Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Michael Greger MD | June 18, 2013 | Health
The Black Women’s Health Study I profiled in my last blog Prevent Breast Cancer by Any Greens Necessary was out of Boston University. Across the Charles River, the Harvard Nurse’s Health Study also tried to determine which plants may be particularly......
Michael Greger MD | June 13, 2013 | Health
Recently a study of 50,000 African-American women was published, a sadly neglected demographic when it comes to nutritional science and, in fact, medical research generally. Certain African populations were among the healthiest on earth, inspiring one of America’s lifestyle medicine......
Michael Greger MD | June 4, 2013 | Health
Metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X, is a medical disorder characterized by the so-called “deadly quartet”: abdominal obesity, high fasting blood sugars, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure. Metabolic syndrome can set people up for liver disease, stroke,......
Michael Greger MD | May 30, 2013 | Health
Plant-based diets appear to decrease inflammation via a variety of mechanisms, including boosting our adrenal gland function. Glucocorticoids are circulating steroid hormones produced by our adrenal glands that suppress inflammation and also help our kidneys excrete potassium. When we......
Michael Greger MD | May 23, 2013 | Health
Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended minimum adequate intake of potassium due, primarily, to inadequate plant food intake. If you take any plant, burn it to ash, throw the ash in a pot of water, stir......
Michael Greger MD | May 21, 2013 | Health
The distinguished neurologist Roy Swank‘s low saturated fat diet remains the “most effective treatment of multiple sclerosis ever reported in the peer review literature.” In patients with early stage MS, 95% were without progression of their disease 34 years after adopting his......
Michael Greger MD | May 16, 2013 | Health
Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory “Trojan horse” compound found in animal products called Neu5Gc. On Tuesday in my post How Tumors Use Meat to Grow I talked about the role Neu5Gc may play in......
Michael Greger MD | May 14, 2013 | Health
Certain cancers—like breast cancer—can be thought of in part as an autoimmune disease. When people get heart or kidney transplants, they must be given immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of the new organ. What do you suppose happens to......
Sarah Taylor | January 1, 2013 | Health
I saw a post on Facebook today. It went like this: “I'm in CVS. Guy in line ahead of me knows cashier, but they haven't seen each other in while. He invites her over. "I don't eat meat anymore," she......
Michael Greger MD | October 25, 2012 | Health
Why can’t we live forever? Some animals do, and I don’t mean some 200 year old whale–I’m talking immortal. There are actually species of animals that don’t age and could technically go on living forever–and why not? In a sense,......
Dustin Rudolph PharmD | June 27, 2012 | Health
Being different isn't always easy and so goes the life of those who choose to be vegetarian or vegan. The choice of what one eats is very personal. Every single time one of us puts something in our mouth there's......
Michael Greger MD | May 17, 2012 | Health
One of the reasons it’s so difficult to study the relationship between diet and cancer is because many dietary behaviors are associated with non-dietary behaviors. For example, one of the reasons we used to think coffee-drinking caused cancer was because......
Michael Greger MD | November 7, 2011 | Health
In last week's New England Journal of Medicine, Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard, and David Ludwig, founding director of the childhood obesity program at Children's Hospital, published a commentary on the latest dietary guidelines. They echo much of......
Sarah Taylor | June 29, 2011 | Food
After I give a lecture, the number one comment people make to me is, “I’ve been vegetarian for years, but I just can’t seem to give up dairy!” If this sounds like you, read on. I always joke that,......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | June 8, 2011 | Health
A few months ago I read the book, “Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor’s Program For Conquering Disease” by Joel Fuhrman, M.D., which led to my decision to engage in a 7-day water only fast. If I were......
J Morris Hicks | June 5, 2011 | Celebrities, International
Mark Zuckerberg says that for 2011, he's only eating meat that he kills. With the possible exception of Oprah, Mark Zuckerberg may have the ability to influence the behavior of more people than any other single person in the......
Jess Parsons | April 29, 2011 | Health
It's all too easy for the life of a SAHM to slip into a rut. But it's time for some ch-ch-changes! Nutrition courseI've been messing about with being vegan for about 15 years now and learning a lot about it,......
Animal abuse is horrific. I can’t even watch the Animal Planet anymore because they are forever airing shows about the SPCA going into homes and saving animals from the most terrible conditions. I would cry so hard that my husband......
Ellen Sheen | March 30, 2011 | Food
A simple, yet delicious meal. Perfect after all the reading I did on genetically engineered foods. I am so loving my schooling and can't wait to learn more! For full recipe and more photos and information, go here on the La......
Walter Jacobson, M.D. | March 30, 2011 | Food
John Robbins, author of "The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less," wrote an eye-opening Huffington Post, "Being Fat In America," which was the final nail in the coffin of my attachment to eating animal......
Ellen Sheen | March 28, 2011 | Food
We are back from VegFest! It was so much fun; I didn't want to leave. For now though, I bring you this delicious morsel... more on VegFest and the Vegetarians of Washington to come! This is an amazingly flavorful dish.......
Dustin Rudolph PharmD | March 23, 2011 | Health
I was sitting in my podiatrist's office one day back in February 2009 waiting to see the doctor about my plantar fasciitis. This was only my second or third trip to see Dr. Sal and little did I know that......
Sarah Taylor | March 14, 2011 | Lifestyle
I'm excited to be starting my new VegSource blog! This blog will be a combination of new posts and posts from my blog at The Vegan Next Door. I will discuss all types of topics related to the vegan diet,......
Ellen Sheen | March 7, 2011 | Food
Wow, this one is fantastic. Just perfect for the upcoming holiday and it comes leprechaun free. For full recipe and more photos and information, go here on the La Pure Mama blog. Enjoy!......
The "V" words and why I don't like them Vegetarian and Vegan. Those words are all about what they don't eat. For example; they don't eat meat, they don't eat cheese, they don't eat eggs, etc. So if they're not......
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