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Here is the latest research on the effect of fasting to lower blood pressure naturally compared to medications, cutting down on alcohol, meat and salt, eating more fruits and vegetables, or eating completely plant-based.
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This is the 2nd in a 3-video series. Be sure to watch the first one: What the New Blood Pressure Range Guidelines Mean (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-the-new-blood-pressure-range-guidelines-mean) to understand on the importance of achieving ideal (not “normal”!) blood pressures, and stay tuned for Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-to-naturally-reverse-high-blood-pressure) to see if the case report I detailed here was a fluke when fasting was finally put to the test.
Are there foods you can eat that lower blood pressures? You bet! Check out:
• Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/hibiscus-tea-vs-plant-based-diets-for-hypertension/)
• Flax Seeds for Hypertension (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flax-seeds-for-hypertension/)
• Oxygenating Blood with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxygenating-blood-with-nitrate-rich-vegetables)
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DESCRIPTION: Excreted pharmaceutical drugs such as Prozac can end up polluting our waterways and may bioaccumulate in fish flesh. The earlier video I refer to in this one is Prozac Residues in Fish (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prozac-residues-in-fish/). Researchers have also found evidence of Prozac Levels in Poultry Products (http://huff.to/LdDddo). Despite the contaminants, tap water is still likely better than bottled (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bottled-water-vs-tap-2/). A better way to avoid unwanted drugs may be to cut back on meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/drug-residues-in-meat/) and dairy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-acne-promoting-effects-of-milk/) and transition to a more plant-based diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/say-no-to-drugs-by-saying-yes-to-more-plants/), which, for reasons other than the ALA mentioned in the video, may also improve mood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/improving-mood-through-diet/). And I didn't mean to suggest caffeine is necessarily deleterious to health—check out What About the Caffeine? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-about-the-caffeine/). Feel free to also browse through the other 1,000+ topics covered here at http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/.
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Avocados, greens, and lutein and zeaxanthin supplements are put to the test for improving cognitive function.
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What is this lutein stuff? If you missed the previous video, check out Brain Healthy Foods to Fight Aging (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/brain-healthy-foods-to-fight-aging).
What’s one convenient way to pack in the greens? How about Green Smoothies: What Does the Science Say? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/green-smoothies-what-does-the-science-say/).
I also make a vegetable-based smoothie in one of my rare cooking show vids: Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: My New Favorite Beverage (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-greger-in-the-kitchen-my-new-favorite-beverage/).
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DESCRIPTION: Neither antioxidant or folic acid supplements seem to help with mood, but the consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables and folate-rich beans and greens may lower the risk for depression.
You may have noticed I’ve started doing more mental health videos. Please let me know if that’s something of continued interest. The last few I did were:
• Aspartame and the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-and-the-brain/)
• Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-vs-drugs-for-depression)
• Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-antidepressant-drugs-really-work/)
What’s the difference between folate and folic acid? I have a really old video on the subject (Can Folic Acid Be Harmful? http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-folic-acid-be-harmful/). I’ll add it to my list of topics to revisit.
Here’s some older mood ones as well, with more to come:
• Fighting the Blues with Greens? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fighting-the-blues-with-greens-mao-inhibitors-in-plants/)
• Gut Feelings: Probiotics and Mental Health (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gut-feelings-probiotics-and-mental-health/)
• Saffron vs. Prozac (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-prozac/)
Anything else we can do to enhance our sexual health and attractiveness? See:
• Eating Better to Look Better (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-better-to-look-better/)
• Cholesterol and Female Sexual Dysfunction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-female-sexual-dysfunction/)
• Survival of the Firmest: Erectile Dysfunction and Death (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/survival-of-the-firmest-erectile-dysfunction-and-death/)
• 50 Shades of Greens (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/50-shades-of-greens/)
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DESCRIPTION: Beeturia, the passage of pink urine after beetroot consumption, is a reminder that phytonutrients circulate throughout our bloodstream, explaining the connection between "garlic breath" and the use of garlic as an adjunct treatment for pneumonia. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/pretty-in-pee-nk/ and I'll try to answer it! This is a follow-up to Friday's video-of-the-day Asparagus pee (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/asparagus-pee/), a tangent in my series about the athletic performance-enhancing effects of vegetables that started with Doping with beet juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/doping-with-beet-juice/). For more on the wonders of garlic, check out videos #1 Anticancer Vegetable (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/1-anticancer-vegetable/) and the "prequel," Veggies vs. Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/veggies-vs-cancer/). And that's just one of more than a thousand subjects I have videos (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/) on here at NutritionFacts.org (http://nutritionfacts.org/) —an all-free, no-ads, and evidence-based (see links to all the papers in the Sources Cited section above) resource for all.
Please also check out my associated blog post http://nutritionfacts.org/blog/2012/03/22/using-greens-to-improve-athletic-performance/!
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DESCRIPTION: The ability of green, versus white tea, to protect against in vitro DNA damage caused by a cooked chicken carcinogen (heterocyclic amine). The antioxidant data with that interesting lemon juice result can be found in Green Tea vs. White (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/green-tea-vs-white/). Other interesting videos on tea include Dietary Brain Wave Alteration (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-brain-wave-alteration/) and Cannabis Receptors & Food (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cannabis-receptors-food/). The longer-the-better brewing time for white tea didn't surprise me, but this did: Cold Steeping Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cold-steeping-green-tea/). Another way to maximize the phytonutrient absorption in tea is to eat it; see Is Matcha Good for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-matcha-good-for-you/) and A Better Breakfast (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-better-breakfast/). One can overdo it, though: Overdosing on Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/overdosing-on-tea/). Other ways to protect one's DNA include eating broccoli, avoiding bacon, not overdoing stevia, and eating a plant-based diet, see Repairing DNA Damage (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/repairing-dna-damage/) and Research Into Reversing Aging (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/research-into-reversing-aging/). Isn't caffeinated tea dehydrating though? That's the topic of tomorrow's NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-caffeinated-tea-dehydrating/). While you're waiting, there are an additional 1,000+ topics to explore at http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/.
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For more than a century, fasting—up to 382 days without calories—has been used a weight loss treatment.
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This is the 6th video in a 14-part series on fasting for weight loss. If you missed the first five, they are:
• The 3,500 Calorie per Pound Rule Is Wrong (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-3500-calorie-per-pound-rule-is-wrong)
• The Reason Weight Loss Plateaus When You Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-reason-weight-loss-plateaus-when-you-diet)
• The New Calories per Pound of Weight Loss Rule? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-new-calories-per-pound-of-weight-rule)
• The Benefits of Calorie Restriction for Longevity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Benefits-of-Calorie-Restriction-for-Longevity)
• Potential Pitfalls of Calorie Restriction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/potential-pitfalls-of-calorie-restriction)
Coming up next are:
• Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fasting-beneficial-for-weight-loss)
• Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-Fasting-for-Weight-Loss-Safe)
And the series continues with:
• Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Alternate-Day-Intermittent-Fasting-Put-to-the-Test)
• Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-alternate-day-intermittent-fasting-safe)
• Does Intermittent Fasting Increase Human Life Expectancy? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-intermittent-fasting-increase-human-life-expectancy)
• The 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-5-2-diet-and-the-fasting-mimicking-diet-put-to-the-test)
• Time-Restricted Eating Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/time-restricted-eating-put-to-the-test)
• The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-benefits-of-early-time-restricted-eating)
If you don’t want to wait you can watch them all now on a digital download (https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/fasting-webinar-digital?utm_source=docnote&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fasting_webinar).
My next book, How Not to Diet, is all about weight loss and comes out in just over a month. I can’t wait for it to hit the shelves, and you can pre-order it here (http://nutritionfacts.org/how-not-to-diet).
Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-fasting-for-weight-loss-put-to-the-test and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it.
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DESCRIPTION: Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.
See my last video Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors-and-allergies) for background on this class of xenoestrogens.
Endocrine disruptors have also been linked to conditions such as male infertility (Male Fertility and Diet, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/male-fertility-and-diet/ and Xenoestrogens and Sperm Counts, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/xenoestrogens-sperm-counts/) and early onset of puberty (Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-puberty-and-pollutants/ and Xenoestrogens and Early Puberty, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/xenoestrogens-early-puberty/).
What other industrial pollutants build up in the aquatic fish chain? See, for example:
• Fukushima and Radioactivity in Seafood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fukushima-and-radioactivity-in-seafood/)
• Fish Intake Associated With Brain Shrinkage (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-consumption-associated-with-brain-shrinkage/)
• Mercury vs. Omega 3s for Brain Development (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mercury-vs-omega-3s-for-brain-development/)
• Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-pcb-chemical-pollutants/)
• Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-perfluorochemicals/)
• Obesity Causing Pollutants in Food (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/obesity-causing-pollutants-in-food/)
• The Problem with Organic Salmon (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-problem-with-organic-salmon/)
• Food Sources of Flame Retardant Chemicals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-flame-retardant-chemicals/)
• Dioxins in the Food Supply (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dioxins-in-the-food-supply/)
Farmed Fish vs. Wild Caught (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/farmed-fish-vs-wild-caught-2/). Which is worse?
Breast feeding is one way to offload toxins, but it is The Wrong Way to Detox (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-wrong-way-to-detox/).
How Long to Detox from Fish Before Pregnancy? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy/). If it's too late, How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-fast-can-children-detoxify-from-pcbs/).
Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-sources-of-alkylphenol-endocrine-disruptors/ and he'll try to answer it!
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The intake of legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long lifespan, but what about concerns about intestinal gas?
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I've previously covered intestinal gas in one of my more amusing blog posts, Beans and Gas: Clearing the Air (http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/12/05/beans-and-gas-clearing-the-air/).
The paleo folks often rail against legumes and grains, but how do they account for the fact that epidemiological studies clearly show legumes and whole grains are among the healthiest choices?
More on bean benefits (beanifits?) in videos such as:
• Beans and the Second Meal Effect (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-and-the-second-meal-effect/)
• Eating Healthy on the Cheap (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-healthy-on-the-cheap/)
• Plant Protein Preferable (http://nutritionfacts.org/plant-protein-preferable)
What about soybeans and breast cancer? Stay tuned for my next video, BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/brca-breast-cancer-genes-and-soy).
Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increased-lifespan-from-beans/ and he'll try to answer it!
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