Sodium & Autoimmune Disease: Rubbing Salt in the Wound?
There are two ways in which salt may drive autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, type I diabetes, Sjögren’s syndrome, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis.
All Videos for Standard American Diet
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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.
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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?
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Animal Protein, Pregnancy, & Childhood Obesity
What pregnant women eat may affect even the health of their grandchildren.
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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?
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Should Vegans Take DHA to Preserve Brain Function?
Learn why I recommend 250mg a day of a pollutant-free source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
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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.
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Paleo Diet Studies Show Benefits
What happens when Paleolithic-type diets are put to the test?
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Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer
Pomegranate juice for prostate cancer was finally put to the test in a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.
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How to Avoid the Obesity-Related Plastic Chemical BPA
Ninety percent of our exposure to the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) comes from certain components of our diet.
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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.
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Gut Dysbiosis: Starving Our Microbial Self
Inadequate consumption of prebiotics—the fiber and resistant starch concentrated in unprocessed plant foods—can cause a disease-promoting imbalance in our gut microbiome.
