NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
Summary: Michael Greger M.D. FACLM brings you the latest in nutrition-related research delivered in easy to understand video segments.
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The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be less healthy and have shorter lifespans than their parents.
Using skin lotion or hand sanitizer before touching thermal paper (cash register receipts and printed tickets) can facilitate the absorption of BPA into the body.
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle cells.
It took more than 7,000 studies, and the death of countless smokers before the first Surgeon General report against smoking was finally released. Another mountain of evidence exists today for healthier eating, but much of society has yet to catch up to the science.
Vitamin D supplements were put to the test for Crohn’s disease.
Vitamin D supplements are put to the test in childhood asthma.
Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to decrease the harms of smoking—so, what does the science say about sodium, sugar, and saturated fat taxes?
Does a cancer-causing herpes virus in chickens pose a public health threat?
Green tea is put to the test against precancerous lesions, prostate cancer and metastatic cancer and compared to the effects of black tea.
A third of men in their 30s may already have tiny cancerous tumors in their prostates. How much tea would one have to drink to build up cancer-suppressing levels in one’s prostate tissue?
Sugar is no longer considered just empty calories, but an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. So what happens if you switch to artificial sweeteners?
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
How the egg industry funded a study designed to cover up the toxic trimethylamine oxide reaction to egg consumption.
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates among those eating plant-based diets.
