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Strokes remain a leading cause of death in the United States. The plaque in our arteries (including the arteries in our brain) is built out of cholesterol. Eggs and brains themselves are the two most concentrated sources of cholesterol. This is one reason why one of the leading experts on strokes said you can eat all the eggs you want—but only if you’re dying from a terminal disease! To minimize risk of stroke, the following appear to be helpful: sleep 7 hours a night, drink green tea, and eat a potassium-rich plant based diet. Moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase the risk of a bleeding stroke but reduce the risk of clotting strokes. Dr. Greger covers strokes in his full-length presentation, Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, where he explores the role diet may play in preventing, treating, and even reversing our top 15 killers.

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Microbiome: We Are What They Eat

What happens to our gut flora when we switch from a more animal-based diet to a more plant-based diet?

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Dr. Greger teams up with Chef Rich Landau to offer tips on how and why to eat healthier.

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.

Lowering our Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio to Reduce Stroke Risk

The potassium content of greens is one of two ways it can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.

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 the while improving our respiratory defenses against infections.

How to Prevent Blood Sugar and Triglyceride Spikes after Meals

How to Prevent Blood Sugar & Triglyceride Spikes after Meals

Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. But there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction.

Higher Blood Pressure May Lead to Brain Shrinkage

Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia later in life—even more so than having the so-called Alzheimer’s gene.

Dangers of Dietary Supplement Deregulation

The majority of dietary supplement facilities tested were found noncompliant with good manufacturing practices guidelines.

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.

Can Green Tea Help Prevent Cancer?

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

Best Foods to Reduce Stroke Risk

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