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The Institute of Medicine Report on the Health Effects of Marijuana

What did the 2017 National Academies of Sciences’ 468-page report conclude about cannabis?



The Best Diet for Fibroids

The same diet that helps regulate hormones in women may also reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting pollutants.



Is it Worth Getting Annual Health Check-Ups?

What are the risks and benefits of getting an annual check-up from your doctor?



Coconut Oil and the Boost in HDL “Good” Cholesterol

The effects of coconut oil are compared to butter and tallow. Even if virgin coconut oil and other saturated fats raise LDL “bad” cholesterol, isn’t that countered by the increase in HDL “good” cholesterol?



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.



The Benefits of Açai vs. Blueberries for Artery Function

What are the effects of açai berries, cooked and raw blueberries, grapes, cocoa, green tea, and freshly squeezed orange juice on artery function?



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?



What Does a Low White Blood Cell Count Mean?

Since white blood cell count is a sign of systemic inflammation, it’s no surprise that those with lower white blood cell counts live longer.



The Food Industry Wants the Public Confused About Nutrition

The Fairness Doctrine example shows the extent to which purveyors of unhealthy products will go to keep the truth from the American public.



Best Food for Lead Poisoning – Garlic

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



How Our Gut Bacteria Can Use Eggs to Accelerate Cancer

The reason egg consumption is associated with elevated cancer risk may be the TMAO, considered the “smoking gun” of microbiome-disease interactions.



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.



Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution

There is a food that offers the best of both worlds—significantly improving our ability to detox carcinogens like diesel fumes and decreasing inflammation in our airways—all while improving our respiratory defenses against infections.



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.



Don’t Wait Until Your Doctor Kicks the Habit

Just as most doctors smoked in the 1950s, most physicians today continue to consume foods that are contributing to our epidemics of dietary disease.



Can Green Tea Help Treat Cancer?

A mixture of results have been reported using green tea to try to stop or reverse the progression of oral cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and colon cancer.



Can Green Tea Help Prevent Cancer?

Within 40 minutes of green tea consumption, we get a boost in antioxidant power in our bloodstream, and, within 60 minutes, an upregulation of DNA repair.



Best Foods for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Which foods and cooking methods should we choose and avoid, given the role advanced glycation end products (glycotoxins) may play in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)?



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?



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?



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.



Evidence-Based Eating

It took more than 7,000 studies and the deaths of countless smokers before the first Surgeon General report against smoking was finally released. Another mountain of evidence for healthier eating exists today, but much of society has yet to catch up to the science.



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?



Salt of the Earth: Sodium and Plant-Based Diets

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



How Smoking in 1959 Is Like Eating in 2019

Given that diet is the number-one cause of death and disability, nutrition is surely the number-one subject taught in medical school, right? And it’s certainly the number-one issue your doctor talks with you about, right? If only. How can there be such a disconnect between the available evidence and the practice of medicine?



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.



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?



How Not to Die from Heart Disease

Lifestyle approaches aren’t only safer and cheaper—they can work better, because they let us treat the actual cause of the disease.



How Did Doctors Not Know About the Risks of Hormone Therapy?

Women were placed in harm’s way by their physicians, who acted as unsuspecting patsies for the drug companies.



Disclosing Conflicts of Interest in Medical Research

Billions in fines for bribery and suppressing data may just be the cost of doing business for drug companies, but surely doctors themselves must have more integrity, right?



Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking

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



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?



Will You Live Longer if You Take Vitamin D Supplements?

What do 56 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 100,000 people between the ages of 18 and 107 show vitamin D can do to our lifespan?



American Medical Association Complicity with Big Tobacco

Mainstream medicine’s permissive attitude towards smoking in the face of overwhelming evidence can be an object lesson for contemporary medical collusion with the food industry.



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?



Slowing Our Metabolism with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables

The reason greens are associated with a significantly longer lifespan may be because, like caloric restriction, they improve our energy efficiency.