All Videos for Blood Pressure

Benefits of Brewer’s Yeast for Diabetes

A half-teaspoon a day of brewer’s yeast is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.



Does Tea Tree Oil Work for Nail Fungus?

Tea tree essential oil is pitted against the antifungal cream lotrimin for the treatment of fungal nail infection, but what about treating the underlying cause?



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 Benefits of Kale and Cabbage for Cholesterol

Dinosaur kale and red cabbage are put to the test.



Is It Better to Drink a Little Alcohol Than None at All?

Even if alcohol causes cancer and there is no “French paradox,” what about the famous J-shaped curve, where excessive drinking is bad, but light drinkers appear to have lower mortality than abstainers?



Is Aloe Effective for Blood Pressure, Inflammatory Bowel, Wound Healing, and Burns?

I discuss the risks and benefits of aloe vera.



How Much Lead Is in Organic Chicken Soup (Bone Broth)?

Let’s review lead from occupational exposures, shooting ranges, eggs, and bone broth.



Are Avocados Fattening?

Studies funded by the Avocado Board suggest avocados may facilitate weight loss, but compared to what?



Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: My New Favorite Beverage

Dr. Greger blends up a vegetable smoothie inspired by a recipe in his How Not to Die Cookbook.



Saffron vs. Memantine (Namenda) for Alzheimer’s

The spice saffron is pitted head-to-head against the leading drug for severe Alzheimer’s disease.



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.



Do the Pros of Brown Rice Outweigh the Cons of Arsenic?

Are there unique benefits to brown rice that would justify keeping it in our diet despite the arsenic content?



Cancer Risk from Arsenic in Rice & Seaweed

A daily half-cup of cooked rice may carry a hundred times the acceptable cancer risk of arsenic. What about seaweed from the coast of Maine?



The Effects of Too Much Arsenic in the Diet

Even at low-level exposure, arsenic is not just a class I carcinogen, but may also impair our immune function and increase our risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.



What Is the Ideal White Blood Cell Count?

Since white blood cell count is such a strong predictor of lifespan, what should we aim for and how do we get it there?



Best Food for Lead Poisoning – Garlic

Are there any benefits of garlic powder for treating mild-to-moderate lead poisoning?



The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults

Much of the lead found in adults today was deposited into our skeletons decades ago and is just now leaching out from our bones into our blood. What are the health consequences of having lead levels down around the American average?



Lowering Our Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio to Reduce Stroke Risk

The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.



How Much Should You Exercise?

Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities, recommending what they think may be achievable, rather than simply informing us what the science says and letting us make up our own mind.



Higher Blood Pressure May Lead to Brain Shrinkage

Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia later in life—even more so than having the so-called Alzheimer’s gene.



Which Are Better: Chia Seeds or Flaxseeds?

What effect do chia seeds have on weight loss, blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and inflammation?



Best Foods to Improve Sexual Function

Selecting foods to improve pelvic blood flow and decrease inflammation both immediately after a meal and for the long term may improve sexual functioning in men and women.



How to Develop a Healthy Gut Ecosystem

What we eat determines what kind of bacteria we foster the growth of in our gut, which can increase or decrease our risk of some of our leading killer diseases.



How to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection

Slow-paced breathing at the right frequency can result in a vagal nerve activation, which may have a variety of beneficial effects.



Is Miso Healthy?

Miso is packed with sodium, which is linked to both stomach cancer and high blood pressure, so is it safe to consume?



The Effect of Animal Protein on Stress Hormones, Testosterone, and Pregnancy

What happened to women who were randomized to eat more meat and dairy during pregnancy? What effect does animal protein consumption have on cortisol and testosterone levels in men?



How Do We Know That Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease?

What would happen if babies were randomized at birth to a lifetime of low cholesterol levels? We already know because Mother Nature did exactly that! In this video, I introduce the concept of Mendelian randomization.



Egg Industry Response to Choline and TMAO

How the egg industry funded a study designed to cover up the toxic trimethylamine oxide reaction to egg consumption.



Salt of the Earth: Sodium and Plant-Based Diets

Is a plant-based diet sufficient to reach sodium goals?



Wakame Seaweed Salad May Lower Blood Pressure

Seaweed salad is put to the test for hypertension.



How Not to Die: An Animated Summary

We have tremendous power over our health destiny and longevity.



What Is the Healthiest Diet?

What is the baggage that comes along with the nutrients in your food?



How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure

How might we prevent and reverse hypertension, the number-one risk factor for death in the world?



Should We Take DHA Supplements to Boost Brain Function?

Overt omega-3 deficiency is rare, but do short-term experiments on cognitive function suggest there might be an optimal DHA dose?



Paleo Diet Studies Show Benefits

What happens when Paleolithic-type diets are put to the test?



Maternal Diet May Affect Stress Responses in Children

Single meals can affect testosterone and cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Some foods eaten regularly during pregnancy may even reprogram children’s responses to stress later in life.



HOW NOT TO DIE: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, & Reversing Our Top 15 Killers

In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.



Sodium and Arterial Function: A-Salting Our Endothelium

A salted meal can impair artery function within 30 minutes by suppressing a key detoxifying antioxidant enzyme in our body.



The Best Way to Get Vitamin D: Sun, Supplements, or Salons?

If one is going to make an evolutionary argument for what a “natural” vitamin D level may be, how about getting vitamin D in the way nature intended—that is, from the sun instead of supplements?