Thursday, March 05, 2015
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Michael Greger MD | November 11, 2014 | Health
Many of the diseases that are common in United States are rare or even nonexistent in populations eating mainly whole plant foods. These so-called Western Diseases are some of our most common conditions: Obesity, the most important nutritional disease......
Michael Greger MD | July 8, 2014 | Health
When designing an antibiotic, we can't create a drug that destroys DNA because that's something that both humans and bacteria share in common. It would kill bacteria, but it might kill us, too. Instead, many antibiotics work by attacking......
Michael Greger MD | March 20, 2014 | Health
After diagnosis, women with breast cancer may cut their risk of dying nearly in half by just instituting simple, modest lifestyle changes—5 or more servings of fruits and veggies a day and......
Michael Greger MD | December 12, 2013 | Health
In research I profiled in my video Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better?, cranberries were found to suppress the growth of human liver cancer cells in vitro. Other studies have found similar effects......
Michael Greger MD | June 6, 2013 | Health
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so "early" detection via mammogram may be too late. The breast cancer you may feel one day as a lump in the shower, may have started 20 years ago. We now suspect......
Michael Greger MD | January 10, 2013 | Health
Obesity is so rare among those eating plant-based diets (see my video Thousands of Vegans Studied), nutrition researchers have been desperate to uncover their secret. Yes, they tend to eat fewer calories, but not that many fewer. In the......
Michael Greger MD | February 16, 2012 | Health
This is another sampling of the more than 900 comments and questions I’ve responded to on the site NutritionFacts.org (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand......
Michael Greger MD | February 9, 2012 | Health
This is another sampling of the more than 800 comments and questions I’ve responded to on the site NutritionFacts.org (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand......
There are a few different classifications of fiber, and their common characteristic is resistance to digestion in the human small intestine. Eating fiber-rich foods is associated with a number of health benefits: Fiber promotes weight maintenance by slowing......