You can buy turmeric from any supermarket - or get it raw from Asian shops and grate a quarter of an inch… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
People tend to eat poorly because it's convenient; it's what's around them. But you can make the switch. I think the way… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Certain foods, such as meat, appear to harbour toxic bacteria - known as endotoxins - that can trigger inflammation in your arteries,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
In a Harvard University study, the diets of nearly 1,000 women were analysed before their morning melatonin levels were measured. Meat consumption… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The fumes produced by frying bacon contain carcinogens called nitrosamines. Though all meat may release potentially carcinogenic fumes, processed meat such as… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Eating a varied plant-based diet - and avoiding all meat, fish, chicken and dairy products - may have much to recommend it,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Studies on cherries, raspberries and strawberries suggest that most of their nutrition is retained when they're frozen, so it's a good idea… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“The researchers noted that their most important finding may be that cholesterol consumption was a strong predictor of cirrhosis and liver cancer.… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“Drinking just one can of soda a day appears to raise the odds of getting fatty liver disease by 45 percent.25 Meanwhile,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“The healthiest sources of iron are whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and green, leafy vegetables. Avoid drinking tea with meals,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“The population with the highest rate of the “Alzheimer’s gene” has one of the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s disease? This contradiction may… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The Iowa Women's Health Study, which has followed more than 35,000 women for decades, found eating more broccoli, cauliflower, kale and other… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The USDA is tasked with managing and promoting agriculture - including the well-funded animal agriculture industry - so it's pulled into a… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“The simplest recipe has one ingredient: frozen bananas. Peel and freeze some ripe bananas (the riper, the better—I’m talking brown). Once frozen,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Cholesterol - which you get from eating too much of the wrong kind of fat - doesn't just help clog arteries in… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The benefits of a healthier diet are far-reaching because they also equate to fewer animals being bred into inhumane factory farm conditions… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“According to the latest national FDA retail-meat survey, about 90 percent of retail chicken showed evidence of contamination with fecal matter.” — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
If you consume too much salt, it can cause water retention. When this happens, your body usually responds by raising your blood… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
One of the worst things you can do if you're worried about breast cancer is to cook beef, pork, fish or poultry… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Popeye was right about spinach: dark green, leafy vegetables are the healthiest food on the planet. As whole foods go, they offer… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Harvard University researchers found that women at high risk of heart disease who had a tablespoon of peanut butter five or more… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of… — Michael Greger Copy Share
Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk… — Michael Greger Copy Share
When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so… — Michael Greger Copy Share
The USDA is tasked with managing and promoting agriculture - including the well-funded animal agriculture industry - so it's pulled into a tug-of-war every… — Michael Greger Copy Share
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what we eat. 4” — Michael Greger Copy Share
Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack. — Michael Greger Copy Share
We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do. — Michael Greger Copy Share
Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done. — Michael Greger Copy Share
You have to build up to green smoothies. Everyone loves fruit smoothies: you can add a handful of baby spinach to a fruit smoothie… — Michael Greger Copy Share
“minutes of vigorous activity (such as jogging or active sports) each day.” — Michael Greger Copy Share
Don't forget that fruit can be cooked - think of baked apples, poached pears and grilled pineapple. But if you like drinking fruit, blending… — Michael Greger Copy Share
The largest outbreak of bird flu in American history was an H5N2 virus, which led to the deaths of 17 million domestic birds and… — Michael Greger Copy Share
After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based diet were… — Michael Greger Copy Share
