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Breast Cancer Survival and Soy

Michael Greger MD | April 26, 2012 | Health

Read More: alcohol, animal products, breast cancer, cancer, cheese, chicken, DNA, flax seeds, junk food, lignans, liver, phytonutrients, saturated fat, soy, trans fat

In my last two posts, The Best Detox and Breast Cancer Stem Cells vs. Broccoli, I documented ways to 1) boost our liver's ability to clear carcinogens, 2) make our DNA more resistant to toxins that make it past our first line of......

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Breast Cancer Stem Cells vs. Broccoli

Michael Greger MD | April 19, 2012 | Health

Read More: alfalfa, amla, bladder cancer, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, carcinogen, cholesterol, cocoa, DNA, enzymes, EPIC, greens, kale, liver, lung cancer, phytonutrient, raw, sprouts

In my post The Best Detox last week, I detailed how a phytonutrient in broccoli boosts the detoxifying enzymes in the liver, but helping to clear carcinogens isn't the only way greens protect our DNA. A study of the DNA of broccoli-eaters......

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The Best Detox

Michael Greger MD | April 12, 2012 | Health

Read More: broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cauliflower, coffee, cooking, detox, enzyme, garlic, glow stick, glucoraphanin, goji berries, herbivore, kelp, liver, plant, sulforaphane, tea, turmeric

As detailed in my 3-minute video The Best Detox, there’s lots of talk these days about detoxing, but talk is cheap—our liver is actually doing it, all day, every day. If we want to detoxify our bodies, the best thing we......

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Foie gras ban in California: human health implications

Michael Greger MD | November 1, 2011 | Health

Read More: Alzheimer's, amyloid, amyloidosis, chickens, diabetes, duck, foie gras, goose, leprosy, liver, mad cow disease, New York Times, protein, rheumatoid arthritis, soup, toxocara, toxoplasma

Originally featured on One Green Planet. The New York Times recently ran a story on the upcoming foie gras ban in California. July 1, 2012, the Golden State will join over a dozen nations that have prohibited the production of foie gras, the enlarged liver......