Category: Diseases and Prevention

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Dark Chocolate and Artery Function

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: What do studies not funded by the chocolate industry show about the effect of cocoa on arterial health? Here’s a link to the videos...

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When Low Risk Means High Risk

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Dr. Rose’s sick population concept may explain why many nutrition studies underestimate the role of diet in disease. This reminds me of what the...

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Gout Treatment with a Cherry on Top

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: How do sweet cherries compare to the drug allopurinol and a low purine diet for the treatment of the painful inflammatory arthritis gout? More...

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Watermelon for Sore Muscle Relief

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Watermelon found to reduce muscle soreness after an intense workout without the gut leakiness that occurs within hours of taking anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen....

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Anti-inflammatory Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Sweet red bing cherries may act as a selective COX-2 inhibitor, reducing inflammation without the damage to our stomach and gut lining caused by...

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Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The rising incidence of tick-bite induced meat allergies may account for cases of previously unexplained (“idiopathic”) persistent hives among children. What is this alpha...

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Alpha Gal and the Lone Star Tick

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Our immune response against a foreign molecule present in animal products may play a role in some allergic, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorders. This reaction...

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Eggs and Arterial Function

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Even studies funded by the American Egg Board show our arteries benefit from not eating eggs. More on the reaction to the Eggs vs....

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Debunking Egg Industry Myths

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The latest meta-analysis of studies on egg consumption and heart disease risk found that even less than a single egg a day is associated...

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Walnuts and Artery Function

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Not eating walnuts may double our risk of dying from heart disease (compared to at least one serving a week), perhaps because nuts appear...

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Pollutants in Salmon and Our Own Fat

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Farmed Atlantic salmon, the kind of salmon most commonly found in restaurants and supermarkets, may be the single largest source of toxic dietary pollutants....

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Diabetes and Dioxins

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Industrial pollutants that build up in our own body fat may help explain the link between obesity and diabetes. If these pollutants are particularly...