Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger
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- 300
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- weekly
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- Nov 12, 2026
About the podcast
Have you ever wondered if there’s a natural way to lower your high blood pressure, guard against Alzheimer’s, lose weight, and feel better? Well, as it turns out, there is. Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, founder of NutritionFacts.org and New York Times best-selling author of How Not to Die, How Not to Diet, and the just-released How Not to Age, uncovers the best evidence-based nutrition that may add years to our life and life to our years.
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Episodes 300
How to Lower Your LDL Cholesterol (Part 2)
New research on supplements and red yeast rice. Upcoming webinar: How to Prevent and Treat Migraines Naturally. Register here. This episode features audio from: Why I Don’t Recommend Policosanol …
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New research on supplements and red yeast rice.
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This episode features audio from:
- Why I Don’t Recommend Policosanol Cholesterol-Lowering Supplements
- Why I Don’t Recommend Red Yeast Rice Cholesterol-Lowering Supplements
- How to Lower Cholesterol with Supplements That Actually Work
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Is Spicy Food Good for You?
The health benefits may surprise you. Upcoming webinar: How to Prevent and Treat Back Pain Naturally. Register here. This episode features audio from: Is Spicy Food Good for You? How Hot Peppers May Extend Your …
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The health benefits may surprise you.
Upcoming webinar: How to Prevent and Treat Back Pain Naturally. Register here.
This episode features audio from:
- Is Spicy Food Good for You?
- How Hot Peppers May Extend Your Life
- Cayenne Pepper for Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Chronic Indigestion
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Speed Eating
What your mother told you may be true. Upcoming webinar: How to Prevent and Treat Back Pain Naturally. Register here. This episode features audio from: Does Eating Too Fast Affect Weight Loss? How to Maximize …
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What your mother told you may be true.
Upcoming webinar: How to Prevent and Treat Back Pain Naturally. Register here.
This episode features audio from:
- Does Eating Too Fast Affect Weight Loss?
How to Maximize the Cephalic Phase of Digestion to Lose Weight
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Fabulous Fiber
An essential ingredient to a healthier life! This episode features audio from: Flushing Calories with Fiber for Weight Loss Use Fiber to Burn Calories in Your Sleep with an Intestinal Workout Is Fiber an …
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An essential ingredient to a healthier life!
This episode features audio from:
- Flushing Calories with Fiber for Weight Loss
- Use Fiber to Burn Calories in Your Sleep with an Intestinal Workout
- Is Fiber an Effective Anti-Inflammatory?
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Treating Depression with Diet
Can the foods we eat help support our mental health? This episode features audio from: Do Vegetarians Have More or Less Depression and Anxiety? Why Might Vegetarians Develop Less Depression Diets and Foods …
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Can the foods we eat help support our mental health?
This episode features audio from:
- Do Vegetarians Have More or Less Depression and Anxiety?
- Why Might Vegetarians Develop Less Depression
- Diets and Foods Shown to Improve Depression in Randomized Controlled Trials
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Preventing Allergies with Diet
What foods help our allergies? This episode features audio from: Best Food for Hay Fever (Seasonal Allergies) Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria Are Onions Beneficial for Testosterone …
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What foods help our allergies?
This episode features audio from:
- Best Food for Hay Fever (Seasonal Allergies)
- Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria
- Are Onions Beneficial for Testosterone, Osteoporosis, Allergies, and Cancer?
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Q&A with Dr. Greger 18
Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we talk about the best way to take turmeric, how to mitigate chronic pain, and why we should spice it up with capsaicin. This episode features audio from: Q&A: Dr. Greger …
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Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we talk about the best way to take turmeric, how to mitigate chronic pain, and why we should spice it up with capsaicin.
This episode features audio from:
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What Do Food Additives Do to Us?
Some of these hidden ingredients may matter more than we think. This episode features audio from: What Is Titanium Dioxide, and Is It Safe? Who Determines if Food Additives Are Safe? Are Emulsifiers Like …
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Some of these hidden ingredients may matter more than we think.
This episode features audio from:
- What Is Titanium Dioxide, and Is It Safe?
- Who Determines if Food Additives Are Safe?
- Are Emulsifiers Like Carboxymethylcellulose and Polysorbate 80 Safe?
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Is Shrimp Safe?
Unpacking the risks of eating this popular seafood This episode features audio from: Is Shrimp Good for You? Pollutants and Food Safety Is Shrimp Good for You? Antibiotic Resistance Is Shrimp Bad for …
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Unpacking the risks of eating this popular seafood
This episode features audio from:
- Is Shrimp Good for You? Pollutants and Food Safety
- Is Shrimp Good for You? Antibiotic Resistance
- Is Shrimp Bad for Cholesterol and Heart Disease?
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Adult Vaccines
Staying ahead of illnesses that can hit us harder than we expect This episode features audio from: Benefits and Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine Benefits and Side Effects of the Shingles Vaccine Benefits and …
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Staying ahead of illnesses that can hit us harder than we expect
This episode features audio from:
- Benefits and Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine
- Benefits and Side Effects of the Shingles Vaccine
- Benefits and Side Effects of the Pneumonia Vaccine
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Boosting Immunity through Diet and Lifestyle
How can we make our immune system stronger? This episode features audio from: Can Cold Showers Improve Immune Function? Using the Produce Aisle to Boost Immune Function How Much Exercise Does It Take to Boost …
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How can we make our immune system stronger?
This episode features audio from:
- Can Cold Showers Improve Immune Function?
- Using the Produce Aisle to Boost Immune Function
- How Much Exercise Does It Take to Boost Immunity?
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Ultra-Processed Foods (Part 4)
About the chemicals that may affect our long-term health This episode features audio from: How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss …
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About the chemicals that may affect our long-term health
This episode features audio from:
- How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals
- How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss of Phytonutrients
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Ultra-Processed Foods (Part 3)
They add what to the foods we eat?! This episode features audio from: How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants Visit …
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They add what to the foods we eat?!
This episode features audio from:
- How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives
- How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants
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Treating Menopause Symptoms Naturally
How diet can make a big difference This episode features audio from: Friday Favorites: Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms Soy Phytoestrogens for Menopause Hot Flashes How to Delay the Age …
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How diet can make a big difference
This episode features audio from:
- Friday Favorites: Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms
- Soy Phytoestrogens for Menopause Hot Flashes
- How to Delay the Age of Menopause with Diet and Lifestyle Factors
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Controlling Sugar Intake
Why the sugar limits keep dropping This episode features audio from: Friday Favorites: The Recommended Daily Added Sugar Intake Does Sugar Lead to Weight Gain? Can Vinegar Help with Blood Sugar Control? Visit …
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Why the sugar limits keep dropping
This episode features audio from:
- Friday Favorites: The Recommended Daily Added Sugar Intake
- Does Sugar Lead to Weight Gain?
- Can Vinegar Help with Blood Sugar Control?
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Better Moods with Better Diets
A happier mind starts on your plate. This episode features audio from: Fruits and Vegetables Put to the Test for Boosting Mood How to Boost Brain BDNF Levels for Depression Treatment Gut Feelings: Probiotics & …
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A happier mind starts on your plate.
This episode features audio from:
- Fruits and Vegetables Put to the Test for Boosting Mood
- How to Boost Brain BDNF Levels for Depression Treatment
- Gut Feelings: Probiotics & Mental Health
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The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function (Q&A)
Today we answer questions from our webinar audience about thyroid health. This episode features audio from The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function (webinar recording) Visit the video page for all sources and …
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Today we answer questions from our webinar audience about thyroid health.
This episode features audio from The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function (webinar recording)
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The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function – Part 1
Nourish your thyroid and support your health. This episode features audio from: The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function (webinar recording) Visit the video page for all sources and doctor’s notes related to …
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Nourish your thyroid and support your health.
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The Pros and Cons of Turmeric
Health hero or nothing but hype? This episode features audio from: The Benefits of Turmeric Curcumin for Arthritis, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, and Body Weight Benefits of Turmeric for Arsenic Exposure Turmeric …
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Health hero or nothing but hype?
This episode features audio from:
- The Benefits of Turmeric Curcumin for Arthritis, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, and Body Weight
- Benefits of Turmeric for Arsenic Exposure
- Turmeric Supplements and Liver Toxicity
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How to Lower Your LDL Cholesterol
What actually works? This episode features audio from: How to Lower Cholesterol with the Portfolio Diet Are Plant Sterols Effective for Lowering Cholesterol? The Best Source and Dose of Plant Sterols for …
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What actually works?
This episode features audio from:
- How to Lower Cholesterol with the Portfolio Diet
- Are Plant Sterols Effective for Lowering Cholesterol?
- The Best Source and Dose of Plant Sterols for Lowering Cholesterol
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Ultra-Processed Foods (Part 2)
Which are the worst? This episode features audio from: Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease? Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to …
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Which are the worst?
This episode features audio from:
- Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease?
- Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives?
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Ultra-Processed Foods (Part 1)
They are a lot more common than you think. This episode features audio from: What Are Ultra-Processed Foods? How Bad Are Ultra-Processed Foods? Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related …
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They are a lot more common than you think.
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The Iron Dilemma
How to get enough iron This episode features audio from: Are the Lower Iron Stores in Vegetarians a Risk or a Benefit? How to Get the Ideal Ferritin Level and Avoid Symptoms of Iron Deficiency Iron-Deficiency …
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How to get enough iron
This episode features audio from:
- Are the Lower Iron Stores in Vegetarians a Risk or a Benefit?
- How to Get the Ideal Ferritin Level and Avoid Symptoms of Iron Deficiency
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia: The Best Treatment and Are Vegetarians at Higher Risk?
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Q&A with Dr. Greger 17
Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we answer a wide variety of your questions and discuss the best way to eat on a budget, some clever ways to get your daily dose of iodine, and more. This episode features …
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Today on the NutritionFacts Podcast, we answer a wide variety of your questions and discuss the best way to eat on a budget, some clever ways to get your daily dose of iodine, and more.
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What’s Taurine and Why Do We Care? (Part 3)
The final installment discussing this nonessential amino acid. This episode features audio from: Where to Find Taurine and the Best Source Like Beet Juice, Taurine Supplementation May Only Be Safe in the …
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The final installment discussing this nonessential amino acid.
This episode features audio from:
- Where to Find Taurine and the Best Source
- Like Beet Juice, Taurine Supplementation May Only Be Safe in the Context of a Plant-Based Diet
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What’s Taurine and Why Do We Care? (Part 2)
To taurine or not to taurine, that is the question. This episode features audio from: Randomized Controlled Trials of Taurine Supplementation in Humans Caveats and Side Effects of Taurine Supplements The Best …
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To taurine or not to taurine, that is the question.
This episode features audio from:
- Randomized Controlled Trials of Taurine Supplementation in Humans
- Caveats and Side Effects of Taurine Supplements
- The Best Daily Dose of Taurine
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Everything You Wanted to Know About B12 (Part 2)
Can we get too much B12? This episode features audio from: How Much Vitamin B12 Do We Need Each Day? Are Large Weekly Doses of Vitamin B12 Safe? Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related …
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Can we get too much B12?
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Everything You Wanted to Know About B12 (Part 1)
Including the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency This episode features audio from: How Long Does It Take to Become Vitamin B12-Deficient and What Are the Symptoms? The Best Way to Test for Vitamin B12 …
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Including the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
This episode features audio from:
- How Long Does It Take to Become Vitamin B12-Deficient and What Are the Symptoms?
- The Best Way to Test for Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- The Best Source of Vitamin B12: Supplements, Shots, or Fortified Foods?
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Are Statins Worth It? (Part 2)
Which is the safest and most effective? This episode features audio from: The Side Effects of Statins: Are They Worth It? What Is the Best Statin Cholesterol-Lowering Drug? Visit the video pages for all sources …
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Which is the safest and most effective?
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Are Statins Worth It? (Part 1)
Why aren’t they prescribed for everyone? This episode features audio from: Why Isn’t Everyone on Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs? How Effective Are Statins? Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s …
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Why aren’t they prescribed for everyone?
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