Michael Greger MD
Founder of NutritionFacts.org where over 2,000 videos he narrated are freely available. A founder of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Prolific public speaker. Author of several books including the bestseller How Not to Die which examines the fifteen leading causes of death and how a healthy diet can treat each.
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The Story of NutritionFacts.org (3:16) Sep 5, 2016. Started with my grandma. Heart disease. Nathan Pritikin. Dean Ornish. NutritionFacts.org.
Why You Should Care About Nutrition (2:53) Sep 9, 2016. Most death and disability preventable. Diet the leading cause of death and disability. Reasons the medical profession ignores nutrition. NutritionFacts.org.
Food
Flashback Friday: #1 Anticancer Vegetable (9:15) Mar 15, 2019. Salad bar. Best lettuce? Carrots? Beets? Cucumber? Tomato? Potato? Garlic? Best for anticancer: allium (onion, garlic, leek) and cruciferous (kale, broccoli, cabbage).
The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100 (5:05) Oct 2, 2015. The traditional Okinawa diet was 96% plant based, largely sweet potatoes and rice. California Adventist vegetarians live even longer.
Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? (4:54) May 10, 2013. of 11 common fruits, cranberries, lemons, apples, strawberries, and red grapes did best at slowing the proliferation of human liver cancer.
Cancer Fighting Foods: Which Nut Fights Cancer Better”? | Dr. Greger (4:14) Jan 9, 2017. Studies show nuts may prevent breast and pancreatic cancers. Walnuts, pecans, and peanuts may prevent cell proliferation best.
Antioxidant Content of 300 Foods (3:28) Mar 9, 2011. 12 antioxidant superfoods.
Superfood Bargains (2:05) Mar 12, 2011. Antioxidant bang for your buck.
Best Cooking Method (3:37) Feb 8, 2011. Best cooking method for preserving antioxidants: microwaving.
Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help with Weight Loss? (7:04) May 2, 2015. Japanese study shows apple cider vinegar causes significant fat loss.
Increased Lifespan From Beans (4:38) Oct 28, 2013. Eating legumes may be the best predictor of longevity. Fear of flatulence: choice of breaking wind or breaking down, passing gas or passing on.
Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli (6:02) Aug 15, 2014. Sulforaphane may protect against cancer. Adding mustard powder to cooked cruciferous vegetables (e.g., broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale) creates sulforaphane.
Better than green tea? (2:28) Dec 29, 2111. Antioxidant content of beverages.
Carrots vs. Baby Carrots (1:36) Mar 9, 2011. Which is healthier? Carrots vs. baby carrots? Iceberg vs. green leaf vs. red leaf lettuce? Red vs. white vs. yellow onions?
Nutrients
Flashback Friday: Paleopoo – What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces (5:05) Sep 20, 2019. Paleofeces show that ancient humans ate over 100g of fiber a day versus 12-18g on the current U.S. diet. Lack of fiber may explain the obesity epidemic.
Flashback Friday: Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking (7:59) Jan 10, 2020. Single gene mutation doubles the lifespan of tiny roundworms. Avoiding animal protein (meat, egg whites, and dairy) may lower IGF, suppress cancer, and extend life.
Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction (3:59) Apr 7, 2014. Calorie restriction hard for humans. Rapamycin inhibits TOR. Reducing animal protein, especially leucine, inhibits TOR and IGF1 and may extend life.
Disease
Taking Personal Responsibility for Your Health (3:57) Sep 14, 2016. Only one diet proven to reverse heart disease. Medical profession slow to oppose cigarette smoking or to advocate a whole food, plant-based diet.
The Power of Nutrition – In Less Than 6 Minutes (5:57) Sep 17, 2020. Doctors not taught nutrition in medical school. Treat symptoms, not the cause. Dean Ornish-1990: diet reverses heart disease. Diet the #1 cause of death. Smoking-1964 report.
Heart Disease Starts in Childhood (5:50) Sep 23, 2013. Korean war autopsy study. Fatty streaks by age 10.
Why Are Stents Still Used If They Don’t Work? (5:54) Apr 5, 2021. The COURAGE and ORBITA studies show that non-emergency stents have no benefit except a placebo effect. Upton Sinclair quote. With government-set prices and no competitive market, perverse incentives for doctors and hospitals are harming patients.
What Causes Insulin Resistance? (4:55) Jan 6, 2017. Eating saturated fat, not sugar, causes insulin resistance. Molecular images showing how fat in cells causes insulin resistance.
Turmeric Curcumin for Prediabetes (2:55) Jan 15, 2016. Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study: Curcumin extract for prevention of type 2 diabetes. Extraordinary results for diabetes prevention with curcumin.
How to stay motivated
Our thoughts make our habits, then our habits make us.
A sustained program of watching videos that promote a high-fiber, whole-food diet is an effective way to change your thinking, habits and behavior. Watching the videos on this page and similar videos (multiple times if necessary) provides motivation to adopt a high-fiber, whole-food diet.