All Videos for Heart Disease

Are Calcium Supplements Safe?

The unnaturally large, rapid, and sustained calcium levels in the blood caused by calcium supplements may explain why calcium from supplements, but not from food, appears to increase the risk of heart attacks.



How to Prevent Fainting

Syncope (fainting) triggered by standing, strong emotions, or common phobias to blood, injections, and injuries can be easily prevented with a number of safe, simple, effective exercises.



How Much Cancer Does Lunch Meat Cause?

Why does the leading cancer and diet authority recommend we avoid bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and all other processed meats—including chicken and turkey?



Microbiome: The Inside Story

The microbiome revolution in medicine is beginning to uncover the underappreciated role our healthy gut bacteria play in nutrition and health.



“Veg-Table” Dietary Nitrate Scoring Method

What is the optimal timing and dose of nitrate-containing vegetables, such as beets and spinach, for improving athletic performance?



Omega 3s, Prostate Cancer, and Atrial Fibrillation

Fish and fish oil consumption do not appear to protect against heart disease, arrhythmias, or sudden death, but why would they increase cancer risk?



What Are the Healthiest Foods?

Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding disease-promoting components?



Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis

What happens inside the arteries going to the hearts and brains of those who add nuts or extra virgin olive oil to their diet?



Optimal Diet: Just Give It to Me Straight, Doc

Why is there a reticence to provide the public with guidelines that will spare them from preventable disease and premature death?



Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease?

Health authorities appear to have taken the patronizing view that the public can’t handle the truth and would rather the science be watered down.



Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease

High-tech advances, such as PET scanning, offer new insight into the role cholesterol plays in both the amyloid cascade and vascular models of the development of Alzheimer’s dementia.



Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt

Is the sodium debate a legitimate scientific disagreement or a “controversy” manufactured by industry?



The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100

What would happen if you centered your diet around vegetables, the most nutrient-dense food group?



Oxygenating Blood with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables

Vegetables such as beets and arugula can improve athletic performance by improving oxygen delivery and utilization. But, what about for those who really need it—such as those with emphysema, high blood pressure, and peripheral artery disease?



Whole Beets vs. Juice for Improving Athletic Performance

What is the latest science on the performance-enhancing qualities of nitrate-rich vegetables?



Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain

Lack of adequate blood flow to the brain due to clogging of cerebral arteries may play a pivotal role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s dementia.



Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis

Neurodegenerative brain changes begin by middle age, underscoring the need for lifelong preventive brain maintenance.



The Downside of Green Smoothies

Concerns about smoothies and oxalic acid, nitrate availability, dental erosion, and weight gain are addressed.



Coffee and Mortality

What effect does coffee and tea consumption have on longevity, cancer risk, GERD reflux, bone fractures, glaucoma, sleep quality, and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)?



Olive Oil and Artery Function

Does extra virgin olive oil have the same adverse effect on arterial function as refined oils and animal fats?



Fatty Meals May Impair Artery Function

We finally discovered why a single high-fat meal can cause angina chest pain.



Does Chocolate Cause Weight Gain?

Big Candy boasts studies showing that those who eat chocolate weigh less than those who don’t, but what does the best science show?



High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice

Eating a diet low enough in sodium (salt) can prevent the rise in hypertension risk as we age.



Food as Medicine: Preventing and Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet

Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this new presentation based on the latest in cutting edge research exploring the role diet may play in preventing, arresting, and even reversing some of our most feared causes of death and disability.



How Doctors Responded to Being Named a Leading Killer

What was the medical community’s reaction to being named the third leading cause of death in the United States?



Can Dehydration Affect Our Mood?

The brain shrinkage associated with dehydration may not only play a role in cognitive impairment, but also in levels of energy, alertness, and happiness.



Heart of Gold: Turmeric vs. Exercise

Diet and exercise synergize to improve endothelial function, the ability of our arteries to relax normally.



Can Diabetic Retinopathy Be Reversed?

The reversal of blindness due to hypertension and diabetes with Dr. Kempner’s rice and fruit diet demonstrates the power of diet to exceed the benefits of the best modern medicine and surgery have to offer.



How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have Every Day?

Most people have between 3 bowel movements a day and 3 a week, but normal doesn’t necessarily mean optimal.



The Best Kept Secret in Medicine

Lifestyle changes are often more effective in reducing the rates of heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and premature death than almost any other medical intervention.



How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet

The first-line treatment for hypertension is lifestyle modification, which often includes the DASH diet. What is it and how can it be improved?



The Safety of Heme vs. Non-Heme Iron

Heme iron, the type found predominantly in blood and muscle, is absorbed better than the non-heme iron that predominates in plants, but may increase the risk of cancer, stroke, heart disease, and metabolic syndrome.



Physicians May Be Missing Their Most Important Tool

What might happen if nutritional excellence were taught in medical school?



Can Oatmeal Reverse Heart Disease?

Less than 3% of Americans meet the daily recommended fiber intake, despite research suggesting high-fiber foods such as whole grains can affect the progression of coronary heart disease.



How Many Glasses of Water Should We Drink a Day?

Based on the potential benefits of proper hydration such as reduced bladder cancer risk, how many cups of water should we strive to drink every day?



Drugs & the Demise of the Rice Diet

What is the contemporary relevance of Dr. Kempner’s rice and fruit protocol for the reversal of chronic disease?



How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet

High blood pressure, the #1 killer risk factor in the world, may be eliminated with a healthy enough diet.



Cholesterol Crystals May Tear Through Our Artery Lining

Crystallization of cholesterol may be what causes atherosclerotic plaque rupture, the trigger for heart attacks



What Percent of Americans Lead Healthy Lifestyles?

Death row nutrition offers some insight into the standard American diet.



How to Prevent a Stroke

Insufficient intake of fiber-rich foods may lead to the stiffening of our arteries associated with risk of having a stroke.