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Michael Greger M.D. FACLM brings you the latest in nutrition-related research delivered in easy to understand video segments.
As we age, it may be even more important to include mushrooms (or tempeh) in our diet.
Snapshot-in-time cross-sectional studies are mixed when it comes to vegetarian diets and mental health outcomes.
Can offering kale purée to babies shape their future taste for greens?
Why do 85% of menopausal women suffer hot flashes in some countries but only 15% in others? Soy can be considered a first-line treatment for...
The 150 key nutritional components that are tracked in nutritional databases are only a tiny fraction of the more than 26,000 compounds pres...
What are the human health effects of the mineral oils, phthalates, and bisphenols leaching from packaging materials into processed foods?
Plant-based diets improve the performance of athletes and nonathletes alike
There are contaminants of processed foods that don’t show up on the ingredients label.
Taking even less than 18 Ambien-class sleeping pills in an entire year may triple the risk of dying prematurely.
Cold water immersion is put to the test for burns, priapism, gout, and muscle aches.
The FDA finds 1 in 10 imports of shrimp have unsafe levels of drug residues yet only tests about 1 in 1,000 shipments.
Healthy plant-based diets appear to help reduce the risks of severe COVID-19 and getting infected in the first place, even independent of co...
Eating just a single shrimp could exceed the safety limit for banned pesticides and chemicals.
Our gut can be sedentary too—unless we feed it fiber.
Those randomized to 8.5 hours of sleep a night lost significantly more body fat than those who got 5.5 hours. Getting even one more hour of...
Could eating more fiber mean absorbing fewer calories from everything else we eat?
A single can of tuna causes as much mercury exposure as how many mercury-containing vaccines?
One cannot assume that simply avoiding animal foods will necessarily produce a healthy diet.
Does cold stress impair or boost our immunity?
Banned in Europe for concerns regarding DNA damage, titanium dioxide remains legal in U.S. foods.
Does poop from centenarians have anti-aging properties?
What is the optimal dosing regiment for iron supplements?
Donating blood can bring down iron levels down to the sweet spot between 15 to 50.
The spice fenugreek contains 4-hydroxyisoleucine, a peculiar amino acid that may explain its benefits for controlling blood sugar.
Having high iron stores can increase cancer risk such that those randomized to donate blood experience a dramatic reduction in cancer death...
Can oat milk’s nutritional profile compete with soy milk’s?
Garlic, beer, bananas, and B vitamins are put to the test as repellents for mosquitoes and ticks.
Lower LDL cholesterol with 2 to 3 grams a day of phytosterols taken with meals from healthy, fortified foods or safe supplements.
Safety concerns regarding phytosterolemia, red blood cell fragility, oxysterols, and the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients are addressed.
Specific foods have been shown in randomized controlled trials to improve symptoms like hot flashes.
Even if we eat little or no cholesterol, phytosterols can block the reabsorption of the excess cholesterol our liver dumps into our intestin...
Can a plant-based Portfolio Diet lower LDL cholesterol as effectively as statin drugs?
Why can a single meal high in saturated fat impair cognition?
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of How Not to Die, a documentary about my life and work.
Dozens of human trials reveal where turmeric delivers—and where it doesn’t.
Diet appears to mediate the majority of the racial health gap.
One of the most effective weight-loss programs ever was free. Why was it so powerful?
Are there natural treatments for hypothyroidism?
When accompanied by a progressive strength-training regimen, 3 grams of creatine a day may improve muscle performance in older adults. A mis...
If the only ultra-processed food that appears to be killing people is meat, then plant-based meats may be the solution to the ultra-processe...
Only two categories of ultra-processed foods have been associated with premature death.
Are any gum flavors better than others?
Are there aspects of ultra-processed foods beyond their nutrient profile that contribute to their deleterious effects?
How exactly is “ultra-processed” defined?
Can reducing acid-forming foods and boosting alkaline-forming foods replicate the performance-enhancing effects of sodium bicarbonate withou...
Might asymptomatic food sensitivities to gluten, milk, peanuts, eggs, or shrimp increase the risk of premature death for those who eat these...
Complicated weight-loss programs can work, but what if we only had to focus on a single dietary change to get the same benefits?
Burn off significantly more body fat exercising before meals, rather than after them.
A single dietary change can increase our resting metabolic rate.
Can eating more fiber result in eating fewer calories?