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Comparing Pollutant Levels Between Different Diets

Michael Greger MD | August 17, 2017 | Health

Read More: animal fat, animal products, beef, Boston, breast milk, breastfeeding, California, CHAMACOS study, chicken, children, cognition, dioxins, endocrine disruptors, Europe, fat, feed additives, fish, flame-retardant chemicals, industrial pollutants, industrial toxins, infants, meat, neurotoxins, PBDEs, persistent organic pollutants, plant-based diets, pork, poultry, pregnancy, puberty, safety limits, seafood, thyroid health, turkey, USDA, vegans, vegetarians, women's health

The results of the CHAMACOS (Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas) study were published recently. This study of a California birth cohort investigated the relationship between exposure to flame retardant chemical pollutants in pregnancy......

Estrogen in Meat, Dairy, and Eggs

Michael Greger MD | September 13, 2016 | Health

Read More: animal products, birth control pills, cancer, carcinogens, chicken, children, dairy, eggs, endocrine disruptors, estrogen, Europe, farm animals, feed additives, fish, hormones, industrial toxins, meat, milk, persistent organic pollutants, poultry, steroids, water, women's health, xenoestrogens

Estrogen hormones can be thousands of times more estrogenic than typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Dietary exposure to natural sex steroids (in meat, dairy, and eggs) is "therefore highly relevant in the discussion of the impact of estrogens on human development......

How to Suppress the Aging Enzyme TOR

Michael Greger MD | January 5, 2016 | Health

Read More: aging, animal protein, blueberries, breast cancer, broccoli, caloric restriction, cancer, cruciferous vegetables, cucumbers, dairy, endocrine disruptors, fruit, grapes, green tea, hormones, infants, Kaposi's sarcoma, kidney health, lifespan, mango, milk, mortality, onions, plant-based diets, prostate cancer, rapamycin, soy, spices, strawberries, TOR, turmeric, vegetables

Over the last decade, more than 5,000 papers have been published about TOR, an engine-of-aging enzyme inhibited by the drug rapamycin. (What is TOR? Check out my videos Why Do We Age? and Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction.)......

How Fruits and Vegetables Can Prevent Asthma

Michael Greger MD | June 30, 2015 | Health

Read More: air pollution, allergies, animal protein, antibiotics, antioxidants, asthma, biomagnification, breastfeeding, calories, children, chronic diseases, dairy, eczema, eggs, elderly, endocrine disruptors, fermented foods, fruit, immune function, India, industrial toxins, inflammation, lung disease, lung health, meat, organic foods, oxidative stress, persistent organic pollutants, plant protein, plant-based diets, probiotics, protein, respiratory infections, saturated fat, smoking, soda, soy, vegans, vegetables, vegetarians, vitamin C

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children and the prevalence is increasing around the world. Despite this, most research dollars are spent on adult chronic disease. "One might ask," a group of researchers posited "whether this is......

How Contaminated Are Our Children?

Michael Greger MD | June 18, 2015 | Health

Read More: animal fat, animal products, arsenic, asthma, biomagnification, birth defects, breastfeeding, California, cancer, chicken, children, dairy, DDT, dieldrin, dioxins, ear health, endocrine disruptors, Europe, fish, heavy metals, immune function, immunosuppressive drugs, industrial toxins, lactation, lead, meat, men's health, mercury, persistent organic pollutants, pesticides, plant-based diets, poultry, respiratory infections, seafood, sore throat, throat health, tuna, turkey, vegans, vegetarians, women's health

In a study highlighted in my video, California Childen Are Contaminated, researchers analyzed the diets of California children ages two through seven to determine the cancer and non-cancer health effects from food contaminant exposures. It turns out food may......

How to Reduce Exposure to Alkylphenols Through Your Diet

Michael Greger MD | April 28, 2015 | Health

Read More: alkylphenols, allergies, anchovies, animal fat, asthma, biomagnification, breast cancer, breast disease, breast health, breast milk, breastfeeding, cancer, chicken, cod liver oil, eczema, endocrine disruptors, EPA, estrogen, Europe, fat, fish, fish oil, hormones, industrial toxins, infants, Japan, lard, lung disease, lung health, mackerel, memory, milk, persistent organic pollutants, phytoestrogens, plastic, poultry, pregnancy, salmon, seafood, soy, turkey, xenoestrogens

Alkylphenols are industrial chemicals that are found in hair products, spermicides, cleaning products and detergents. They are considered endocrine disruptors. For more information on alkylphenols, check out my video Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies. Concern about alkylphenols first surfaced......

Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies

Michael Greger MD | April 23, 2015 | Health

Read More: adolescence, alkylphenols, allergies, animal fat, animal products, animal studies, birth defects, body fat, breast cancer, breast development, breast health, breast milk, cancer, carcinogens, children, cognition, dairy, DDT, diabetes, eczema, endocrine disruptors, fat, fertility, fish, heterocyclic amines, immune function, industrial toxins, infants, infertility, inflammation, Japan, meat, men's health, mental health, milk, nitrosamines, obesity, penis health, penis size, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, prediabetes, pregnancy, premature puberty, prostate cancer, prostate health, puberty, saturated fat, sexual dysfunction, sexual health, sperm counts, testicular cancer, testicular health, testosterone, thyroid disease, thyroid health, women's health, xenoestrogens

In my video Preventing Childhood Allergies, I noted a study in Japan that found higher maternal intake of meat during pregnancy was significantly associated with about three times the odds of both suspected and physician-diagnosed eczema. The researchers suggest......

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