Category: Diseases and Prevention

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Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Preventing and treating chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke with diet and lifestyle changes is not just safer but may be...

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Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The yellow fluid around tomato seeds appears to suppress platelet activation without affecting blood clotting. This anti-inflammatory effect may explain why eating tomato products...

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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease with Diet

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The role of the Mediterranean diet in preventing and treating dementia. What seven risk factors? That was covered in more detail in my previous...

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Preventing Alzheimer’s with Lifestyle Changes

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Lifestyle changes could potentially prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease every year in the United States. My mom’s mom died of...

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Caloric Restriction vs. Plant-Based Diets

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: What is the best strategy to lower the level of the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1? That same data set that compared plant eaters to...

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Juicing Removes More Than Just Fiber

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The majority of polyphenol phytonutrients may be bound to fiber, helping to explain the marked difference in health impacts between whole fruit and fruit...

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Infectobesity: Adenovirus 36 and Childhood Obesity

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Studies on more than a thousand children suggest that a viral infection may play a role in childhood obesity by increasing both the number...

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Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: How do the blood-pressure lowering effects of hibiscus tea compare to the DASH diet, a plant-based diet, and a long-distance endurance exercise? Those who’ve...

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Lifestyle Medicine Is the Standard of Care for Prediabetes

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Lifestyle modification is considered the foundation of diabetes prevention. What dietary strategies should be employed and why don’t more doctors use them? I hope...

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Does Cholesterol Size Matter?

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: How do American Egg Board arguments hold up to scientific scrutiny, such as the concept that large fluffy LDL cholesterol is protective compared to...

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Telomeres – Cap It All Off with Diet

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Is the reversal of cellular aging Dr. Dean Ornish demonstrated with lifestyle changes due to the plant-based diet, the exercise or just to the...

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Garlic and Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth

Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger’s videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Consumption of even small amounts of garlic or raisins are associated with significantly lower risk of pregnant women going into premature labor or having...