Eggs increase the risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a new meta-analysis published in Atherosclerosis. Researchers reviewed 14 studies and found that those who consumed the most eggs had a 19 and 68 percent increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes, respectively, compared with those who ate the fewest eggs. For those who already had diabetes, the [...]

People who eat meat produce more artery-clogging intestinal byproducts than people who follow vegan and vegetarian diets, according to a new study from the Cleveland Clinic. Researchers followed 2,595 heart patients and categorized them as omnivores, vegans, or vegetarians and found that those who consumed the most carnitine, present in animal products, increased their risk for heart disease by producing [...]

A similar exponential increase in carotid artery plaque buildup was found for smokers and egg eaters. Read full article: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-vs-cigarettes-in-atherosclerosis/ More information: http://NutritionFacts.org and http://www.DrGreger.org Subscribe to Dr. Greger’s daily video

The recently published New England Journal of Medicine article on the benefits of a Mediterranean diet, “Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet,” has been roundly praised. It might have been better titled, “Promoting Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet.” All three dietary groups had almost equal facility promoting the growth and clinical appearance of cardiovascular disease which [...]

How to essentially eliminate Heart Disease, the great scourge of the Western world. More information: http://NutritionFacts.org and http://www.DrGreger.org Subscribe to Dr. Greger’s daily video

Sellers of coconut oil use a beef industry tactic to downplay the risks associated with the saturated fat in their products. Read full article: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-coconut-oil-clog-arteries/ More information: http://NutritionFacts.org and http://www.DrGreger.org Subscribe to Dr. Greger’s daily video

Meat and sugar increase uric acid levels, which are associated with increased risk of gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. More information: http://NutritionFacts.org and http://www.drgreger.org Subscribe to Dr. Greger’s daily video

The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human cancerous tumors and atherosclerotic plaques and may play an inflammatory role in the progression of both these diseases. See The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc for background and Friday’s video-of-the-day How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies for the role it might play in cancer growth. Inflammation (also caused by exogenous endotoxins) is [...]

By Dr. Michael Greger Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an  inflammatory “Trojan horse” compound found in animal products called Neu5Gc. In my post How Tumors Use Meat to Grow I talked about the role  Neu5Gc may play in stimulating breast cancer growth, but what about inflammation  in our joints? For those of you who have [...]

Very few people are eating enough plants—see yesterday’s NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day 98% of American Diets Potassium Deficient. The banana listing reminds me of a similarly humorous finding about the levels of eyesight-saving nutrients. See Egg Industry Blind Spot. Bananas are also kind of pitiful antioxidant-wise (see Best Berries). Is a fruit a fruit or should we really go out of our [...]