More than an Apple a Day: Preventing the Most Common Diseases
Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical nutrition, and developed this brand-new...
Latest in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 14
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Fighting the Blues with Greens?
Natural monoamine oxidase enzyme inhibitors in fruits and vegetables may help explain the improvement in...
Kiwifruit for Insomnia
Two kiwi fruit an hour before bedtime may improve sleep quality and duration, without the...
Tart Cherries for Insomnia
The melatonin content in certain plant foods such as almonds, raspberries, and goji berries may...
Hot Sauce in the Nose for Cluster Headaches?
Daily application of capsaicin, the burning component of hot peppers, into the nostril on the...
Cayenne Pepper for Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Chronic Indigestion
Chronic red pepper powder ingestion may be an effective treatment for IBS and chronic dyspepsia...
Dietary Treatment for Painful Menstrual Periods
Women suffering with dysmenorrhea who switch to a plant-based diet experience significant relief in menstrual...
Is Carrageenan Safe?
Carrageenan is a food additive used as a thickener and fat substitute in a variety...
Safety of Noni & Mangosteen Juice
Multilevel marketing companies accused of using exaggeration and pseudoscience to promote potentially dangerous products, such...
Infant Seizures Linked to Mother’s Spirulina Use
Contamination of spirulina supplements with toxins from blue-green algae raises safety concerns.
Keeping Your Hands Warm with Citrus
Phytonutrients in citrus, such as hesperidin, may increase blood flow sufficient to warm the hands...
Reducing Muscle Fatigue with Citrus
Daily citrus fruit consumption during athletic training may reduce muscle fatigue, as evidenced by lower...
Reducing Muscle Soreness with Berries
Anti-inflammatory phytonutrients in berries may explain why cherries can speed recovery after a marathon—by reducing...
Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress with Watercress
Those eating a more plant-based diet may naturally have an enhanced antioxidant defense system to...
Which Seaweed Is Most Protective Against Breast Cancer?
Nori seaweed snacks may favorably alter estrogen metabolism by modulating women's gut flora, resulting in...
Survival of the Firmest: Erectile Dysfunction and Death
Because penile arteries are only about half the size of the coronary arteries in the...
50 Shades of Greens
Since both coronary heart disease and impotence can be reversed with a healthy diet, sexual...
Pistachio Nuts for Erectile Dysfunction
Men eating pistachio nuts experienced a significant improvement in blood flow through the penis accompanied...
Butter-Flavored Microwave Popcorn or Breathing
The artificial butter flavoring diacetyl has been linked not only to deaths of workers handling...
Treating ADHD Without Stimulants
Exercise has been shown to be effective in controlling attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder symptoms,...
Artificial Food Colors and ADHD
In response to definitive evidence showing artificial colors may increase inattentiveness, impulsivity, and hyperactivity among...
Tricks to Get Kids to Eat Healthier at School
Interventions to improve child nutrition at school have included everything from reducing cookie size, adding...
Tricks to Get Kids to Eat Healthier at Home
Tips like cutting vegetables into shapes, covertly puréeing greens into sauces, and modeling healthy behaviors...
Tricks to Get Adults to Eat Healthier
Changing food perceptions and incorporating puréed vegetables into entrees can improve the dietary quality of...
Changing Our Taste Buds
Within a few weeks of eating healthier, our taste sensations change such that foods with...
Eating Better to Look Better
Public health campaigns can use vanity to improve fruit and vegetable consumption, since experiments show...
Poultry Exposure Tied to Liver and Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer-causing viruses in poultry may explain increased risks of death from liver and pancreatic cancers.
Eating Outside Our Kingdom
A higher rate of cancer deaths among those that handle and process meat is attributed...
Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction
Methionine restriction—best achieved through a plant-based diet—may prove to have a major impact on patients...
Methionine Restriction as a Life-Extension Strategy
Plant-based diets may prove to be a useful nutrition strategy in both cancer growth control...
Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
By age 10, nearly all kids have fatty streaks in their arteries. This is the...
