Might disrupting the fiber by blending fruit result in overly rapid sugar absorption? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ So here’s where we are in the 5-part smoothie series: In the first video Are Green Smoothies Good for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-green-smoothies-good-for-you) I talked about the enhanced nutrient availability absorption. Then in Are Green Smoothies Bad for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-green-smoothies-bad-for-you) I raised the questions about teary-eyed gut flora and intact grains, beans, and nuts. Next comes Liquid Calories: Do Smoothies Lead to Weight Gain? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/liquid-calories-do-smoothies-lead-to-weight-gain) and finally, The Downside of Green Smoothies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-downside-of-green-smoothies). The berry experiment I start out discussing is detailed in this video: If Fructose is Bad, What About Fruit? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/if-fructose-is-bad-what-about-fruit) Is there any limit to whole fruit, though? See How Much Fruit is Too Much? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-fruit-is-too-much/) Fructose bad? See: • Apple Juice May Be Worse Than Sugar Water (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/apple-juice-may-be-worse-than-sugar-water/) (though there is one Fruit Whose Juice Is Healthier http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-fruit-whose-juice-is-healthier/) • How Much Added Sugar Is Too Much? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-added-sugar-is-too-much/) • Big Sugar Takes on the World Health Organization (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/big-sugar-takes-on-the-world-health-organization/) Since just digesting food creates free radicals, we better be sure the food we eat is packed with antioxidants: • Minimum “Recommended Daily Allowance” of Antioxidants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/minimum-recommended-daily-allowance-of-antioxidants/) • How to Reach the Antioxidant “RDA” (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reach-the-antioxidant-rda/) • Antioxidant Rich Foods with Every Meal (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-rich-foods-with-every-meal/) Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/green-smoothies-what-does-the-science-say and he'll try to answer it! Images thanks to Garsya via CanStockPhoto. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Why should we wait ten minutes after chopping or crushing garlic before we cook it unless we’re going in for elective surgery within the next week? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ For background on what platelets are, what they do, and why we should care, see Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-aggregation-with-berries) and Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-tomato-seeds). What else can garlic do? Check out: • Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic and Flavonoids (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-interrupted-garlic-flavonoids) • Garlic and Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/garlic-and-raisins-to-prevent-premature-birth) • #1 Anticancer Vegetable (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/1-anticancer-vegetable) • Food Synergy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-synergy) • Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-garlic-powder-for-heart-disease) • Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-garlic-for-fighting-cancer-and-the-common-cold) What was that about mustard powder boosting the benefits of broccoli? See my Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/second-strategy-to-cooking-broccoli) video. Broccoli is also a potent activator of our liver’s detoxifying enzymes. Learn more in my Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution video (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-food-to-counter-the-effects-of-air-pollution/). Wondering whether it’s better to cook vegetables or eat them raw? See Best Cooking Method (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method/) and, for a surprise update, The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-cook-sweet-potatoes/). And since this video originally came out, I’ve also added: Best Way to Cook Vegetables (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-way-to-cook-vegetables/), How to Cook Greens (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-cook-greens/), and Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-pressure-cooking-preserve-nutrients/) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-garlic-onions and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-garlic-onions. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Images thanks to HolgersFotografie via Pixabay. Captions for this video are available in several languages. To find yours, click on the settings wheel on the lower-right of the video and then "Subtitles/CC." Do you have feedback about the translations in this video? Please share it here along with the title of the video and language: https://nutritionfacts.zendesk.com/hc/requests/new https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ DESCRIPTION: What the peer-reviewed scientific literature has to say about Herbalife® supplements. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/herbalife%c2%ae-supplement-liver-toxicity/ 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. And check out the update on Herbalife (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/update-on-herbalife%c2%ae/). Also, there are 1,449 other subjects (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/) covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well! http://www.NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: http://www.NutritionFacts.org/subscribe • Donate: http://www.NutritionFacts.org/donate • HOW NOT TO DIE: http://nutritionfacts.org/book • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: http://instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org/ • Google+: https://plus.google.com/+NutritionfactsOrgMD • Podcast: NutritionFacts.org/audio

Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ DESCRIPTION: The melatonin content in certain plant foods such as almonds, raspberries and goji berries may explain the improvement in sleep quality associated with tart cherry consumption The mention of kiwifruit is in reference to Friday's video of the day Hot Sauce in the Nose for Cluster Headaches? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hot-sauce-in-the-nose-for-cluster-headaches/) I've previously explored Human Neurotransmitters in Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/human-neurotransmitters-in-plants/) in the context of boosting serotonin levels in the brain to improve mood. See: • The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-wrong-way-to-boost-serotonin/) • A Better Way to Boost Serotonin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-better-way-to-boost-serotonin/) • The Best Way to Boost Serotonin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-boost-serotonin/) Melatonin may also play a role in cancer prevention. See Melatonin & Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/melatonin-breast-cancer/). Aren't goji berries really expensive, though? Not if you buy them as lycium berries. Check out my video Are Goji Berries Good for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-goji-berries-good-for-you/) Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tart-cherries-for-insomnia/ and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: joka2000, BlueWaikiki, and Donovan & Meggin Eastman via flickr; Aadx, Rumun999, FoeNyx, Nataraja, J. Dncsn, Softeis, and Sanjay Acharya via Wikimedia; and Dr Frank Gaillard. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org