Dietary Brain Wave Alteration
A neurological basis for humanity's love affair with Camellia sinensis?
View ArticleDairy and Sexual Precocity
The effects of the hormones in cow's milk on men and prepubescent children.
View ArticleCancer Prevention & Treatment May Be the Same Thing
Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so early detection via mammogram may be too late.
View ArticleAmla vs. Cancer Cell Growth
Indian gooseberries (amla), an important plant in Ayurvedic medicine, may have anticancer properties, as well as cough-, fever-, pain-, stress-, and diarrhea-suppressing effects.
View ArticlePrevent Glaucoma and See 27 Miles Farther
The risk of glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, appears to be dramatically reduced by kale or collard greens consumption, thanks to the phytonutrient pigments lutein and zeaxanthin.
View ArticleTreating Genital Warts with Green Tea
Now officially incorporated into the Centers for Disease Control STD Treatment Guidelines, the topical application of phytonutrients from green tea on external genital warts results in an astounding...
View ArticleThe Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc
Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory compound found in animal products.
View ArticleCranberries vs. Cancer
Drug companies and supplement manufacturers have yet to isolate the components of cranberries that suppress cancer cell growth.
View ArticleStarving Cancer with Methionine Restriction
Methionine restriction—best achieved through a plant-based diet—may prove to have a major impact on patients with cancer because, unlike normal tissues, many human tumors require the amino acid...
View ArticleCancer Risk from French Fries
The association between cancer and the consumption of deep-fried foods may be due to carcinogens formed at high temperatures in animal foods (heterocyclic amines and polycyclic hydrocarbons) and plant...
View ArticleWhy Do Vegan Women Have 5x Fewer Twins?
The hormones naturally found in foods of animal origin may help explain why women who eat conventional diets are five times more likely to give birth to twins than those eating plant-based diets.
View ArticleFood as Medicine: Preventing and Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet
Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this new presentation based on the latest in cutting edge research exploring the role diet may play in...
View ArticleDo Vitamin D Supplements Reduce the Risk of Dying from Cancer?
Sun exposure is associated with lower rates of 15 different cancers and improved cancer survival. What happened when vitamin D supplements were put to the test?
View ArticleWho Shouldn’t Eat Soy?
How can soy foods have it both ways with pro-estrogenic effects in some organs that can protect bones and reduce hot flash symptoms, yet also anti-estrogenic effects in others that protect against...
View ArticlePlants with Aspirin Aspirations
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
View ArticleDonating Blood to Prevent Cancer?
Prioritizing plant-based sources of iron may be more effective than giving blood at reducing the risk of potentially “ferrotoxic” (iron-related) diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
View ArticleHow to Treat Endometriosis with Seaweed
Five cents’ worth of seaweed a day may dramatically improve a major cause of disability and compromised quality of life among women.
View ArticleTalcum Powder and Fibroids
What role does diet and baby powder play in the development of fibroids and ovarian cancer?
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Mammograms
Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format.
View ArticleEggs and Breast Cancer
How few eggs should we eat to reduce the risk of prostate, ovarian, colon, and breast cancer?
View ArticleThe Effects of Obesity on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes
Losing weight can reduce sciatica, hypertension, and cancer risk, and reverse type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleWhat Causes Cancer to Metastasize?
Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36.
View ArticleThe Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene
Women with breast cancer should include the “liberal culinary use of cruciferous vegetables.”
View ArticleThe Role of Kimchi and H. Pylori in Stomach Cancer
What explains the Achilles’ heel in certain Asian diets?
View ArticleFasting Before and After Chemotherapy Put to the Test
Do the benefits of short-term fasting during cancer therapy found in the lab translate into the clinical setting?
View ArticleThe Impacts of Plant-Based Diets on Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer
Why do people who eat more plants get less breast and prostate cancer?
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