Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

By Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

Alternative Health Medicine

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Have you ever wondered if there’s a natural way to lower your high blood pressure, guard against Alzheimers, lose weight, and feel better? Well as it turns out there is. Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, founder of NutritionFacts.org, and author of the instant New York Times bestseller “How Not to Die” celebrates evidence-based nutrition to add years to our life and life to our years.

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Research Roundup

06.08.2023

Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we inaugurate a new series that brings you the latest on a variety of topics. Our first Research Roundup includes the benefits of vinegar for blood sugar control, how coffee can impair iron absorption, and ...

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06.08.2023 Research Roundup Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we inaugurate a new series that brings you the latest on a variety of topics. Our first Research Roundup includes the benefits of vinegar for blood sugar control, how coffee can impair iron absorption, and ...
06.01.2023 Dr. Greger in The Kitchen Feel like some tasty matcha ice cream or an insanely healthy vegetable smoothie? How about some groatnola? You’ve come to the right place. This episode features audio from Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: Groatnola, Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: My ...
05.25.2023 Tongue Scraping (Part II) How can tongue scraping boost our cardiovascular health? Welcome to the NutritionFacts Podcast. This episode features audio from How Tongue Scraping Can Affect Heart Health and How to Clean Your Tongue. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor's ...
05.18.2023 Tongue Scraping (Part I) Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we take a look at some interesting facts about tongue scraping. This episode features audio from Does Tongue Scraping Cause Cancer?, Tongue Scraping vs. Tongue Brushing for Treating Halitosis (Bad Breath), and Effects of Tongue ...
05.11.2023 A Healthy Brain Is a Happy Brain It’s one part of your body you really can’t do without. This episode features audio from Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and Cognitive Decline, Brain-Healthy Foods to Fight Aging, and Do Lutein Supplements Help with Brain Function?. Visit the video ...
05.04.2023 The Best Diet for Athletic Performance You run, you jump, you walk. What do you eat? This episode features audio from Why All Athletes Should Eat Plant-Based Diets, Do Alkaline Diets Help Athletic Performance?, and The Gladiator Diet and the First Studies on Vegetarian Athletes. Visit ...
04.27.2023 NutritionFacts Grab Bag 27 Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we take a look at higher bone fracture rates in vegans, making vitamin K2 from green leafy vegetables, and what we learned from the cigarette tax. This episode features audio from Vitamin D May Explain ...
04.20.2023 The Right Idea, the Wrong Message Those healthy foods that add life to your years? Just don't say they’re good for you. This episode features audio from Do Healthy Fast-Food Options Lead to Healthier Choices? and How to Avoid the Boomerang Effect of Remedy Messaging. Visit ...
04.13.2023 The Robin Hood of Science Hear the story of how one researcher made nearly every scientific paper ever published free to anyone, anywhere in the world. This episode features audio from How to Access Research Articles for Free with Sci-Hub. Visit the video pages for ...
04.06.2023 Is This the End of the Cholesterol Controversy? The correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease is settled once and for all. This episode features audio from Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy? and Does Dietary Cholesterol (Eggs) Raise Blood Cholesterol?. Visit the ...
03.30.2023 Q&A with Dr. Greger 9 I’m on my treadmill and ready to answer your questions about nutrition. This episode features audio from this live Q&A;.
03.23.2023 Coffee: Sip or Skip? The case for drinking coffee is stronger than ever. This episode features audio from Which Coffee Is Healthier— Light Roast, Dark Roast, or Low Acid?, Does Coffee Affect Cholesterol?, and Coffee and Artery Function. Visit the video pages for all ...
03.16.2023 B12 and Vitamin D Supplements If you eat a plant-based diet, should you supplement with B12 and vitamin D? The answer may surprise you. This episode features audio from Are Supplements and Vitamins B12 and D Really Necessary on a Plant-Based Diet?. Visit the video ...
03.09.2023 Cholesterol and Diabetes Q&A There is no shortage of questions about these two increasingly common medical conditions: high cholesterol and diabetes. This episode features audio from Answering Your Questions About Cholesterol and Diabetes. Visit the video pages for the doctor's notes related to this ...
03.02.2023 Do You Need to Be Gluten-Free? A lot of people have gluten-free diets, but is it for you? This episode features audio from The Potential Harm in Unnecessary Gluten-Free Diets, Is Gluten Sensitivity Real?, and Gluten-Free Diets: Separating the Wheat from the Chat. Visit the video ...
02.23.2023 Health Equity and Longevity The color of our skin should not determine the length and quality of our lives. This episode features audio from How a Plant-Based Diet Can Help Reduce Racial Health Disparities and Talcum Powder and Fibroids. Visit the video pages for ...
02.16.2023 NutritionFacts Grab Bag 26 Is burning incense safe? Can we control hot flashes with diet? What’s up with fenugreek? Here are some answers. This episode features audio from The Side Effects of Burning Incense, Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms, and The Benefits ...
02.09.2023 Healthy Bones Let’s talk about how to keep your bones healthy and strong. This episode features audio from Do Vegans Have Lower Bone Mineral Density and Higher Risk of Osteoporosis?, Alkaline Diets, Animal Protein, and Calcium Loss, and Is Milk Good for ...
02.02.2023 Q&A with Dr. Greger 8 Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, I answer a wide variety of your questions.
01.26.2023 Fasting and Cancer (Part II) Should we feed cancer? Starve it? Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we have more answers on the effects of fasting on cancer. This episode features audio from Fasting Before and After Chemotherapy Put to the Test and Fasting-Mimicking Diet Before ...
01.19.2023 Fasting and Cancer (Part I) There is research that points to a growing body of evidence that fasting can have positive effects on cancer patients. This episode features audio from Fasting for Cancer: What About Cachexia? and Fasting Before and After Chemotherapy and Radiation. Visit ...
01.12.2023 Bad Breath If you have halitosis, you probably don’t know it. Here are some steps you can take to avoid bad breath. This episode features audio from How to Naturally Treat Tongue Coating-Associated Halitosis (Bad Breath) and Foods That Cause and Help ...
01.05.2023 Getting Healthy at Work It turns out that many of the companies we work for are just as interested in our health as we are. This episode features audio from The Return on Investment (ROI) for Employee Health and Wellness Programs and Workplace Health ...
12.29.2022 Help for Your Skin Many types of foods are better for our skin, and I’ll discuss some of them. This episode features audio from How to Naturally Reduce Wrinkles with Food, Beauty Is More than Skin Deep, and Flaxseeds for Sensitive Skin. Visit the ...
12.22.2022 All You Need to Know About Allulose It tastes pretty sweet and looks a lot like sugar, but is it good for you? This episode features audio from Does the Sweetener Allulose Have Side Effects? and Is Allulose a Healthy Sweetener?. Visit the video pages for all ...
12.15.2022 Industry Bias: Misleading Us About Meat (Part II) Worried about getting cancer or dying prematurely? You might want to ignore dietary recommendations brought to you by Big Sugar and Big Meat. This episode features audio from The Health Risks vs. Benefits of Meat Consumption, How Big Meat Manipulated ...
12.08.2022 Industry Bias: Misleading Us About Meat (Part I) Guess what Big Sugar and Big Meat mislead us about? Nutrition guidelines. This episode features audio from Observational Studies Show Similar Results to Randomized Controlled Trials, Failing GRADE for Annals of Internal Medicine Meat Studies, and Conflicts of Interest in ...
12.01.2022 Industry Bias: How Big Sugar Manipulates the Science Ever wonder how industries impact dietary and health guidelines? We start with the influence of Big Sugar. This episode features audio from How Big Sugar Undermines Dietary Guidelines and How Big Sugar Manipulated the Science for Dietary Guidelines. Visit the ...
11.24.2022 Nutrition Facts Grab Bag 25 Today on the NutritionFacts podcast, we look at antibiotic resistance genes, the misleading packaging on dietary supplements, and why health insurers don’t embrace plant-based eating. This episode features audio from Why Don’t Health Insurers Encourage Healthier Eating?, Supplement Regulation and ...
11.17.2022 It’s Fenugreek to Me It’s an herb. It’s a seed. It’s a naturally occurring edible spice, and it may also be an anti-cancer agent. This episode features audio from Benefits of Fenugreek Seeds, Side Effect of Fenugreek Consumption, and Fenugreek Benefits for Sexual Function, ...
11.10.2022 How Effective Is Chemotherapy? In many cases, the survival benefits are much lower than you might think. This episode features audio from How Effective Is Chemotherapy? and How Much Does Chemotherapy Improve Survival?. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor's notes related ...
11.03.2022 Go Easy on the Cheese You may be tempted to put it on everything you eat, but hold that thought. This episode features audio from Is Cheese Really Bad for You?, Is Cheese Healthy? Compared to What?, and How the Dairy Industry Designs Misleading Studies. ...
10.27.2022 Treating Parkinson’s with Diet There are no easy cures for Parkinson’s, but there are diets that can help. This episode features audio from Coffee Put to the Test for Treating Parkinson’s Disease, Preventing Parkinson’s Disease with Diet, and Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Diet. Visit ...
10.20.2022 What Is H. Pylori? Take my word for it. You don’t want to make friends with this bacteria. This episode features audio from The Role of Kimchi and H. Pylori in Stomach Cancer and How to Treat H. Pylori Naturally with Diet. Visit the ...
10.13.2022 Nutrition Facts Grab Bag 24 Today, on the Nutrition Facts podcast, we have a story on the micromort, a unit of communicating risk to patients. We’ll also hear about the health benefits of eating nuts and we’ll dive into the fascinating story about how we ...
10.06.2022 Weight Bias in Health Care Today, on the Nutrition Facts podcast, we look at a rampant form of discrimination that can lead to some very bad health outcomes. This episode features audio from Weight Bias: Hating Their Guts and The Impacts of Weight Bias in ...
09.29.2022 Natural Dietary Remedies There are some great alternatives to approaching some of the health problems that plague use. Today we look at natural remedies for insomnia and an enlarged prostate. This episode features audio from Natural Dietary Remedy for Insomnia and Natural Dietary ...
09.22.2022 Optimal Evacuation It’s a great feeling to evacuate our bowels successfully. Here are some ways to keep that smile on your face. This episode features audio from The Best Poop Position for Constipation, How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have Every Day?, ...
09.15.2022 Plant vs. Animal Proteins Do we get enough protein? Do we get too much? And how do plant and animal proteins differ? This episode features audio from Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein, Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein?, and The Protein-Combining Myth. Visit the video ...
09.08.2022 Alzheimer’s Disease and How Not to Get It You are not powerless in the face of this staggeringly common disease. This episode features audio from Pesticides (DDT) and Alzheimer’s Disease, How to Prevent Alzheimer’s with Diet, and Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimer’s. Visit the video pages for ...
09.01.2022 Saturated Fat and Fast Food When you reach for that fatty, fried food, here is what actually happens inside your body. This episode features audio from Saturated Fat Causes Artery and Lung Inflammation, Exercising to Protect Your Arteries from Fast Food, and Foods to Help ...
08.25.2022 Salt vs. Potassium Too much salt in your diet? Not enough potassium? Welcome to the 99.99 percent club. This episode features audio from Fewer Than 1 in 5,000 Meet Sodium and Potassium Recommended Intakes, Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Effective?, and Potassium Chloride ...
08.18.2022 The Sketchy Supplement Industry If you think you need to stock up on supplements, listen to this. This episode features audio from Dietary Supplement Snake Oil, Are Calcium Supplements Safe?, and Black Raspberry Supplements Put to the Test. Visit the video pages for all ...
08.11.2022 Preventing Hair Loss There are a lot of remedies for hair loss out there. Today, on the Nutrition Facts podcast, we bring you some solid fact-based research. This episode features audio from Supplements for Hair Growth, Pills for Hair Growth, and Food for ...
08.04.2022 You Look Marvelous Just the Way you Are Some personal care products may contain lead and intestines, potentially infected with mad cow disease. This episode features audio from Which Intestines for Food & Cosmetics?, Is Lipstick Safe Given the Lead Contamination?, and Is Henna Safe?. Visit the video ...
07.28.2022 The Link between Bovine Leukemia and Breast Cancer That tall glass of milk may contain a virus that causes leukemia. This episode features audio from Bovine Leukemia Virus as a Cause of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer and the Bovine Leukemia Virus in Meat and Dairy. Visit the ...
07.21.2022 Nutrition Facts Grab Bag 23 Today we learn about the health benefits of peanut butter, discover how to increase our life expectancy and look at cancer causing contaminants in medication and meat. This episode features audio from Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include ...
07.14.2022 You Say Potato – Part II This shape shifting vegetable has a very different nutritional profile depending on which kind you serve and how you serve it. This episode features audio from Glycemic Index of Potatoes: Why You Should Chill and Reheat Them, How to Reduce ...
07.07.2022 You Say Potato – Part I They’re full of fiber, rich in vitamins and minerals. And how you cook them matters. This episode features audio from Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of Diabetes? and Do Potatoes Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Death?. Visit ...
06.30.2022 Vitamin C Power Vitamin C has a benefit that may surprise you. This episode features audio from Do Vitamin C Supplements Help with Anxiety?, What Is the Optimal Vitamin C Intake?, and The Role of Vitamin C in the Treatment of Terminal Cancer. ...

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