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NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast — 120 episodes

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Friday Favorites: Dietary Cholesterol and Inflammation from Abdominal Obesity

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Why I Don’t Recommend Red Yeast Rice Cholesterol-Lowering Supplements

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Why I Don’t Recommend Policosanol Cholesterol-Lowering Supplements

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Friday Favorites: The Return on Investment (ROI) for Employee Health and Wellness Programs Put to the Test

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The Latest Clinical Trial of Turmeric Curcumin for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Changes in Structure

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Friday Favorites: Vitamin D Supplements Tested for COPD, Heart Disease, Depression, Obesity, and Cancer Survival

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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Calorie Density

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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Changes in Texture

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Friday Favorites: Is Spicy Food Good for You?

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Mercury Exposure from Tuna Fish vs. Silver Dental Amalgam Fillings

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Diets and Foods Shown to Improve Depression in Randomized Controlled Trials

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Friday Favorites: Does Coffee Inhibit Iron Absorption? What Are the Effects of Having Too Much Iron?

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Why Might Vegetarians Develop Less Depression

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SIBO and Leaky Gut: What the Science Says

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Friday Favorites: Dietary Sources of the “Longevity Vitamin” Ergothioneine

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Do Vegetarians Have More or Less Depression and Anxiety?

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Getting Kids to Eat Their Vegetables

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Friday Favorites: Are Menopausal Hot Flashes Inevitable? How Can Soy Foods Help?

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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss of Phytonutrients

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Friday Favorites: How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Without Sleeping Pills

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Cold Water Immersion for Gout Flares

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Is Shrimp Good for You? Antibiotic Resistance

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Friday Favorites: The Best Diet for COVID and Long-COVID

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Is Shrimp Good for You? Pollutants and Food Safety

26

Use Fiber to Burn Calories in Your Sleep with an Intestinal Workout

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Friday Favorites: The Effect of Sleep on Weight Loss

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Flushing Calories with Fiber for Weight Loss

29

Mercury Exposure from Tuna vs. Thimerosal in Vaccines

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Friday Favorites: Why Vegans Should Eat More Plant-Based

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Can Cold Showers Improve Immune Function?

32

What Is Titanium Dioxide, and Is It Safe?

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Friday Favorites: Fecal Transplants for Aging and Weight Loss

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Iron-Deficiency Anemia: The Best Treatment and Are Vegetarians at Higher Risk?

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How to Get the Ideal Ferritin Level and Avoid Symptoms of Iron Deficiency

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Friday Favorites: The Benefits of Fenugreek for Preventing and Treating Diabetes

37

Are the Lower Iron Stores in Vegetarians a Risk or a Benefit?

38

The Best Milk Alternative: Oat vs. Soy Milk

39

Friday Favorites: Do Garlic, Beer, Bananas, and B Vitamins Really Repel Mosquitoes?

40

The Best Source and Dose of Plant Sterols for Lowering Cholesterol

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Are Plant Sterols Safe for Lowering Cholesterol?

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Friday Favorites: Dietary Approach to Naturally Treating Menopause Symptoms

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Are Plant Sterols Effective for Lowering Cholesterol?

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How to Lower Cholesterol with the Portfolio Diet

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Friday Favorites: The Role of Endotoxins in Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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How Not to Die Documentary

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The Benefits of Turmeric Curcumin for Arthritis, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, and Body Weight

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Friday Favorites: The Harms Associated with Eating More Southern-Style Food

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The Role of Accountability in Weight Loss

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The Best Diet for Optimal Thyroid Function (webinar recording)

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Friday Favorites: What Is Creatine? Its Sarcopenia Benefits and Potential Side Effects?

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Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives?

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Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease?

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Friday Favorites: The Benefits of Gum Chewing for Halitosis (Bad Breath)

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How Bad Are Ultra-Processed Foods?

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What Are Ultra-Processed Foods?

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Friday Favorites: Do Alkaline Diets Help Athletic Performance?

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Is Shrimp Bad for Cholesterol and Heart Disease?

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One of the Most Effective Single Pieces of Advice for Weight Loss

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Friday Favorites: The Best Time to Exercise for Weight Loss

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How to Boost Fat Burning by 25%

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How to Suppress Your Appetite and Naturally Boost GLP-1

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Friday Favorites: Caffeine Shampoo and Rosemary Oil for Hair Growth

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Plant-Based Diets Could Save Millions of Lives and Trillions of Dollars a Year

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The Negative Effects of Cold Plunges for Building Muscle

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Friday Favorites: Repelling Mosquitoes – Is DEET the Best? What About Natural Alternatives?

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Are Potassium Chloride Salt Substitutes Safe and Effective?

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Are the Benefits of Cold Plunges and Cryotherapy Just a Placebo Effect?

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Friday Favorites: Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough?

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Healthy, Easy Recipes: Black Bean Stew, Kale Salad, and Molasses Cookies

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Best Temperature, Timing, and Duration for Cold Plunges for Athletic Performance Recovery

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Friday Favorites: The Side Effects of Burning Incense

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Can You Reverse Type 2 Diabetes with a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?

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What Is the Best Statin Cholesterol-Lowering Drug?

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Friday Favorites: Soul Food That’s Good for the Soul

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The Side Effects of Statins: Are They Worth It?

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How Effective Are Statins?

78

Friday Favorites: Can Velvet Beans or Fava Beans Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease?

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Why Isn’t Everyone on Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs?

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Are the Pollutant Levels in Fish High Enough to Be Harmful?

81

Friday Favorites: Is Soy Milk the Most Nutritious Non-Dairy Milk?

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Are Large Weekly Doses of Vitamin B12 Safe?

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How Much Vitamin B12 Do We Need Each Day?

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Friday Favorites: Low-Protein Diets for Parkinson’s Disease

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The Best Source of Vitamin B12: Supplements, Shots, or Fortified Foods?

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The Best Way to Test for Vitamin B12 Deficiency

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Friday Favorites: Fat-Blocking Benefits of Hibiscus Tea

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How Long Does It Take to Become Vitamin B12-Deficient and What Are the Symptoms?

89

Ultra-Processed Foods: Concerns, Controversies, and Exceptions

90

Friday Favorites: Bone Density, Fracture Rates, and Vitamin D in Vegans

91

Like Beet Juice, Taurine Supplementation May Only Be Safe in the Context of a Plant-Based Diet

92

Where to Find Taurine and the Best Source

93

Friday Favorites: How to Naturally Reduce Wrinkles with Food

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The Best Daily Dose of Taurine

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Caveats and Side Effects of Taurine Supplements

96

Friday Favorites: Can Stress Cause Halitosis (Bad Breath)?

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Randomized Controlled Trials of Taurine Supplementation in Humans

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Taurine Supplementation Increases Lifespan and Healthspan in Animals

99

Friday Favorites: How to Treat Body Odor with Diet

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What Is Taurine in Energy Drinks? Does It Benefit Cognitive or Athletic Performance?

101

Can Goitrogens in Soy and Cruciferous Vegetables Interfere with Thyroid Function?

102

Friday Favorites: Is Swimming Good for Weight Loss?

103

The Safety and Efficacy of Ketogenic, Low-Carb Diets for Diabetes Remission

104

The Benefits of Black and Green Teas for Brain Waves

105

Friday Favorites: Does the Sweetener Allulose Have Side Effects? Is It a Healthy Sweetener?

106

Don’t Eat Raw Alfalfa Sprouts

107

What Are Hot Dogs and Burgers Made Of?

108

Friday Favorites: Natural Dietary Remedy for Insomnia

109

Yerba Mate and Cancer: Do Its Benefits Outweigh Its Risks?

110

The Side Effects of the Hormones in Milk

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Friday Favorites: Fenugreek Benefits for Sexual Function, Painful Periods, and Milk Production

112

The Best Way to Cook Vegetables

113

Carbadox, the Carcinogenic Drug Fed to U.S. Pigs but Banned in Other Countries

114

Friday Favorites: Fasting to Reverse Diabetes

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How to Prevent and Treat Age-Related Hearing Loss

116

Who Should Avoid Coffee?

117

Friday Favorites: The Role of Kimchi and H. Pylori in Stomach Cancer and How to Treat H. Pylori Naturally with Diet

118

The Healthiest Way to Drink Coffee

119

Does Coffee Help Boost Autophagy and Lifespan?

120

Friday Favorites: How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy with Prebiotic Foods