High Blood Pressure May Lead to Low Brain Volume
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia…
Are the BPA-Free Plastics Like Tritan Safe?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Do BPA-free plastics such as Tritan, have human hormone-disrupting effects? And what about BPS and BPF? Recent human studies…
Eating Seaweed Salad May Boost Immune Function
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Eating seaweed salad may boost the efficacy of vaccinations and help treat cold sores, herpes, Epstein-Barr virus, and shingles.…
One Way to Treat Asthma and Autoimmune Diseases with Diet
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Cutting two teaspoons of salt’s worth of sodium from one’s daily diet can significantly improve lung function in asthmatics.…
A Half Teaspoon of Dried Rosemary May Improve Cognitive Function
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – In Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5, Ophelia notes that rosemary is for remembrance, an idea that goes back…
How to Foster a Healthy Gut Flora
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – What’s more important: probiotics or prebiotics? And where can we best get them? “Virtually every day we are all confronted…
Boosting Antiviral Immune Function with Green Tea
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Unlike most antiviral drugs, green tea appears to work by boosting the immune system to combat diseases such as…
Vitamin D Supplements for Increasing Aging Muscle Strength
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via NutritionFacts – We have known for more than 400 years that muscle weakness is a common presenting symptom of vitamin D deficiency.…
Using Green Tea to Help Prevent Cancer and Treat Cancer
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via NutritionFacts – Tea consumption is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and premature death in general, with each…
The Foods to Avoid to Lower Stroke Risk
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “Stroke remains one of the most devastating of all neurological diseases,” killing about 5 million people a…
How to Boost the Fat Burning Hormone FIAF
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Although recent increases in the availability of junk food and decreases “in institutionally driven physical activity” have…
Proof that Lifelong Cholesterol Reduction Prevents Heart Disease
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “It is well accepted that coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic progressive disease that begins early in life…
What Not to Do When You Handle Receipts
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The plastics chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, was banned for use in baby bottles in…
Consider the Evidence When You Make Life-or-Death Decisions
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – In the 1940s and ’50s, the American Medical Association was not only saying that “smoking in moderation”…
Vitamin D Put to the Test for Crohn’s Disease
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), “a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine that causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, and…