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Best Foods to Reduce Stroke Risk

What are the protective components of dietary patterns and foods associated with lower risk of cerebrovascular disease, or stroke?



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?



Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health?

Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to decrease the harms of smoking. What does the science say about taxing sodium, sugar, and saturated fat?



The Role of Poultry Viruses in Human Cancers

Does a cancer-causing herpes virus in chickens pose a public health threat?



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.



Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?

The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal bleeding.



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.



Parkinson’s Disease and the Uric Acid Sweet Spot

The link between Parkinson’s and dairy may not be explained just by the pesticides and lactose.



Morning Sickness May Protect Mother and Child

Why do those eating plant-based diets appear to suffer less from morning sickness?



Animal Protein, Pregnancy, and Childhood Obesity

What pregnant women eat may affect even the health of their grandchildren.



How Not to Die: An Animated Summary

We have tremendous power over our health destiny and longevity.



Big Salt – Getting to the Meat of the Matter

Why does the meat industry add salt to its products when millions of lives are at stake?



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?



How Not to Die from Kidney Disease

What are the three significant dietary risk factors for declining kidney function?



The Role of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer

As many as 37 percent of human breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to bovine leukemia virus.



How Not to Die from Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes can be prevented, arrested, and even reversed with a healthy enough diet.



How Not to Die from Cancer

What happens when we put cancer on a plant-based diet?



Resistant Starch and Colon Cancer

Fiber isn’t the only thing our good gut bacteria can eat. Starch can also act as a prebiotic.



Paleo Diet Studies Show Benefits

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



Increasing Protein Intake After Age 65

What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens?



Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking

Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be 100 years old. What’s their secret?



Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer

Pomegranate juice for prostate cancer was finally put to the test in a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.



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.



The Hispanic Paradox: Why Do Latinos Live Longer?

Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health care, U.S. Hispanics tend to live the longest. Why?



Zeranol Use in Meat and Breast Cancer

Anabolic growth-promoting drugs in meat production are by far the most potent hormones found in the food supply.



What Diet Best Lowers Phthalate Exposure?

The highest levels of phthalates, hormone-disrupting plastics chemical pollutants, are found in meats, fats, and dairy.



Changing a Man’s Diet After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Might appeals to masculinity and manhood help men with prostate cancer change their diet to improve their survival?



Is It Worth Switching from White Rice to Brown?

What happens when brown rice is put to the test in a randomized controlled crossover trial?



Reductionism and the Deficiency Mentality

How the food, drug, and supplement industries have taken advantage of the field of nutrition’s reductionist mindset



How to Prevent Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Avoid sugary and cholesterol-laden foods to reduce the risk of our most common cause of chronic liver disease.



Meat Industry Reaction to New Cancer Guidelines

What was the meat industry’s response to the recommendation by leading cancer charities to stop eating processed meats, such as bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunchmeat?



Curing Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetics suffering from nerve pain for years are cured within days with a plant-based diet.



Lead Contamination in Bone Broth

Organic chicken broth is popular with paleo diet advocates, but do tests indicate the presence of the toxic heavy metal lead?



Plant-Based Diets and Artery Function

The improvement of arterial function on a whole food, plant-based diet appears so pronounced that cardiac patients can achieve a 90% reduction in angina attacks.



The Palatability of Cancer Prevention

Dietary guidelines often patronizingly recommend what is considered acceptable or achievable, rather than what the best available balance of evidence suggests is best.



Diabetes Reversal: Is It the Calories or the Food?

Even when study subjects were required to eat so much that they didn’t lose any weight, a plant-based diet could still reverse type 2 diabetes in a matter of weeks.



Preventing Gout Attacks with Diet

If the uric acid crystals that trigger gout come from the breakdown of purines, should gout patients avoid even healthy, purine-rich foods, such as beans, mushrooms, and cauliflower?



How to Counter the Inflammation of Aging

What can we eat to combat “inflamm-aging,” the chronic low-grade inflammation that accompanies the aging process?