Michael Greger M.D. FACLM August 19th, 2019 Volume 47 Michael Greger M.D. FACLM August 19th, 2019 Volume 47 Why don’t more people take the weight loss medications currently on the market? Despite the myriad menu of FDA-approved medications for weight loss, they’ve only been prescribed for about 1 in 50 obese patients. We worship medical magic bullets in this…
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM November 4th, 2019 Volume 48 Although fasting for a week or two can actually interfere with the loss of body fat, eventually, after the third week of fasting, fat loss starts to overtake the loss of lean body mass in obese individuals. But is it safe to go that long without food? Proponents speak of…
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 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…
Dr. Kim Allan Williams, MD, FACC, FASNC, FAHA: was a recent guest speaker at the McDougall Advanced Study Weekend in Santa Rosa, CA. http://drmcdougall.com Dr. Williams was born and raised in inner-city Chicago, and attended the College of The University of Chicago (1971 to 1975), followed by the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine…
On April 4, 2018, the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, I was honored to be asked to speak at Riverside Church in Harlem, the church where 51 years ago to the day MLK Jr. spoke out about the injustice of the Vietnam War. From that same pulpit, I gave a talk about the role…