NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast Podcast

NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, founder of NutritionFacts.org and New York Times best-selling author of How Not to Die, How Not to Diet, and the just-released How Not to Age, brings you the latest in evidence-based nutrition research, delivered in easy to understand video segments. NutritionFacts.org is a non-profit and non-commercial public health organization, and more than 2,000 videos on virtually every aspect of healthy eating are available on our website. New videos and blogs are uploaded every day–always without any sponsors, ads, brand partnerships, or paid subscriptions.
Friday Favorites: Are Menopausal Hot Flashes Inevitable? How Can Soy Foods Help?
Why do 85% of menopausal women suffer hot flashes in some countries but only 15% in others? Soy can be considered a first-line treatment for menopausal hot flash and night sweat symptoms.
May 1
8 min
Video
How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss of Phytonutrients
The 150 key nutritional components that are tracked in nutritional databases are only a tiny fraction of the more than 26,000 compounds present in our food.
Apr 29
4 min
Video
How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals
What are the human health effects of the mineral oils, phthalates, and bisphenols leaching from packaging materials into processed foods?
Apr 27
6 min
Video
Friday Favorites: Improving VO2 Max: A Look at Vegetarian and Vegan Athletes
Plant-based diets improve the performance of athletes and nonathletes alike
Apr 24
5 min
Video
How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants
There are contaminants of processed foods that don’t show up on the ingredients label.
Apr 22
5 min
Video
Friday Favorites: How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Without Sleeping Pills
Taking even less than 18 Ambien-class sleeping pills in an entire year may triple the risk of dying prematurely.
Apr 17
6 min
Video
Cold Water Immersion for Gout Flares
Cold water immersion is put to the test for burns, priapism, gout, and muscle aches.
Apr 15
5 min
Video
Is Shrimp Good for You? Antibiotic Resistance
The FDA finds 1 in 10 imports of shrimp have unsafe levels of drug residues yet only tests about 1 in 1,000 shipments.
Apr 13
7 min
Video
Friday Favorites: The Best Diet for COVID and Long-COVID
Healthy plant-based diets appear to help reduce the risks of severe COVID-19 and getting infected in the first place, even independent of comorbidities.
Apr 10
6 min
Video
Is Shrimp Good for You? Pollutants and Food Safety
Eating just a single shrimp could exceed the safety limit for banned pesticides and chemicals.
Apr 8
4 min
Video
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