The Disconnect Between Science and Policy
Back in 1912, when hardly anyone smoked cigarettes, lung cancer was like a museum curiosity:...
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Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
Which foods have the greatest cavity-causing potential? Nearly half a century ago at a Senate hearing on nutrition, a Dr. Nizel from Tufts suggested that sugary breakfast cereals “should be banned in the best interest for all concerned, particularly children,”...
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Consequences of Prostate Cancer Treatment
A cancer diagnosis is seen as a teachable moment in medicine where we can try...
Cancer-Causing Caramel Color
Caramel coloring may be the most widely consumed food coloring in the world. Unfortunately, its...
What to Feed Your Gut Bacteria
For many years, it was believed that the main function of the large intestine was...
New Eating Guide Now in Print
In January we launched the Evidence-Based Eating Guide, which is available for free download here....
White Rice vs. Brown Rice
Rice and Diabetes Risk In 2012, a meta-analysis was published tying white rice consumption to...
The Purported Benefits of Eating Fish
In the landmark Global Burden of Disease study, researchers compiled the top 20 causes of...
From Adequate Nutrition to Optimum Nutrition
Research in human nutrition over the past four decades has led to many discoveries as...
Ginger or Cannabis for Morning Sickness
Nausea and vomiting are common during pregnancy, affecting 70 to 85 percent of women worldwide—but...
Eating the Way Nature Intended
The Paleolithic period, also known as the Stone Age, only goes back about two million...
Wheatgrass Juice Put to the Test
In an editorial that accompanied a landmark study showing an extract of the spice turmeric...
Turmeric Curcumin Put to the Test for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
My video Striking with the Root: Turmeric Curcumin and Ulcerative Colitis tells the story how...
Invite Dr. Greger to Come Speak in Your City
I am in the final stretch of finishing my next book, How Not to Diet,...
How to Avoid Fatty Liver Disease
In the documentary Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock eats exclusively at McDonald’s for a month and...
The Best Food for Slowing Your Resting Heart Rate
Monitoring resting heart rate has strong advantages. Taking your pulse is cheap, takes little time,...
One Heartbeat per Second to Beat the Clock
Immanuel Kant, the famed 18th century philosopher, described the chemistry of his day as a...
The Best Foods to Slow Your Metabolism
The largest component of our daily energy budget is resting metabolic rate. As I discuss...
Health Benefits of Citrus Zest
New data demonstrating a DNA protective agent present in at least some fruits and vegetables...
How to Boost DNA Repair with Produce
“In the light of strikingly consistent observations from many epidemiological [population-based] studies, there can be...
How the Meat Industry Reacted to the New Cancer Warnings
What was the meat industry’s response to leading cancer charities’ recommendation to stop eating processed...
Introducing the Evidence-Based Eating Guide
Check Out Our New Resource One of the most common requests we get is for...
Vinegar Caveats
As I note in my chapter on greens in my book How Not to Die,...
How Much Vinegar Every Day?
Consuming vinegar with a meal reduces the spike in blood sugar, insulin, and triglycerides, and...
The Benefits of Vinegar Beyond Weight Loss
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study found that body weight and belly fat were significantly reduced...