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Why Might It Be Safer to Take NSAIDs Like Ibuprofen on an Empty Stomach?

NSAID painkillers like Advil and Aleve cause more than 100,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths each year in the United States alone. Up to 30% of regular users develop stomach ulcers, yet most patients and doctors remain unaware of the true risks.

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August 12, 2016

Why Is Nutrition So Commercialized?

Why is the field of nutrition often more about marketing products than educating people about...

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August 10, 2016

Maternal Diet May Affect Stress Responses in Children

Single meals can affect testosterone and cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Some foods eaten regularly during...

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August 8, 2016

How to Avoid the Obesity-Related Plastic Chemical BPA

Ninety percent of our exposure to the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) comes from certain...

August 5, 2016

HOW NOT TO DIE: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, & Reversing Our Top 15 Killers

In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we...

August 3, 2016

What’s the “Natural” Human Diet?

What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be...

August 1, 2016

The Hispanic Paradox: Why Do Latinos Live Longer?

Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health...

July 29, 2016

What Are the Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer?

When it comes to breast cancer risk, does the phytoestrogen in beer act more like...

July 27, 2016

The Most Potent Phytoestrogen Is in Beer

The reason women who handle hops start menstruating is because of a phytoestrogen that ends...

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July 25, 2016

Zeranol Use in Meat and Breast Cancer

Anabolic growth-promoting drugs in meat production are by far the most potent hormones found in...

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July 22, 2016

Sodium and Arterial Function: A-Salting Our Endothelium

A salted meal can impair artery function within 30 minutes by suppressing a key detoxifying...

July 20, 2016

Prunes for Osteoporosis

Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.

July 18, 2016

What Diet Best Lowers Phthalate Exposure?

The highest levels of phthalates, hormone-disrupting plastics chemical pollutants, are found in meats, fats, and...

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