test?



How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu?

Getting food into your stomach within a few hours of lead exposure can suppress the absorption of lead by 90 percent or more—but which foods are particularly protective?



The Effects of Avocados and Red Wine on Meal-Induced Inflammation

Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial (after-meal) inflammation caused by the consumption of refined carbohydrates and meat.