How Risky Is the Arsenic in Rice?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via NutritionFacts – Getting rice down to the so-called safe water limit for arsenic would still allow for roughly 500 times greater…
How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Boiling rice like pasta reduces arsenic levels, but how much nutrition is lost? Cooking rice in a high…
Cancer Risk from Arsenic in Rice and Seaweed
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – A daily half-cup of cooked rice may carry a hundred times the acceptable cancer risk of arsenic. What…
Can Soy Prevent and Treat Prostate Cancer?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via NutritionFacts – As I discuss in my video The Role of Soy Foods in Prostate Cancer Prevention and Treatment, a compilation…
2400 Units of Vitamin D a Day for Fibromyalgia
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Fibromyalgia, one of the most common joint and muscle diseases, afflicting millions of Americans, is characterized by widespread…
Should We Be Concerned with the Trans Fat in Animal Fat?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The years of healthy life lost due to our consumption of trans fats are comparable to the impact…
Trans Fats and the Food Industry’s “Model of Systemic Dishonesty”
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – In 1993, the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study found that a high intake of trans fat may increase the…
Topical Lemon Balm Lotion for Alzheimer’s
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Improving cognitive performance with aromatherapy in young, healthy volunteers is one thing, but how about where it really…
Topical Green Tea for Acne and Fungal Infections
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Which plant should we use for which skin disease? That’s the topic of my video Natural Treatment for…
The Role of Meat and Dairy Viruses in Cancer
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “Nearly 20% of cancer cases arising worldwide can be linked to infectious agents, including viruses.” Seven viruses are…
Why You Don’t Want “Normal” Blood Lead Levels
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “By the 1950s, lead—a dangerous neurotoxin that was once buried deep in the ground, far away from humans—had polluted…
Improve Artery Function by Lowering Your Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function within minutes of consumption.…
Combating Air Pollution Effects with Food
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – There is a food that offers the best of both worlds—significantly improving our ability to detox carcinogens like diesel…
What Happens If You Have Red Wine or Avocados with a Meal?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Whole plant sources of sugar and fat can ameliorate some of the postprandial (after meal) inflammation caused by the…
What Does Drinking Soy Milk Do to Hormone Levels?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The vast majority of breast cancers start out hormone-dependent, where estradiol, the primary human estrogen, “plays a crucial role…