Nutrition is an exciting, dynamic field - there are more than 10,000 articles published on human nutrition in medical journals every year. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The typical Western diet is the number-one cause of premature death and the number-one cause of disability. In other words, a long… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Sadly, commercially-produced, frozen broccoli lacks the ability to form sulforaphane because the vegetables are flash-cooked before they are frozen. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Oregano is such an antioxidant-rich herb that researchers decided to see if it could reduce the DNA-damaging effects of radiation. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Remove all the junk from one's house. Then one doesn't have to deal with the temptation. If you get hungry enough, you… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's so difficult to study the relationship between diet and disease is because many dietary behaviors are associated… — 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
You have to build up to green smoothies. Everyone loves fruit smoothies: you can add a handful of baby spinach to a… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The problem with all-or-nothing thinking is that it stops people even taking the first steps. The thought of never having pepperoni pizza… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Broccoli is incredible. It can prevent DNA damage and metastatic cancer spread; activate defences against pathogens and pollutants; help to prevent lymphoma;… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“not smoking, not being obese, getting half an hour of exercise a day, and eating healthier—defined as consuming more fruits, veggies, and… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“The pandemic of chronic disease has been ascribed in part to the near-universal shift toward a diet dominated by animal-sourced and processed… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Don't forget that fruit can be cooked - think of baked apples, poached pears and grilled pineapple. But if you like drinking… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Scientists suggest that the link between consuming poultry and cancer spread may be due to carcinogens in cooked meat. For unknown reasons,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“To become virtually heart-attack proof, you need to get your LDL cholesterol at least under 70 mg/dL. Dr. Roberts noted that there… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“Instead of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ advice to “Consume fewer … sodas,”10 the AICR cancer prevention guidelines advise: “Avoid sugary drinks.”… — 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
Unhealthy meals don't just cause internal damage decades down the road, but right here and now, within hours of going into your… — 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
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what we eat. 4” — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
When any fat is heated to frying temperatures, toxic volatile chemicals that can cause genetic mutations are released into the air. — 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
A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised trial of boys with autism found that two to three servings of cruciferous vegetables a day improves social… — 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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“But in a society where it’s normal to die of heart disease, having a “normal” cholesterol level is probably not a good… — 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
Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group. — 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
Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what we eat. 4” — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
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 Image
“minutes of vigorous activity (such as jogging or active sports) each day.” — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
