NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast


Latest Episodes

Flashback Friday: The Best Foods for Fighting Autism and Brain Inflammation
April 17, 2020

One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation. The sulforaphane found in five cents’ worth of broccoli sprouts has been shown to bene...

The Role of Processed Foods in the Obesity Epidemic
April 15, 2020

The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food but a different kind of food.

Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods
April 13, 2020

We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range.

Flashback Friday: Can Flax Seeds Help Prevent Breast Cancer?
April 10, 2020

Flax seed consumption may play a role in preventing and treating breast cancer by blocking the inflammatory effects of interleukin-1.

The Thrifty Gene Theory: Survival of the Fattest
April 08, 2020

Rather than being some kind of disorder or failure of willpower, weight gain is largely a normal response, by normal people, to an abnormal situation.

The Role of Genes in the Obesity Epidemic
April 06, 2020

The big fat “fat gene” accounts for less than 1% of the differences in size between people.

Flashback Friday: Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Garlic & Onions
April 03, 2020

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?

The Role of Diet vs. Exercise in the Obesity Epidemic
April 01, 2020

The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of willpower, are not only wrong, but actively harmful fallacies.

What Are the Best Foods?
March 30, 2020

A review of reviews on the health effects of animal foods versus plant foods.

Pandemics: History & Prevention
March 27, 2020

How to treat the cause by preventing the emergence of pandemic viruses in the first place (a video I recorded more than a decade ago when I was Public Health Director at the HSUS in Washington DC).