Category: Diseases and Prevention

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Stool pH and Colon Cancer

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Fermentation of fiber in the gut may help explain the dramatic differences in colorectal cancer incidence around the world. So in the purple cabbage...

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Preventing Ulcerative Colitis with Diet

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The toxic rotten egg gas hydrogen sulfide may explain why animal protein is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. For the other major inflammatory bowel...

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Optimal Cholesterol Level

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Why don’t authorities advocate a sufficient reduction in cholesterol down to safe levels? It’s imperative for everyone to understand Dr. Rose’s sick population concept,...

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Plant-Based Workplace Intervention

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Employee wellness programs may help boost the corporate bottom-line. I detailed the pilot study that started it all in Slimming the Gecko (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/slimming-the-gecko-2/). Imagine...

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Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The reason those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and less insulin resistance may be because saturated fats appear...

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What Causes Insulin Resistance?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle...

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The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Being obese may result in as much insulin resistance as eating a high fat diet. What does “gum up the insulin receptor pathway” mean?...

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The Problem With the Paleo Diet Argument

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The Paleolithic period represents just the last 2 million years of human evolution. What did our bodies evolve to eat during the first 90%...

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The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The medical profession oversells the benefits of drugs for chronic disease since so few patients would apparently take them if doctors divulged the truth....

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Flax Seeds for Hypertension

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Extraordinary results reported in a rare example of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a dietary intervention (flaxseeds) to combat one of our leading...

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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease With Plants

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: If foods like berries and dark green leafy vegetables have been found protective against cognitive decline, why aren’t they recognized as such in many...