What Is the Best Food for Labor and Delivery?
Can a humble fruit shorten labor time by hours and with less induction and less...
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Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic pole walking or “exerstriding,” beat out regular walking for depression, sleep quality, and weight loss? Exercise recommendations for obesity have been referred to as “the mysterious case of the public health guideline...
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What Is the Best Food for the End of Pregnancy?
Dates, edible sweet fruits, are put to the test in a randomized, controlled trial for...
Does a Macrobiotic Diet Help with Diabetes?
What happens when you add massive amounts of carbohydrates in the form of whole grains...
Why Should (or Shouldn’t) We Eat a Macrobiotic Diet?
What happens when you put diabetics on a diet composed largely of whole grains, vegetables,...
Our Black Friday Sale Is on Now!
Add some green to your Black Friday with 20 percent off all merchandise on DrGreger.org....
What Is the Best Food for Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease?
What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth but ate more healthfully? Experimentally, when...
Is Cannabis a Cancer Cure?
Some studies on mice show that cannabis makes cancer better, while others show it makes...
Does Smoking Cannabis Cause Lung Cancer?
On a puff-by-puff basis, cannabis smoke deposits four times more tar in the lungs than...
Coffee Benefits Blocked by Adding Milk?
I open my video Does Adding Milk Block the Benefits of Coffee? with a graph...
Blueberries to Benefit Mood and Mobility
The consumption of berries can enhance “beneficial signaling in the brain.” Plant foods are our...
The Link Between Chicken Consumption and Urinary Tract Infections
Only about one in four people have heard of Campylobacter, compared to 90 percent who...
Treating Psoriasis with Aloe Vera
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease that affects about one in 40 people, making...
How to Eat to Reduce Cancer Risk
What does the best available balance of evidence say right now about what to eat...
How to Treat Canker Sores
Vitamin C, turmeric, beta-glucan fiber, and vitamin B12 are put to the test for recurring...
The Benefits of Broccoli and a New Recipe
If there were such a thing as a “superfood,” cruciferous vegetables like broccoli would certainly...
Tea Tree Oil and Hormonal Side Effects
Do the estrogenic effects of tea tree oil get absorbed through the skin? Concern has...
Safety Concerns with Tea Tree Oil?
What, if any, are the caveats for tea tree oil use and tips on safe...
Safety Concerns with Henna?
Is there risk of lead and PPD contamination of red and black henna? The “average...
Chlorella Put to the Test
Chlorella is put to the test for liver disease, cholesterol, and detoxifying carcinogens. “Depression is...
How Might Ginger Help with Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease?
Ground ginger powder is put to the test for weight loss and nonalcoholic fatty liver...
Why I Don’t Recommend Melatonin Supplements
Over-the-counter melatonin (“anti-gonad hormone”) supplements tend not to contain what they say they do, and...
Jet Lag Treatment Cheat Sheet
Use cheat sheets to figure out exactly when and how to treat jet lag using...
Upcoming Webinar on Vitamin K and Recipe for Veggie Mac & Cheese
My next webinar is on vitamin K. It’s been touted for bone, brain, and heart...
Paper-Filtered Coffee and Cholesterol
New data suggest even paper-filtered coffee may raise “bad” LDL cholesterol. As I discuss in...