All Videos for Beans

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?



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 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?



Win-Win Dietary Solutions to the Climate Crisis

The EAT-Lancet Commission lays out the best diet for human and planetary health.



Type 1 Diabetes Treatment: A Plant-Based Diet

Is it possible to reverse type 1 diabetes if caught early enough?



The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine

Those on a healthy plant-based diet with elevated homocysteine levels despite taking sufficient vitamin B12 may want to consider taking a gram a day of contaminant-free creatine.



Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine?

What are the consequences of having to make your own creatine rather than relying on dietary sources?



How to Test for Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency.



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—Vegan Junk Food?

Just because you’re eating vegetarian or vegan doesn’t mean you’re eating healthy.



Do Vegetarians Really Have Higher Stroke Risk?

The first study in history on the incidence of stroke of vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be at higher risk.



The Immune System and COVID-19 Treatment

Are there immune-boosting foods we should be eating?



How to Lower Lp(a) with Diet

What to eat and what to avoid to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a).



The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic

Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions to support the likes of the sugar and livestock industries?



Foods That Help Headache and Migraine Relief

Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.



Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure

A whole food plant-based diet can be used to help lock in the benefits of fasting to kickstart the reversal of high blood pressure.



Trailer for How Not to Diet: Dr. Greger’s Guide to Weight Loss

17 ingredients to an ideal weight-loss diet and the 21 tweaks to accelerate the further loss of excess body fat.



Evidence-Based Weight Loss – Live Presentation

In this live presentation, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his book How Not to Diet.



Highlights from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Hearing

I was honored to testify before the US government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Check out the video to see my speech and a few of my favorite excerpts.



Are Keto Diets Safe?

The effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk.



Is Keto an Effective Cancer-Fighting Diet?

The clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer: what does the science say?



Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients?

How Dr. Greger pressure steams his greens.



Recipe: Easy Veggie Tacos

This recipe for Veggie Tacos comes from staff member Ángela.



The Best Diet for Colon Cancer Prevention

What would happen within just two weeks if you swapped the diets of Americans with that of healthier eaters?



Best Foods for Colon Cancer Prevention

A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion, the disappearance of diversity in our good gut flora.



How to Prevent Toxoplasmosis

The risk of contracting the brain parasite toxoplasma from kitty litter vs. meat.



The Best Diet for Diabetes

The case for using a plant-based diet to reduce the burden of diabetes has never been stronger.



Recipe: Edamame Guacamole

Here’s a spin on traditional guacamole, from the How Not to Die Cookbook.



Dairy and Cancer

How do we explain the increased risk of prostate cancer but the decreased risk of colon cancer associated with dairy consumption?



How to Treat Periodontitis with Diet

Plant-based diets are put to the test in the treatment of periodontal disease.



Dr. Greger on Live with Kelly and Ryan

Watch my JanYOUary 2018 segment on Live with Kelly and Ryan.



Is Fiber an Effective Anti-Inflammatory?

Most Americans get less than half the recommended minimum fiber intake a day and the benefits of fiber go way beyond bowel regularity.



Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, and Endurance

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



The Gladiator Diet: How Vegetarian Athletes Stack Up

Comparing the diets of the Roman gladiator “barley men” and army troopers to the modern Spartans of today.



Benefits of a Macrobiotic Diet for Diabetes

What happens when you add massive amounts of carbs to the daily diet of type 2 diabetics in the form of whole grains?



Pros and Cons of a Macrobiotic Diet

What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed of largely whole grains, vegetables, and beans?



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.



Benefits of Lentils and Chickpeas

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



Are Apples the Best Food for a Better Sex Life in Women?

Addyi (flibanserin), the drug marketed for “hypoactive sexual desire disorder,” is ineffective and unsafe. What about dietary approaches for female sexual dysfunction?