Michael Greger M.D. FACLM April 25th, 2012 Volume 8 Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease. But which is more protective—raw or cooked? In this recent study of 50,000 men and women, those who ate the most apples appeared to have significantly less risk of having a heart attack in the…
By preventing the buildup of cholesterol in our bloodstream, we can prevent atherosclerosis in our coronary arteries—the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. This involves increasing our intake of fiber-containing plant foods, and decreasing our intake of trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol found in junk food and…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM November 9th, 2012 Volume 11 Why is the intake of animal protein associated with heart disease—even independent of saturated fat—and the intake of plant protein protective? Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM September 23rd, 2013 Volume 14 By age 10, nearly all kids have fatty streaks in their arteries. This is the first sign of atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in the United States. So the question for most of us is not whether we should eat healthy to prevent heart disease, but whether…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM December 19th, 2011 Volume 6 Most people hospitalized with heart attacks have cholesterol levels considered “desirable” under the current recommendations. Having a “normal” cholesterol in a society where it’s normal to die of heart disease is not necessarily a good thing. The current official recommendation is to have a total cholesterol under 200.…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM December 20th, 2011 Volume 6 The average “bad” cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the “near-optimal” range, suggesting that the current guidelines are too lax.Subscribe to VideosDiscussREPUBLISH The level of LDL cholesterol in our blood—our “bad” cholesterol—may be the single most important indicator of heart disease risk, and is,…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM November 29th, 2013 Volume 15 Many of our most common diseases found to be rare, or even nonexistent, among populations eating plant-based diets. This is a list of diseases commonly found here (and in populations that eat and live like the U.S.), but were rare, or even nonexistent, in populations eating diets centered…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM February 24th, 2014 Volume 17 The oxidation of high-fat and cholesterol-rich foods in our stomachs may help explain why eating antioxidant packed foods appears to reduce heart attack and stroke risk. The total antioxidant capacity of our diet may also be protective against stroke, in contradiction to all the pill studies that failed to…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM September 10th, 2014 Volume 20 According to the Director of the famous Framingham Heart Study, the best way to manage cholesterol and heart disease risk is with a more plant-based diet. Why then, don’t more doctors advise their patients to change their diets? Why don’t more doctors practice preventive cardiology? Available time is…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM February 25th, 2015 Volume 23 What was it about the diet on the Greek isle of Crete in the 1950s that made it so healthy? “The Mediterranean Diet is an “in” topic nowadays in both the medical literature and the lay media”: 450 papers published in the medical literature over just the last…