All Videos for Heart Disease

The Best Diet for Fibromyalgia and Other Chronic Pain Relief

Anti-inflammatory diets can be effective in alleviating chronic pain syndromes.



How Tongue Scraping Can Affect Heart Health

Tongue scraping can boost the ability of the good bacteria in our mouth to take advantage of the nitrates in greens to improve our cardiovascular health.



The Best Diet for Cancer Patients

What diet should oncologists recommend?



The Harms Associated with Eating More Southern-Style Food

Diet appears to mediate the majority of the racial health gap.



Answering Your Questions About Cholesterol and Diabetes

I answer some common questions I’ve been asked about cholesterol and diabetes, such as “What is the ideal LDL?” “What’s going on when someone eats healthfully but their glucose is still out of control?”



Does Dietary Cholesterol (Eggs) Raise Blood Cholesterol?

Even nine out of ten studies funded by the egg industry show that eggs raise cholesterol.



Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy?

Is the role of cholesterol in heart disease settled beyond a reasonable doubt?



The Purported Benefits of Vitamin K2: Should You Take Supplements?

Our body can make vitamin K2 from the K1 in green leafy vegetables.



Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and Cognitive Decline

AGEs may be one explanation for why those who consume meat may have up to three times the risk of developing dementia compared with vegetarians.



How to Cultivate a Healthy Gut Microbiome with Food

Our gut flora is determined by what we eat, for good or for ill.



Why Don’t Health Insurers Encourage Healthier Eating?

Why don’t more big payors in health care embrace plant-based eating?



How Much Does Meat Affect Longevity?

If you care about your health so much that it would be unthinkable to light up a cigarette before and after lunch, maybe you should order a bean burrito instead of a meaty one.



How Big Meat Manipulated the Science

Big Meat downplays the magnitude of meat mortality.



The Health Risks vs. Benefits of Meat Consumption

The meat industry’s own study concluded that meat consumption increased the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and premature death.



Observational Studies Show Similar Results to Randomized Controlled Trials

How legitimate is the common corporate criticism of the scientific nutrition literature that the credibility of observational studies is questionable?



How Big Sugar Undermines Dietary Guidelines

International Life Sciences Organization, a nonprofit, is accused of being a front group for Coca-Cola and other junk food giants.



Are the Health Benefits of Nuts Limited to Those Eating Bad Diets?

Do nut eaters live longer simply because they swap in protein from plants in place of animal protein?



Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein

I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality.



Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Effective?

Is potassium chloride win-win by decreasing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake?



Fewer Than 1 in 5,000 Meet Sodium and Potassium Recommended Intakes

A staggering 99.99 percent of Americans fail to get the minimum recommended potassium intake (despite it being perhaps only half of our natural intake) and stay below the recommended sodium intake (even though it may be twice our natural intake).



Natural Dietary Remedy for Insomnia

Lactucin, the hypnotic component of lettuce, is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lettuce seeds.



Foods to Help Protect Your Arteries from Saturated Fat

If you’re going to have something unhealthy, is there anything you can eat with it to help mediate the damage it may cause?



Exercising to Protect Your Arteries from Fast Food

There is a window of time in which sufficient physical activity can help mediate some of the damage caused by eating an unhealthy meal.



Saturated Fat Causes Artery and Lung Inflammation

What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal?



Ultra-Processed Junk Food Put to the Test

What happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber content in the first randomized controlled trial?



How We Won the Fight to Ban Trans Fat

What was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate the food industry failed?



Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include Longevity?

Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter?



How to Boost FGF21 with Diet for Longevity

Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects?



How to Increase Your Life Expectancy 12 to 14 Years

What can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending, lifestyle changes?



Do Vitamin C Supplements Help with Anxiety?

What are the risks and benefits of using vitamin C for depression and anxiety?



Glycemic Index of Potatoes: Why You Should Chill and Reheat Them

If you eat potatoes when they’re cold, as in potato salad, or chilled and reheated, you can get a nearly 40 percent lower glycemic impact.



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

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



Prunes: A Natural Remedy for Constipation

Prunes, figs, and exercise are put to the test as natural home remedies for constipation.



The Carcinogen Glycidol in Cooking Oils

Glycidol may help explain why people who eat fried foods get more cancer.



Foods That Cause Inflammation

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



Are PCSK9 Inhibitors for LDL Cholesterol Safe and Effective?

Those with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect with drugs?



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?



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?



Hospitals with 100 Percent Plant-Based Menus

The American Medical Association has passed a resolution encouraging healthy plant-based food options be available in hospitals.



Lifestyle and Disease Prevention: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny

Treating the underlying cause of chronic lifestyle diseases.