Flashback Friday: The Best Kept Secret in Medicine

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Flashback Friday: The Best Kept Secret in Medicine

FromNutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

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Dec 7, 2018

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Lifestyle changes are often more effective in reducing the rates of heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and premature death than almost any other medical intervention.

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Dec 7, 2018

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

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Dietary Sources of the “Longevity Vitamin” Ergothioneine: It may be even more important to include mushrooms (or tempeh) in our diet as we age. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Update on Vegetarian Stroke Risk: Those eating more plant-based diets have lower risk of having a stroke, including both bleeding and clotting strokes. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Friday Favorites: Foods that Help Headache and Migraine Relief: Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
The Supplement Shown to Slow Age-Related Hearing Loss: Some studies found that higher levels of folate in the blood seem to correlate with better hearing, so researchers decided to put it to the test. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Hormone Treatment (Estrogen Pills and Creams) for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms: Does vaginal estrogen carry the same risk as oral estrogen? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
4 min listen
Controversy Around FDA’s Approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab: I discuss the safety and efficacy of the newest Alzheimer's drug treatments, aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi). by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen
Fall Prevention Is the Most Important Thing for Preventing Osteoporosis Bone Fractures: A combination of resistance exercise to improve lower limb muscle strength and balance training can beat out drugs for preventing osteoporotic bone fractures. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen
$Fall Prevention Is the Most Important Thing for Preventing Osteoporosis Bone Fractures: A combination of resistance exercise to improve lower limb muscle strength and balance training can beat out drugs for preventing osteoporotic bone fractures.$
Friday Favorites: The 3,500 Calorie per Pound Rule Is Wrong: How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound of body fat? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
8 min listen
How to Die a Good Death: Hospice is often framed as “giving up,” but, ironically, hospice patients sometimes actually live longer by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Friday Favorites: Are Pre-Cut Vegetables Just as Healthy?: Endotoxins can build up on pre-chopped vegetables and undermine some of their benefits. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen
Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Preventable, So What Causes It?: Why do some populations retain their hearing into old age? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
4 min listen
Are There Any Side Effects to Taking Creatine?: A misinterpretation of lab tests may explain concerns over kidney safety with creatine supplementation. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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The Efficacy, Safety, and Side Effects of Botox and Facelifts: Botox injections and facelift surgery are considered to be relatively safe with complications happening in only about 1 in 2,000 and 1 in 20 procedures, respectfully. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Topical Retinoids to Reverse Skin Aging: Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid (sold under a variety of brands including Retin-A), can reverse the signs of aging, but at what cost? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: What Are the Health Benefits of Sorghum?: How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? Learn why sorghum is one of my favorite new grains, and the benefits of red sorghum compared to black and white varieties. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
11 min listen
What Is Creatine? Can It Treat Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss with Age)?: When accompanied by a progressive strength-training regimen, 3 grams of creatine a day may improve muscle performance in older adults. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Soy Milk for Vaginal Menopause Symptoms: Soy foods may explain why Japanese-American women not only have the lowest rates of hot flashes in the United States but also have the lowest rates of vaginal dryness. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
4 min listen
Is It Possible to Reverse Aging and Live Forever?: Some animals, like the immortal jellyfish, can effectively live forever, so why can’t we? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Friday Favorites: Are BCAA (Branched Chain Amino Acids) Healthy?: Why we may want to strive not to exceed the recommended intake of protein. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
7 min listen
The Diet Shown to Slow Age-Related Hearing Loss: An interventional trial found that dietary changes may slow or even reverse the loss of hearing. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
4 min listen
Friday Favorites: Why People Gain Weight in the Fall: A list of “specific recommendations for the prevention of obesity by improving the circadian system health.” by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
3 min listen
Friday Favorites: What Are the Best Beverages?: A review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
8 min listen
Friday Favorites: Fasting for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases: Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease, glomerulonephritis, by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
11 min listen
Diet and Caloric Restriction for Longevity—The Monkey Trials: How can we make sense of the disparate results from the four primate studies on caloric restriction and lifespan? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
VSED: The Benefits of Fasting for Ending Life: Even under hospice with excellent palliative care, some spend their last months in uncontrollable suffering. What can be done in places in the United States that outlaw physician-assisted dying? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
7 min listen
What Is the Most Important Anti-Aging Cream Ingredient?: Most anti-aging creams may work no better than typical moisturizers. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
4 min listen
Soy Foods for Menopause Hot Flash Symptoms: Soy can be considered a first-line treatment for menopausal hot flash and night sweat symptoms. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Friday Favorites: Are Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, and Teflon Safe?: What’s the best type of pots and pans to use? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
11 min listen
Friday Favorites: How to Test for Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
5 min listen
Friday Favorites: The Healthiest Food Sources of Vitamin B12: What are the best green-light (whole food plant-based) sources of vitamin B12? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen

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Friday Favorites: How to Stop Tooth Decay: If sugar consumption is considered to be the one and only cause of cavities, how much is too much? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Medicine’s Response to the Changing Science on Fluoride Safety: How did the medical and dental community react to U.S. regulators’ total 180 over water fluoridation, going from presumptively safe to presumptively dangerous? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Why I Changed My Mind on Water Fluoridation: Based on new research, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program reached a draft conclusion that fluoride should be “presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans." by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Heme Iron in Impossible Burgers and Cancer Risk: Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure? Let’s take a look at heme’s carcinogenic effects. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Is Water Fluoridation Safe?: There have been more than 50 studies showing an association between higher fluoride exposure and lower IQ, but is it cause-and-effect? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Side Effects of Water Fluoridation: Dental Fluorosis: According to the CDC, about a third of American children now have some form of cosmetic defects in their tooth enamel due to fluoride exposure, known as dental ﬂuorosis. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Should You Floss Before or After You Brush?: How good is the evidence that flossing is effective, and what have randomized controlled trials shown to be the optimal toothbrushing and ﬂossing sequence? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Why Is There Fluoride in Water? Is It Effective?: Based on nearly 100 randomized controlled trials, fluoride toothpaste reduces dental cavity rates, but what about just adding fluoride to the water supply? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen
Onions and Tomatoes Put to the Test for Osteoporosis: Beyond the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and alkaline-forming qualities of fruits and vegetables in general, are there extra benefits our bones can get from particular produce? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: The Role of Epigenetics in the Obesity Epidemic: Astonishingly, a baby with a heavy surrogate mother and a thin biological mom may harbor a greater risk of becoming obese than a baby with a slim surrogate mom and a heavy biological one. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Three Reasons Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Osteoporosis Risk: Even just a single extra serving of fruits and vegetables per day is associated with lower bone fracture risk. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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$Three Reasons Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Osteoporosis Risk: Even just a single extra serving of fruits and vegetables per day is associated with lower bone fracture risk.$
Benefits and Side Effects of the Shingles Vaccine: How does the new shingles vaccine compare to the previous one? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test: What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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$Friday Favorites: Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test: What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk?$
Benefits and Side Effects of the Pneumonia Vaccine: Randomized controlled trials have found that pneumonia vaccines significantly reduce the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia in people 65 and older. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Benefits and Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine: Randomized placebo-controlled trials show that flu shots can be extraordinary lifesavers. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Removing Warts with Duct Tape: Duct tape beat out cryotherapy (freezing) and ten other treatments for removal of warts in a randomized, controlled, head-to-head trial. Why isn’t it standard practice? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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How to Preserve Your Sense of Smell: Loss of sense of smell can have serious consequences. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Ginkgo and Nicotinamide for Glaucoma Treatment: How do two common supplements stack up against glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the world? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Do Apricot Seeds Work as an Alternative Cancer Cure?: Do those who choose alternative cancer treatments live longer? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Adrenal Fatigue: What It Is and How to Treat It: Embraced by naturopaths, functional medicine, and anti‐aging doctors, does so-called adrenal fatigue even exist? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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The Secret to Weight Loss Through Exercise: Exercise ramps up appetite, helping to explain why calories burned don’t necessarily equal calories lost, so how can we lose weight through physical activity? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
6 min listen
Friday Favorites: The Effects of Marijuana on Car Accidents: Did traffic fatalities go up or down after cannabis legalization? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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The Exercise “Myth” for Weight Loss: Why is it so hard to outrun a bad diet? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Side Effects of Osteoporosis Medications Like Fosamax, Boniva, and Reclast: How rare are the bisphosphonate class of osteoporosis drugs’ devastating side effects, which ironically include bone fractures? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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$Side Effects of Osteoporosis Medications Like Fosamax, Boniva, and Reclast: How rare are the bisphosphonate class of osteoporosis drugs’ devastating side effects, which ironically include bone fractures?$
Friday Favorites: Treating Reflux in Babies with Diet: Treat the cause of infant reflux with maternal cow’s milk elimination. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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The Pros and Cons of Testing PSA Levels for Prostate Cancer: Given the clear harms and the small and uncertain benefits, most men would presumably decide to decline PSA testing if they knew all the facts, but that’s up to each man to decide. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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How Much Licorice Is Safe?: Eating licorice or drinking licorice tea can cause the loss of body fat by blocking the effects of a stress hormone, but at what cost? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Friday Favorites: Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain?: How does sorghum compare with other grains in terms of protein, antioxidants, and micronutrients? What are the benefits of red sorghum compared to black and white varieties? by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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APOE—The Single Most Important Gene for Longevity: APOE is the primary cholesterol carrier in the brain and plays a major role in packaging and transporting LDL cholesterol throughout the body. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Is Longevity Genetic?: Based on a study of thousands of twin pairs, only about 25 percent of the difference in lifespan among people is genetically determined. by NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast
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Flashback Friday: The Best Kept Secret in Medicine

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