NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br />

The Trade-Off Between Fertility and Longevity, and Causes of Precocious Puberty

A century ago, the age of first menstruation averaged as late as nearly 17. Why is sexual maturity coming so much earlier now?

12-04
07:17

How Generosity May Help You Be Happier and Live Longer

Donating time and money isn’t just good for the world, it may be good for our health.

12-03
06:05

The Best Way to Remove Ear Wax

Irrigation (also called ear syringing), which involves flushing out ear wax with a low-pressure jet of warm (body temperature) water, works up to 70 to 90 percent of the time.

12-02
04:53

Friday Favorites: The Benefits of Fasting for Healing

Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from?

11-29
05:17

Are There Any Benefits to Ear Candling?

Photographs are taken inside the ear canal before and after ear candling to put it to the test.

11-27
02:45

Is Rapamycin a Universal Anti-Aging Drug?

Self-experimentation with the anti-aging drug rapamycin continues to be strongly discouraged.

11-25
04:31

Friday Favorites: How Much Do Doctors Actually Know About Nutrition?

See if you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors.

11-22
05:32

Inhibiting mTOR with Rapamycin for Extending Lifespan and Healthspan

Rapamycin appears to be a universal anti-aging drug, extending the lifespan of all animals tested to date; it’s the only known drug to do so.

11-20
04:21

The Enzyme mTOR as an Engine of Aging

Inhibiting mTOR, the “master determinant of lifespan,” is considered the best validated aging regulator.

11-18
04:29

Friday Favorites: Elderberry Benefits and Side Effects – Does It Help with Colds and the Flu?

How effective are flu shots, elderberries, echinacea, and cranberries?

11-15
05:21

The Benefits and Side Effects of Probiotic Supplements

Probiotics can actually interfere with microbiome recovery after antibiotics, rather than facilitate it.

11-13
05:04

How Much Exercise Is Too Much?

It may be prudent to limit chronic, vigorous exercise to no more than an hour a day and no more than five hours a week, taking at least one or two days off. For runners, the recommended upper limit for longevity benefits is 30 miles a week.

11-11
02:15

Friday Favorites: Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?

What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?

11-08
07:04

Does Exercise Extend Your Lifespan or Just Your Healthspan?

I was surprised by how much controversy is in the medical literature over whether the apparent longevity benefits of exercise are even real.

11-06
07:35

Exercise Is Medicine

The evidence supporting the overall health benefits of physical activity is overwhelming.

11-04
04:31

Friday Favorites: Ochratoxin and Breakfast Cereals, Herbs, Spices, and Wine

One of the few food contaminants found at higher levels in those eating plant-based diets are mycotoxins, fungal toxins in moldy foods, such as oats. Most food crops are contaminated with fungal mycotoxins, but some are worse than others.

11-01
08:03

How Many Steps Should We Get Every Day?

The official exercise recommendations are a “trade-off between optimizing health outcomes and minimizing requirements for individuals,” but what does the science say is best?

10-30
06:43

Are Fish or Fish Oil Supplements Good for the Heart?

Five massive new trials have been published recently, randomizing tens of thousands to various formulations of fish oil versus placebo.

10-28
07:59

Friday Favorites: Fasting to Treat Depression

Caloric restriction can boost levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is considered to play a critical role in mood disorders.

10-25
05:31

The Benefits and Side Effects of Spirulina

Blue-green algae, chlorella, and spirulina are all advertised as being beneficial, but they could be harmful because they are often contaminated with algal toxins.

10-23
04:06

April AS

Is there a reason that this podcast is the only one that has issues with playing? Meaning starts and then stops, and then starts and stops again, over and over again. It's annoying! Is there somewhere better to listen to this content?

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Nick

vegan nonsense...

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