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Michael Greger MD | October 31, 2017
One of the most common eye disorders, dry eye disease, causes irritation or discomfort, and can decrease functional vision, sometimes causing a dramatic...
Michael Greger MD | October 26, 2017
Why is meat consumption a risk factor for diabetes? Why does there appear to be a stepwise reduction in diabetes rates as meat...
Michael Greger MD | October 24, 2017
We've known that being overweight and obese are important risk factors for type 2 diabetes, but, until recently, not much attention has been...
Michael Greger MD | October 19, 2017
Do coffee drinkers live longer than non-coffee drinkers? Is it "wake up and smell the coffee" or don't wake up at all? I...
Michael Greger MD | October 17, 2017
The relative paralysis of our arteries for hours after eating fast food and cheesecake may also occur after consuming olive oil. Olive oil...
Michael Greger MD | October 12, 2017
The phenomenon of postprandial angina was described more than 200 years ago: chest pain that occurs after a meal, even if you're just...
Michael Greger MD | October 10, 2017
Botanically speaking, seeds are small embryonic plants--the whole plant stuffed into a tiny seed and surrounded by an outer layer packed with vitamins,...
Michael Greger MD | October 5, 2017
For the first 90% of our evolution, humans ate diets containing less than a quarter teaspoon of salt a day. Why? Because we...
Michael Greger MD | September 26, 2017
Until about ten years ago, brown adipose tissue (BAT) was considered to be biologically active only in babies and small children where it...
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