Iodine Supplements Before, During, and After Pregnancy
What is the evidence that all pregnant women should follow the American Thyroid Association’s recommendation to take a daily iodine supplement?
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Is a plant-based diet sufficient to reach sodium goals?
Non-vegetarians get nearly 3,500 milligrams of sodium a day on average, the equivalent of about a teaspoon and a half of table salt. Now, the U.S. Dietary guidelines recommend getting under 2,300 a day, and the American Heart Association says, no way, get under just 1,500 a day. Vegetarians did better, but still double the American Heart Association limit.
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This is part of my extended series on sodium. If you missed it, please check out:
• High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/high-blood-pressure-may-be-a-choice/)
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt/)
• The Evidence that Salt Raises Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure/)
• Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake up the Salt Debate (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodium-skeptics-try-to-shake-up-the-salt-debate/)
• Shaking the Salt Habit (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/shaking-salt-habit/)
• Sodium and Arterial Function: A-Salting our Endothelium (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodium-and-arterial-function-a-salting-our-endothelium/)
If you’re already cutting out processed foods and still not reaching your blood pressure goals, see my last video, Wakame Seaweed Salad May Lower Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/wakame-seaweed-salad-may-lower-blood-pressure) and a few others:
• Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hibiscus-tea-vs-plant-based-diets-for-hypertension/)
• Flax Seeds for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flax-seeds-for-hypertension/)
• How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/)
• How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/)
• Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxygenating-blood-with-nitrate-rich-vegetables)
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DESCRIPTION: Phytonutrients in citrus such as hesperidin may increase blood flow sufficient to warm the hands and feet of those with cold sensitivity.
Because different families of fruits and vegetables can have entirely different phytonutrient profiles, variety is important. See, for example:
• Constructing a Cognitive Portfolio (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/constructing-a-cognitive-portfolio/)
• Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/garden-variety-anti-inflammation/)
• Apples and Oranges: Dietary Diversity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/apples-and-oranges-dietary-diversity/)
• Fighting Inflammation with Food Synergy (http://nutritionfacts.org/2012/06/28/fighting-inflammation-with-food-synergy/)
Eating oranges is always better than drinking juice. I'll discuss the difference more in the next video Reducing Muscle Fatigue with Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-fatigue-with-citrus/).
Please make sure to rinse your mouth with water after consuming sour fruits to protect your tooth enamel (see Plant-Based Diets: Dental Health, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-dental-health/).
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Is the exaggerated reaction of many Crohn’s disease patients to baker’s, brewer’s, and nutritional yeast just a consequence of their inflamed leaky gut or might it be a contributing cause?
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Warned about? What, so it really is a potential problem? Yes, and not just for Crohn’s. This is the first of a four-part video series. Stay tuned for:
• Is Candida Syndrome Real? (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/is-candida-syndrome-real)
• Is Nutritional Yeast Healthy for Everyone? (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/is-nutritional-yeast-healthy-for-everyone)
• Dietary Cure for Hidradenitis Suppurativa (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/dietary-cure-for-hidradenitis-suppurativa)
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The CHIP program has attempted to take the pioneering lifestyle medicine work of Pritikin and Ornish and spread it out into the community.
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This is the first in a 4-video series on CHIP, the Complete Health Improvement Program. Stay tuned for:
• The Weight Loss Program That Got Better with Time (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Weight-Loss-Program-That-Got-Better-with-Time)
• CHIP, the Complete Health Improvement Program (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chip-the-complete-health-improvement-program)
• A Workplace Wellness Program that Works (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-workplace-wellness-program-that-works)
More on the power of lifestyle medicine in videos such as:
• Lifestyle Medicine: Treating the Causes of Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/lifestyle-medicine-treating-the-causes-of-disease/)
• What Diet Should Physician’s Recommend? (https://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/what-diet-should-physicians-recommend/)
• The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Actual-Benefit-of-Diet-vs-Drugs)
• Why Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Prevention-is-Worth-a-Ton-of-Cure)
• How Not to Die from Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-heart-disease)
• How Not to Die from Diabetes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabetes/)
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DESCRIPTION: Whose blood is better at killing cancer cells? People who eat a standard diet and exercise strenuously or those who eat a plant-based diet and just exercise moderately? This is the third of a 15 video series exploring this phenomenon, which I attempted to summarize in Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/). Make sure to see yesterday's video-of-the-day (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/developing-an-ex-vivo-cancer-proliferation-bioassay/), which describes the experimental protocol in more detail. Even though diet appears more powerful than exercise in terms of rallying one's cancer defenses it doesn't mean we can't do both! In fact, eating certain plants can improve athletic performance—check out my video series that starts with Doping with Beet Juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/doping-with-beet-juice/) and ends with So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/so-should-we-drink-beet-juice-or-not/). Exercise itself may be protective against breast cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-breast-cancer/), and be instrumental in Reversing Cognitive Decline (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reversing-cognitive-decline/). If a healthy diet can slow down the abnormal growth of prostate cancer cells, how about the abnormal growth of normal prostate cells? Find out in tomorrow's video-of-the-day (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-prostates-are-larger-than-others/).
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Blueberry tea is put to the test for cholesterol lowering.
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Isn’t that remarkable? It’s like wait a second, tastes great and you get to live longer? That’s what plant-based eating is all about!
But wait, what about all the sugar in fruit? See my videos If Fructose Is Bad, What About Fruit? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/if-fructose-is-bad-what-about-fruit) and How Much Fruit Is Too Much? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-fruit-is-too-much/).
Here’s more info about the “Daily Dozen” thing I mentioned: Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-gregers-daily-dozen-checklist/).
What else can berries do?
• Can Cranberry Juice Treat Bladder Infections? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-cranberry-juice-treat-bladder-infections/)
• Reducing Muscle Soreness with Berries (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-soreness-with-berries/)
• Boosting Natural Killer Cell Activity (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/boosting-natural-killer-cell-activity/)
• Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-aggregation-with-berries/)
• The Benefits of Açai vs. Blueberries for Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Benefits-of-Acai-vs-Blueberries-for-Artery-Function)
• Benefits of Blueberries for Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Benefits-of-Blueberries-for-Artery-Function)
• Benefits of Blueberries for Blood Pressure May Be Blocked by Yogurt (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Benefits-of-Blueberries-for-Blood-Pressure-May-Be-Blocked-by-yogurt)
• Benefits of Blueberries for the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-blueberries-for-the-brain)
• Benefits of Blueberries for Mood & Mobility (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-blueberries-for-mood-and-mobility)
• Best Brain Foods – Berries & Nuts Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Brain-Foods-Berries-and-Nuts-Put-to-the-Test)
For all our videos on the latest research on berries, visit our Berries topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/berries/).
Why not just take the statin drug? See The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-actual-benefit-of-diet-vs-drugs).
If that’s what one plant can do for heart disease risk factors what about a whole diet full of plants? See my overview video: How Not to Die from Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-heart-disease)
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DESCRIPTION: The safe upper limit of licorice consumption and why pregnant women may be at particularly high risk. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/is-licorice-good-for-you/ and I'll try to answer it!
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This is a recording of Dr. Greger's live Q&A on November 25.
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DESCRIPTION: Indian gooseberries (amla) block breast cancer cell growth and metastasis potential in vitro. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/amla-versus-cancer-cell-invasion/ and I'll try to answer it! Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I'd be happy to try to answer them. Be sure to check back for the other videos on amla (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/amla/) and don't miss all the videos on breast cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/breast-cancer/). And there are 1,449 subjects (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/) covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them!
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