How Citrus Might Help Keep Your Hands Warm
In 1936, Albert Szent-Györgyi, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering vitamin C, described a...
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Could Bovine Leukemia Virus be a Cause of Breast Cancer?
The amount of beta-glucan fiber in just a dusting of nutritional yeast a day is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial for the prevention of common childhood illnesses. In 1989, the late Charles Janeway gave a...
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Toxin Contamination of Spirulina Supplements
On his first day of life, an infant was hospitalized with seizures. Researchers concluded that...
Is Noni or Mangosteen Juice Safe?
There is now another case report of acute toxicity linked to noni juice ingestion, this...
Should Carrageenan Be Avoided?
Six hundred years ago, people living along the coast of Carragheen County Ireland started using...
Treating Menstrual Pain with Diet
Almost half of menstruating women experience painful, crampy periods, also known as dysmenorrhea. According to...
Cayenne for Irritable Bowel
Nearly 50 million Americans come down with food poisoning every year. Over a hundred thousand...
Natural Treatment for Cluster Headaches
In a study “Secretion, Pain and Sneezing Induced by the Application of Capsaicin to the...
Dr. Greger’s New Nutrition DVD Now Available
The newest volume of my Latest in Clinical Nutrition DVD series is now out. Order...
Foods with Natural Melatonin
We know that inadequate sleeping is associated with changes in diet—people tend to eat worse—but...
Two Kiwifruit an Hour Before Bedtime
The number one question in sleep research is “Why do we sleep?” followed by the...
Can We Fight the Blues with Greens?
Why does frequent consumption of vegetables appear to cut one’s odds of depression by more...
Starving Tumors of Their Blood Supply
About a third of common cancers may be prevented by eating a healthy, plant-based diet;...
Breast Cancer and Wine
After diagnosis, women with breast cancer may cut their risk of dying nearly in half...
Why Do Vegan Women Have Fewer Female Cancers?
Cervical cancer is now considered a sexually transmitted disease. It was originally suspected as such,...
When a Scraped Knee May Once Again Kill
In a keynote address last year, the Director-General of the World Health Organization warned that...
Why We Should Eat More Beans
We’ve known for decades that beans have an exceptionally low glycemic index. You give someone...
Egg Industry Caught Making False Claims
On the basis of concerns from the American Heart Association and consumer groups, the Federal...
Male Fertility and Dietary Pollutants
Infertility affects 10–15 percent of couples attempting to conceive, and in about half the cases...
Trans Fat in Animal Fat
Trans fats are bad. They may increase one’s risks of heart disease, sudden death, diabetes—and...
Ginger and Lemon Balm for Radiation Exposure
The German Medical Association has finally apologized for the profession’s role in the Nazi atrocities,...
Dealing with Air Travel Radiation Exposure
Doctors appear to be causing tens of thousands of cancers with CT scans and dentists...
Are Dental X-Rays Safe?
Every year, doctors cause an estimated 29,000 cancers a year dosing patients with X-rays during...
How Risky Are CT Scans?
The greatest radiation exposure risk comes not from the Fukushima fallout or the polonium naturally...
Fukushima Radiation and Seafood
With prevailing westerly winds over Japan, radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear power plant tragedy...