Dr. Michael Greger: Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition Research
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the world’s largest association of nutrition professionals. They claim to be devoted to “improving the nation’s health.” They promote a series of Nutrition Fact … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Greger: Cherries
Haggis, the national dish of Scotland, is a savory pudding of heart, liver, lungs, and oatmeal traditionally stuffed inside of a stomach. When that stomach goes into our own stomach, … Continue reading
Video: Living to 100 — The Okinawa Diet
Why do those eating plant-based diets live longer? Are there whole populations that eat plant-based diets and live longer? What is the ideal diet? Are there actually purple sweet potatoes?
Dr. Michael Greger: How Humans Benefit from Stressed Plants
Plants live the ultimate sedentary lifestyle—most of us usually think of plants more as objects than as organisms. Because plants can’t move, they’ve had to evolve a whole other way … Continue reading
Video: Diet and Climate Change — Cooking Up a Storm
— While epidemics of chronic disease are our leading causes of death, global warming is also a public health threat. How can we eat to combat dietary diseases and greenhouse … Continue reading
Video: Can Dehydration Affect our Mood?
Dr. Michael Greger explains how brain shrinkage associated with dehydration may not only play a role in cognitive impairment, but also levels of energy, alertness, and happiness.
Video: Food as Medicine — Preventing and Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet
Dr. Michael Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this new presentation based on the latest in cutting-edge research exploring the role diet plays in … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Greger: Why Do Heart Doctors Favor Surgery and Drugs Over Diet?
When he was a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. published a controversial paper in the American Journal of Cardiology noting that heart bypass operations carry significant … Continue reading
Video: Taxpayer Subsidies for Unhealthy Foods
What if billions in tax dollars were invested in healthier options rather than given to corporations to subsidize the very foods that are making us sick? Professor of Nutrition Barry … Continue reading
Video: Physicians May Be Missing Their Most Important Tool
The leading causes of death in Western cultures — heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and auto-immune diseases — are caused by diet, and yet dietary recommendations for patients do not take … Continue reading
Video: The Tomato Effect
Why does the medical establishment ignore highly efficacious therapies such as plant-based diets for heart disease prevention and treatment? In this video, Dr. Michael Greger recalls an amusing but sad example … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Greger: Eating Nuts May Extend Your Lifespan By About 2 years
We’ve known that increased nut consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes. But do those who eat nuts actually … Continue reading
Video: Music as Medicine
Dr. Michael Greger explains how music works better than anti-anxiety drugs, Mozart can reduce allergic reactions, and listening to your favorite tunes can significantly affect your testosterone levels. . — … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Greger: How curry kills cancer cells
It is estimated that the human body consists of ten or so trillion cells. Almost all of these cells get turned over within approximately 100 days. That means we’re like … Continue reading
