articles by: Dr. Michael Greger

Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of flaxseeds in breast cancer patients found that flaxseeds appear to have the potential to reduce tumor growth in just a matter of weeks.…

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Flaxseeds for Breast Cancer Prevention

Just a teaspoon of ground flaxseeds a day may protect against breast cancer. In 1980 a new compound was discovered in human urine. Researchers called it compound X. Originally it was thought to be …

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Can Flaxseeds Help Sensitive Skin?

Instead of treating sensitive skin topically, with lotions and creams, why not treat it from the inside out with diet? About half of the American population says they have sensitive skin, defined l…

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Can Flaxseeds Help Treat Diabetes?

Drug companies hope to capitalize on the fact that the consumption of certain plants appears to lower the risk of diabetes by isolating these plants' active components for use and sale as pharmacologi…

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Flaxseeds for Prostate Cancer

Why is there such a huge disparity in prostate cancer rates around the world? The incidence of malignant prostate cancer is highest in African Americans, some 30 times greater than in Japanese men, an…

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Why Is Selling Salmonella-Tainted Chicken Still Legal?

When researchers last year at the Emerging Pathogens Institute ranked foodborne pathogens to figure out which was the worst, Salmonella was number one on their list. It was ranked the food poisoning b…

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Raisins vs. Energy Gels for Athletic Performance

After about an hour of strenuous exercise, long-distance athletes can really start to deplete their glycogen stores, the body's source of quick energy. Studies dating back to the '30s found that by ho…

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Do Fruit & Nut Bars Cause Weight Gain?

There are a variety of healthier fruit and nut bars on the market now that boast dried fruit as a primary ingredient. Dried fruit is calorically dense, though. Should we be concerned that eating such …

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The Best Fix for Constipation

Though there is an International Prune Association keeping us all apprised of the latest prune news from around the world, the California prune board successfully pressured the U.S. Food and Drug Admi…

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Best Dried Fruit For Cholesterol

When I saw there was a paper entitled "Daily Dried Apples Versus Daily Dried Plums: Impact on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women," the first thing I thought was well, was the …

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A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. Currently Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. Hundreds of his nutrition videos are freely available at NutritionFacts.org.

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