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Cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables can potentially prevent DNA damage and metastatic cancer spread, activate defenses against pathogens and pollutants, help to prevent lymphoma, boost your liver detox enzymes, target breast cancer stem cells, and reduce the risk of prostate cancer...
What about alfalfa sprouts that we grow ourselves? Are the seeds contaminated (so sprouts I grow at home will be too), or is just sprouts offered by restaurants that needed to be avoided? tbarron Answer: Excellent question! Turns out it appears to...
Does this also include the tea that I love to drink if so I will stop. ksk63 Answer: That is a great question. The only study I was able to find looked at a tea which included licorice root and concluded: “One cup of...
Tofu, soymilk, miso, tempeh, edamame—these and other soy products, including the soybeans themselves, are high in nutrients you tend to associate with other legumes, including fiber, iron, magnesium, potassium, protein, and zinc. But does it have negative effects on thyroid function?...
I’m bit disappointed with your presentation, and I’m wondering why you exactly choose this multi vitamin study to underpin your conclusion in this video. The Swedish cohort was from 2010 and in April of this year a meta-analysis, which is scientifically stronger...
How can we believe in any study? It seems they can always refute each other. Veguyan Answer: Thank you for bringing up this important larger point. What does one do in the face of conflicting evidence? The answer is to look at...
I thought dairy leaches calcium from the bones from its acidity? Answer: The scientific nutrition community used to believe that the abundance of sulfur-containing amino acids in animal proteins would lead to a negative calcium balance, but that is outdated thinking. Since...
In regards to raw food nutrient absorption – Have there been any studies performed on blended raw vegetables versus raw vegetables (in their natural form) nutrient absorption. I’m advised that blended vegetables are more easily absorbed than eating the whole raw vegetable...
Hi there Dr. Greger. I was wondering, in the Colacino study it says, “Vegetable consumption was also significantly associated with MEP levels, which was one of the strongest effects measured.” I don’t mean to detract from your message about poultry, which I...
In some instances I’ve read about deleterious results (gastric and skin cancers) from capsaicin and hot peppers. See, for example this research: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/139/3/263.short; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902121057.htm Dr. Greger, can you help in clearing up this confusion and debate? maybush1 Answer: The ScienceDaily piece you mentioned...
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