What is ‘Meat Glue’?
The so-called “meat glue enzyme” transglutaminase is used by the meat industry to add value...
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Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
Excessive breast compression during mammography may not improve image quality and can cause unnecessary pain. False-positive results have been described as “the most frequent harm” associated with mammogram screening, but it actually may be the pain. “There is a wide...
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Is Liquid Smoke Safe?
We know smoke inhalation isn’t good for us, but what about smoke ingestion? Decades ago,...
Does Antioxidant Intake Matter for Stroke and Heart Disease?
In my video Food Antioxidants and Cancer, I talked about how antioxidants from whole plants...
Does Antioxidant Intake Matter for Cancer?
The USDA removed their online antioxidant database of foods, “concerned that ORAC values were routinely misused...
Is Buying Organic Worth It? A Review of the Science in New DVD
One of the most common questions I get when I speak is “What do you...
Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety
Aromatherapy — the use of concentrated essential oils extracted from plants to treat disease —...
Peeks Behind the Egg Industry Curtain
The American Egg Board is a promotional marketing board appointed by the U.S. government whose...
What’s Driving America’s Obesity Problem?
Currently, nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight. By 2030 it is estimated more than half...
Food Manufacturers Get to Decide If Their Own Additives Are Safe
In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced their plans to all but eliminate...
Meat Industry Wins Right to Sell Tainted Meat
In my last post, I talked about a particularly virulent strand of Salmonella traced to...
Chicken Salmonella Outbreaks Show Food Safety Systems Failure
Salmonella causes more hospitalizations and more deaths than any other foodborne illness, and it’s been...
Viral Food Poisoning from Pesticides?
Although the most serious causes of food poisoning like Salmonella come largely from animal products...
The Reversal on Fish Oil
Are the purported benefits of fish oil supplementation for the prevention and treatment of heart...
Are Multivitamins Just a Waste of Money?
About one in three Americans take a multivitamin. Is that helpful, harmful, or just a...
Understanding Lifestyle Medicine From the Heart
I talk a lot about numbers and statistics, but as the Director of Yale’s Prevention...
Don’t Forget Fiber
The famous surgeon Denis Burkitt is better known for his discovery of a childhood cancer...
Organic Milk and Prostate Cancer
Researchers have expressed concern that since cow’s milk contains estrogens, dairy could stimulate the growth...
Who Should be Careful About Curcumin?
Following flax and wheatgrass, turmeric is the third best-selling botanical dietary supplement, racking up $12...
Foods That Fight Osteoarthritis and Inflammation
Osteoarthritis is the most frequent cause of physical disability among older adults in the world,...
Dr. Greger Takes on Mediterranean Diet in New DVD
The Mediterranean Diet is an “in” topic nowadays, in both the medical literature and the...
The Spice That Helps Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
According to the World Health Organization, “80% of the Earth’s inhabitants rely upon the traditional...
The Top Three DNA Protecting Spices
In my video Which Spices Fight Inflammation? I profile a landmark study that compared the...
The Top Four Anti-Inflammatory Spices
Once in a while I come across a study that’s so juicy I have to...
Superbugs on Retail Chicken
One of the most concerning developments in medicine is the emergence of bacterial super-resistance—resistance not...