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Michael Greger M.D. FACLM brings you the latest in nutrition-related research delivered in easy to understand video segments.

Michael Greger M.D. FACLM


    • Jun 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekdays NEW EPISODES
    • 6m AVG DURATION
    • 1,081 EPISODES

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    The NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast is a truly inspiring and informative podcast that I highly recommend. Dr. Michael Greger, the host of the show, presents practical and cutting-edge research in a way that is both interesting and entertaining. What sets this podcast apart is that everything presented is based on scientific facts and well-cited sources, which is especially important in an age where misinformation can be easily spread by the media. Dr. Greger's dedication to sharing helpful information is truly commendable.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the wealth of scientific information that is provided. Dr. Greger goes above and beyond to present a vast amount of research on various topics related to nutrition and health. This allows listeners to make informed decisions about their own health based on reliable evidence. I also appreciate how he cites his sources, as it adds credibility to the information presented.

    However, there have been some technical issues with this podcast recently. Some listeners, including myself, have experienced intermittent stops while playing episodes. This seems to be specific to this podcast and not other podcasts in our libraries. It would be great if these technical issues could be resolved or addressed.

    In conclusion, The NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in evidence-based nutrition and health information. Dr. Greger's dedication to sharing his knowledge shines through in every episode, making it an inspiring listen. Despite some technical issues, I highly recommend giving this podcast a try if you're looking for reliable scientific information on nutrition and health.



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    Latest episodes from NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

    Friday Favorites: Should We Be Concerned About Ochratoxin and Aflatoxin?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 7:25


    The overall cost-benefit ratio for mycotoxins depends on which food is contaminated. Is “toxic mold syndrome” real? And what do we do about toxic mold contamination of food?

    The Highest Antioxidant: Apple, Bean, Berry, Lentil, or Nut?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 2:58


    The best apple, bean, berry, lentil, and nut are the ones you'll eat the most of; but if you don't have a strong preference, which has the highest antioxidant power?

    Is There Really Pus in Milk?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 4:48


    What does the "milk pus test" tell us about the U.S. milk supply?

    Friday Favorites: Onions Put to the Test for Losing Weight, Lowering Cholesterol, and Treating PCOS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 5:37


    Let's discuss weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS treatment with diet. What can a daily eighth of a teaspoon of onion powder do for body fat, and what can raw red onion do for cholesterol?

    Pros and Cons of Raw Food Diets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 4:43


    Is there an advantage to eating a raw plant-based diet over a diet of raw and cooked whole plant foods?

    Perceptions of Childhood Obesity and Diet Quality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 3:24


    One reason kids may not be eating more healthfully is that their parents vastly overestimate the quality of their child's diet.

    Friday Favorites: Animal Protein vs. Plant-Based Protein

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 4:17


    I discuss a public health case for modernizing the definition of protein quality.

    Pesticide Exposure and Hypospadias Birth Defects in Vegetarians

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 4:26


    What role do vegetarian diets and organic foods play in the prevention or promotion of a birth defect called hypospadias?

    Food Poisoning: Causes and Prevention

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 6:43


    Why do contaminated poultry products cause the most foodborne deaths?

    Friday Favorites: How to Increase Your Life Expectancy by 12 to 14 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 6:43


    What can physicians do to promote healthy, life-extending, lifestyle changes?

    How to Slow Cancer Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 6:30


    At this very moment, many of us have tumors growing inside our bodies, so we cannot wait to start eating and living more healthfully.

    How to Get Enough Polyphenols for Life Extension

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 4:44


    Is the link between flavonoid consumption and longevity cause-and-effect, and are all sources of flavonoids equally healthy?

    Friday Favorites: Are Baruka Nuts the Healthiest Nut?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 5:03


    How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts?

    The Effects of Hormesis from Low-Dose Radiation on Life Extension

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 4:43


    Our bodies are exposed to about 20,000 hits of radiation from cosmic rays every second. Is that good or bad?

    Choosing the Safest and Most Effective Sunscreen (webinar recording)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 56:35


    Has sunscreen been proven to prevent skin aging and cancer?

    Friday Favorites: Foods That Cause Inflammation and Those That Reduce It

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 9:20


    Inflammatory markers can double within six hours of eating a pro-inflammatory meal. Which foods are the worst, and which ones reduce inflammation? What does an anti-inflammatory diet look like?

    The Benefits and Side Effects of Red and Green Rooibos Teas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 4:23


    Is green rooibos (analogous to green tea) healthier than red rooibos, the commercially more common oxidized form that's akin to black tea?

    The Side Effects of Artificial Food Coloring and Dyes: Cancer and ADHD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 4:28


    Excluding artificial food colors from children's diets can improve ADHD symptoms.

    How to Improve Your Heart Rate Variability

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 3:20


    A healthy heart doesn't beat like a metronome.

    The Third Way to Boost NAD+

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 7:01


    How can we conserve NAD+ by preventing overactivation of the enzymes PARP-1 and CD38, which guzzle NAD+?

    Friday Favorites: Fruits and Vegetables Put to the Test for Boosting Mood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 5:50


    A randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being.

    Which NAD+ Booster Is Best?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 4:15


    You can naturally get your body to make more NAD+ by boosting the NAD+ synthesizing enzyme NAMPT.

    Risks of NAD+ Boosting Supplements

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 4:16


    Particular caution should be used for NAD+-boosting supplements by those with cancer, a personal or strong family history of cancer and perhaps also by those with inflammatory disorders and certain active infections.

    Friday Favorites: Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Arthritis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 5:34


    What happened when topical olive oil was pitted against an ibuprofen-type drug for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?

    Lesser-Known NAD+ Boosting Supplements—Tryptophan, NADH, NMNH, and NRH

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 5:47


    What are the pros, cons, and efficacy of dihydronicotinamide riboside (reduced NR), perhaps the most potent NAD+ precursor, as well as reduced NMN, taking NAD+ directly, or making it from scratch from tryptophan?

    Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN), a NAD+ Booster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 7:42


    NR may just be a waste of money, safe but ineffective. NMN seems similarly useless in humans, but it may not even be safe.

    Friday Favorites: Foods That Heal and Prevent Leaky Gut

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 9:55


    Common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier. Which foods should we avoid to prevent leaky gut? Which foods and food components can boost the integrity of our intestinal barrier?

    Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside (NR), a NAD+ Booster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 6:11


    The suppression of NAD+ synthesis by NR in humans may explain the disparate rodent results.

    Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide (NAM), a NAD+ Booster

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 5:23


    The metabolism of NAM may deplete our methylation capacity, interfering with the normal metabolism of hormones and neurotransmitters, and produce a neurotoxic compound in the process.

    Friday Favorites: Are Onions Beneficial for Testosterone, Osteoporosis, Allergies, and Cancer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 5:07


    What did randomized controlled human trials find about the ways we may—or may not—benefit from eating onions?

    Risks and Benefits of Nicotinic Acid (NA), a NAD+ Booster

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 4:37


    Given niacin's decades of use as a cholesterol drug, we have a good idea of its safety profile.

    Friday Favorites: The Dangerous Effects of Heavy Metal Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 8:22


    How might we moderate the rare but very real risk of headbanging?

    Do NAD+ Levels Decline with Age?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 6:44


    What is NAD+ and what role does it play in the aging process?

    Who Is Rescuing Whom? Pets and Life Extension

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 4:40


    Do pet parents (or pawrents) live longer?

    Friday Favorites: Cannabis for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 7:43


    Even though using cannabis may help with IBD symptoms in the short-term, it may make the long-term prognosis worse.

    Nitrates in Food to Help Fight Respiratory Tract Infections

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 4:37


    Perhaps it's no coincidence that an infusion of spinach leaves has evidently been used since ancient times to treat respiratory symptoms.

    The Benefits of Saffron for Treating Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 4:50


    Eight threads of saffron a day can improve visual acuity in older adults with mild or moderate age-related macular degeneration.

    Friday Favorites: Mushrooms for Prostate Cancer and Cancer Survival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 10:25


    Did the five randomized controlled trials of reishi mushrooms in cancer patients show benefits in tumor response rate, survival time, or quality of life?

    What Is Essential Hand Tremor and How to Prevent and Treat It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 6:31


    What is the role of dietary beta-carboline alkaloids in the development of the most common movement disorder?

    Microbiome Manipulation with Oligomannate for Treating Dementia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 5:12


    A prebiotic derived from a type of brown seaweed is used for mild to moderate Alzheimer's dementia in China. Does it work?

    Friday Favorites: How Useful Is Personalized Nutrition?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 5:31


    Perhaps it should be less about personalized nutrition and more about taking personal responsibility for our own health.

    Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of Varicose Veins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 5:43


    Perhaps Ugandans had more than 50 times fewer varicose veins for the same reason they had 50 times less heart disease and up to 50 times less colon cancer.

    Do Ashwagandha, Ginseng, and Maca Root Have Benefits for Female Sexual Dysfunction?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 5:30


    Which of these three works, which doesn't, and which may be too toxic to take safely?

    Friday Favorites: The Effects of Cleaning Products and Air Fresheners on Lung Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 4:56


    There is a reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prohibit not only smoking, but also scented or fragranced products in its office buildings.

    Fecal Transplant Experiments Show the Microbiome's Role in Aging

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 6:00


    Centenarian stool has anti-aging effects when fed to mice.

    Anti-Inflammatory Foods: The Benefits of Berries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 7:54


    Which fruits have anti-inflammatory effects and which do not?

    Friday Favorites: Can Cholesterol Get Too Low?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 6:45


    Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90 percent of our risk for having a heart attack, whereas drugs may only reduce risk by 20 to 30 percent?

    Melatonin Supplements for Sleep and Anti-Aging?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 4:49


    The secretion of melatonin appears to progressively decline with age, dropping as much as 70 percent between middle and older age.

    The Best Foods for Your Skin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 6:58


    Greens, apples, tomato paste, and grapes are put to the test as edible skin care candidates.

    Friday Favorites: The Benefits and Side Effects of Moringa Leaf Powder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 9:45


    Does the so-called miracle tree live up to the hype? Do I recommend it?

    Supplements for Sarcopenia (Age-Related Muscle Loss)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 4:57


    HMB, magnesium, omega 3s, and vitamin D are put to the test for muscle strength and function.

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