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Michael Greger MD

How Tumors Use Meat to Grow

Michael Greger MD | May 14, 2013

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...

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Michael Greger MD

How to Gain Weight on Diet Soda

Michael Greger MD | May 9, 2013

Erythritol, the too-good-to-be-true nontoxic, low-calorie, tooth friendly sweetener that I profiled in my last blog post “Is There a Safe, Low-Calorie Sweetener?” may even...

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Michael Greger MD

Is There a Safe, Low-Calorie Sweetener?

Michael Greger MD | May 7, 2013

The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other low and non-caloric natural and artificial sweeteners and may actually have...

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Janice Stanger, PhD

Cancer Is a Whole Body Disease

Janice Stanger, PhD | May 4, 2013

The UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine Treats and Prevents Cancer By Helping Your Body to Heal Itself You may think of cancer as a...

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Michael Greger MD

Are Microgreens Healthier?

Michael Greger MD | May 2, 2013

USDA researchers recently published a study assessing the nutrition content of 25 commercially available microgreens, seedlings of vegetables and herbs that have gained popularity in upscale...

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J Morris Hicks

How many people do you know that have heart disease?

J Morris Hicks | May 1, 2013

Probably a great many more than you think. Think of how many people you know over thirty; then multiply that number by 90%....

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Dustin Rudolph PharmD

The Incredible, Edible Egg or Not?

Dustin Rudolph PharmD | May 1, 2013

Eggs have long been part of the traditional American diet especially when it comes to a hearty breakfast. Gym junkies also swear by eggs,...

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Sarah Taylor

A New Culprit for Heart Disease

Sarah Taylor | April 30, 2013

A recent article in the NY Times shocked many of us who follow health research: Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic now believe that saturated...

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Michael Greger MD

Aspartame: Fibromyalgia & Preterm Birth

Michael Greger MD | April 30, 2013

When we learned how bad butter was, the food industry responded by giving us margarine, which turned out to be even worse. When dietary...

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