Health Experts: Eat More Plants and Whole Foods, Fewer Animals
Lorie Johnson via CBN News – Scientists now tell us the Standard American Diet (SAD) causes even more deaths than smoking. This diet largely consists…
Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Green tea has been called nature’s defense against cancer. Population studies linking green tea consumption with lower…
Why Drinking Diet Soda Makes You Crave Sugar
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Recommendations on limiting sugar consumption vary around the world, with guidelines ranging from “[l]imit sweet desserts to…
Dark Chocolate Put to the Test for Peripheral Artery Disease
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – One of the problems with publishing research on chocolate is that the press jumps on it, oversimplifying…
How to Get the Benefits of Aspirin Without the Risks
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – For people without a personal history of cardiovascular disease, aspirin’s risks may outweigh its benefits, but aspirin…
How Much Vitamin C Should You Get Every Day?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “For many years, the RDA [recommended daily allowance] for all vitamins were based on preventing deficiency, with…
Is Type 1 Diabetes Triggered by the Bovine Insulin in Milk?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Unlike A2 casein, A1 casein breaks down into casomorphin, which has opioid properties that may alter immune…
How Phytoestrogens Can have Anti-Estrogenic Effects
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – When the Women’s Health Initiative study found that menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy suffered “higher rates…
Should Endocrine Dysruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) Be Banned Completely?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “The number of new chemicals is increasing exponentially, with approximately 12,000 new substances added daily…”—yet data aren’t…
Achieving Food Synergy for Optimum Health and Reducing Chronic Disease
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – There are thousands of phytochemicals that will never make it onto the side of a cereal box…
Kidney Disease: Prevented and Treated With a Plant-Based Diet
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM – Kidney failure may be both prevented and treated with a plant-based diet, and it’s no wonder: Kidneys are highly vascular…
How Not to Die from Diabetes
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – We’ve known since the 1930s that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, arrested, and even reversed with…
How Not to Die from Cancer
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – After Dr. Dean Ornish conquered our number-one killer, heart disease, he moved on to killer number-two. What…
How Not to Die from Heart Disease
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – The most likely reason most of our loved ones will die is heart disease. It’s up to…
How Smoking in 1959 Is Like Eating in 2019: How Could There Be Such a Disconnect Between the Science and Medical Practice?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – Eating the Standard American Diet today is like being a smoker in the 1950s. Just as smoking…