one teaspoon of ground cumin may be about the equivalent…

As you age, your blood pressure tends to get higher.

— Michael Greger

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

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

“In other words, we’re living longer, but we’re living sicker.”

— Michael Greger

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

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

“Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what we eat. 4”

— Michael Greger

Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack.

— Michael Greger

We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do.

— Michael Greger

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.

— Michael Greger

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

“minutes of vigorous activity (such as jogging or active sports) each day.”

— Michael Greger

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

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

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