Michael Greger, M.D. blogs at NutritionalFacts.org. "The goal of this website is to present you with the results of the latest in nutrition and health research, presented in a way that is easy to understand."
Prevent Glaucoma and See 27 Miles Farther
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The risk of glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, appears to be dramatically reduced by kale or collard greens consumption, thanks to the phytonutrient pigments lutein and zeaxanthin.[...less]
Preventing Macular Degeneration with Diet
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A healthy diet may not only prevent the complications of diabetes, but also reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, another common cause of blindness.[...less]
Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The variety of fruit and vegetable consumption may decrease disease risk, independent of quantity.[...less]
Apples and Oranges: Dietary Diversity
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: In addition to quantity and quality, the variety of fruits and vegetables consumed matters, as many phytonutrients are not evenly distributed among the various families and parts of plants.[...less]
The Acne-Promoting Effects of Milk
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Dairy is considered a major cause of the acne epidemic and other more serious chronic diseases in the Western world due to the "abuse" of the mammalian postnatal signaling system by widespread cow milk consumption.[...less]
Skim Milk and Acne
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Three Harvard studies linking [...]
Skim Milk and Acne
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Three Harvard studies linking acne with dairy consumption in adolescent girls and boys blamed the sex steroid hormone content naturally found in cow's milk (even without added hormones), particularly skim.[...less]
National Dairy Council on Acne and Milk
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The Harvard Nurses' Study found an association between high school dairy intake and severe physician-diagnosed acne.[...less]
Cow's Milk Casomorphin and Autism
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Opiate-like casomorphins liberated from the cow's milk protein casein are accused of participating in the cause of such conditions as: autism, crib death, type I diabetes, postpartum psychosis, circulatory disorders, and food allergies.[...less]
Cow's Milk Casomorphin and Crib Death
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Bovine casomorphin from cow's milk is suspected to increase the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome, or crib death) based on the elevated blood levels in babies suffering acute life-threatening events and their relative inability to clear it from their systems.[...less]
Cow's Milk-Induced Infant Apnea
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The opiate-like effects of the casomorphin in cow's milk may have a depressive effect on the respiratory center of infants and lead to "milk apnea," in which babies temporarily stop breathing and are placed at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (crib death).[...less]
The Fruit Whose Juice Is Healthier
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Can you name a fruit whose processed juice is healthier than just eating the fruit itself?[...less]
Cheese Mites and Maggots
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Cheese manufacturers use spider-like insects and fly larvae to impart particular flavors and aromas to certain cheeses.[...less]
Creatine Brain Fuel Supplementation
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Vegetarians appear to get more of a cognitive boost than meat-eaters from creatine supplementation.[...less]
When Meat Can Be a Lifesaver
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: There are rare birth defects in which the inability to produce certain compounds requires an exogenous source. Presented here is a case report of a boy with a mutation in his carnitine transport system.[...less]
Eating Healthy on the Cheap
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Plant-based diets may offer the best investment for dietary health.[...less]
Treating COPD with Diet
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Dietary interventions, including increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing meat intake, may not only help slow the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but may actually improve lung function.[...less]
Preventing COPD with Diet
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [...]
Preventing COPD with Diet
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is now the third leading cause of death. The good news is that in addition to smoking cessation there are dietary interventions that can help prevent COPD.[...less]
Watermelon as Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Watermelon is a rich source of citrulline, which has been found to improve erection hardness in men with mild erectile dysfunction (impotence).[...less]
Raw Veggies Versus Cooked for Heart Disease
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease, but which is more protective, raw or cooked?[...less]
The Safer Cinnamon
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: There are four common types [...]
The Safer Cinnamon
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: There are four common types of cinnamon: Vietnamese, Chinese (cassia), Indonesian, and Ceylon (true) cinnamon. Which is safest in terms of the level of coumarin, which may damage the liver at toxic doses?[...less]
Cholesterol and Lower Back Pain
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: High cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis in the vertebral arteries that nourish our spine and result in disc degeneration and lower back pain, a leading cause of disability.[...less]
Cholesterol and Female Sexual Dysfunction
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The buildup of cholesterol in pelvic arteries can lead to sexual problems among both men and women via a similar pathway (erectile dysfunction).[...less]
A Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: An industry-funded randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial study suggests chocolate may improve symptoms for those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating condition currently affecting as many as 7 million Americans. But how do you get the cacao phytonutrients without the saturated fat and added sugar?[...less]
Meat-Borne Infection Risk from Shopping Carts
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Exposure to meat packaging in the supermarket can lead to food poisoning in children placed in shopping carts.[...less]
Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The food-poisoning fecal bacteria found in 70% of U.S. retail poultry is destroyed by proper cooking, but contamination of the kitchen environment may place consumers at risk.[...less]
Poultry and Paralysis
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A neuropathic strain of the fecal bacteria Campylobacter found in poultry can trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rapid and life-threatening paralysis.[...less]
Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Poultry workers exhibit an excess of a wide range of diseases, from thyroid conditions to schizophrenia and autoimmune neurological disorders such as myasthenia gravis. This may be due to exposure to viruses present in chickens and turkeys.[...less]
Poultry and Penis Cancer
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The largest study to date on poultry workers found a significantly increased risk of dying from penile cancer, thought to be due to exposure to oncogenic (cancer-causing) chicken viruses, which raise consumer concerns as well.[...less]
Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics?
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens' and turkeys' flesh of industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses, and/or the drugs that were fed to the birds.[...less]
Vegetarians Versus Healthy Omnivores
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Even after controlling for a variety of dietary and nondietary factors, those eating plant-based diets appear to have lower overall cancer rates.[...less]
EPIC Findings on Lymphoma
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: In a study of a half million people, which was most associated with the risk of developing lymphoma? Red meat, processed meat, poultry, offal, eggs, or milk?[...less]
What About the Caffeine?
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Caffeine has positive cognitive and physiological effects at moderate doses.[...less]
Coffee and Cancer
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Coffee consumption is associated with a modest reduction of total cancer incidence.[...less]
Breast Cancer Survival and Soy
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: All three human studies on soy and breast cancer survival suggest that soy in sufficient amounts may improve survival in women diagnosed with breast cancer.[...less]
Flax and Fecal Flora
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The trillions of good bacteria in our gut can be thought of as an additional organ, metabolizing, detoxifying, and activating many crucial components of our diet. The formation of lignans from phytonutrient precursors found predominantly in flax seeds is one such example.[...less]
Breast Cancer Survival and Lignan Intake
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VIDEO [...]
Breast Cancer Survival and Lignan Intake
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: One teaspoon of flax seeds may double one's daily production of lignans, phytonutrients that appear to play a role in both breast cancer prevention and survival.[...less]
Breast Cancer Survival and Trans Fat
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VIDEO [...]
Breast Cancer Survival and Trans Fat
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much trans fat, found primarily in the American diet in junk food and animal products.[...less]
Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much saturated fat, found primarily in the American diet in cheese, chicken, and junk food.[...less]
Raw Broccoli and Bladder Cancer Survival
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The effect of raw and cooked broccoli consumption on survival rates of bladder cancer patients.[...less]
Harvard's Meat and Mortality Studies
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Monday, March 12, 2012, the Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study concluded that red meat consumption was associated with living a significantly shorter life—increased cancer mortality, increased heart disease mortality, and increased overall mortality.[...less]
The Dangers of Broccoli?
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A case report of a woman after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery trying to eat right.[...less]
Biggest Nutrition Bang for Your Buck
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Growing your own broccoli sprouts is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve one's diet.[...less]
Lung Cancer Metastases and Broccoli
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The anti-proliferative effects of cruciferous vegetable phytonutrients may decrease the metastatic potential of lung cancer, the number one cancer killer of women.[...less]
Sometimes the Enzyme Myth Is True
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: There are a few examples of plant enzymes having physiologically relevant impacts on the human diet, and the formation of sulforaphane in broccoli is one of them.[...less]
The Best Detox
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The most powerful natural inducer [...]
The Best Detox
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The most powerful natural inducer of our liver's detoxifying enzyme system is sulforaphane, a phytonutrient produced by broccoli.[...less]
How Much Broccoli Is Too Much?
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Four cups of broccoli sprouts a day may exceed the safe dose of the cruciferous phytonutrient sulforaphane.[...less]
Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: In a test tube, the broccoli phytonutrient sulforaphane appears to target breast cancer stem cells, but how do we know it's even absorbed into the body? Have women undergoing breast reduction surgery eat some an hour before their operation and directly measure the level in their tissues.[...less]
Broccoli Versus Breast Cancer Stem Cells
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A new theory of cancer biology—cancer stem cells—and the role played by sulforaphane, a phytonutrient produced by cruciferous vegetables.[...less]
T or F: the variety of fruit & veggie consumption reduced inflammation more than overall quantity. Today's #NFVid: http://t.co/u2kcM1MW2 days 9 hrs ago
T or F: #Pepper boosts the bioavailability of turmeric phytonutrients by 2000% Today's #NFVid: http://t.co/u2kcM1MW (Pls RT!) 2 days 14 hrs ago
T or F: When it comes to maximizing the healthfulness of #fruits and veggies, is variety where it's at? Today's #NFVid: http://t.co/vtKH2Zln3 days 12 hrs ago
