Dietary salt is a public health hazard ... Dietary salt is the number one dietary risk factor for death on the planet Earth, wiping out more than 3 million people a year.

While kombucha tea is considered a healthy elixir, the limited evidence currently available raises considerable concern that it may pose serious health risks. Consumption of this tea should be discouraged. It may be associated with a life-threatening lactic acidosis.

Absolutely, I'm in favor of getting vaccinated for COVID-19. It has a safety and efficacy record beyond our wildest dreams. And anyone who is skeptical, all they have to do is look at the data.

There is a fiber gap in America ... Consider it a public health concern for all Americans. Well, not all Americans. Less than 3% meet the recommended minimum, meaning less than 3% percent of all Americans eat enough plant-based foods—the only place fiber is found.

We're really shooting for 4700 mg—that's the recommended minimum. And guess how many many people in the United States even reach the minimum potassium [intake]? 2%! 1 in 50.

Consuming shiitake mushrooms daily improves immunity. Giving people just 1 or 2 dried shiitake mushrooms a day, about the weight equivalent of 5-10 fresh ones, for 4 weeks resulted in an increase in proliferation of gamma-delta-t-lymphocytes and doubled the proliferation of natural killer cells.

What's the best way to get iodine? For those who use table salt, make sure it's iodized. Currently, only half of table salt sold contains iodine, and the salt used in processed foods is typically not iodized.

Who knows what you're getting when you buy probiotics? They may not even be alive by the time you buy them. They also have to survive the journey down to the large intestines. Altogether, these points suggest that the advantages of prebiotics found in plant foods outweigh those of probiotics.

The most anti-inflammatory diet is plant-based, which can cut C-reactive protein levels by 30% within two weeks.

Emerging literature has shown that low-dose fructose may actually benefit blood sugar control.

Onions are, potentially, a good source of antioxidants. Though, interestingly, the antioxidants are concentrated in the outer layers immediately under the papery peel ... Here's some numbers: More than 10 times more antioxidants in the outer layer of white onions compared to the core.

If even half of the adult population ate 3 more grams [of fiber] a day, like a quarter-cup of beans or a bowl of oatmeal, we could save billions in medical costs, and that's just for constipation. The consumption of plant foods, the consumption of fiber-containing foods, reduces risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and obesity as well.

4 out of the 5 of the deadliest dietary traps involve not eating enough of certain foods—not eating enough whole grains, not eating enough fruits, not eating enough nuts and seeds, and not eating enough vegetables. But our most fatal flaw is too much salt.

Do people who eat more fruit walk around with less DNA damage? Yes, particularly in women. Does this actually translate into lower cancer rates? It appears so.

No longer does anyone have a scientific leg to stand on when they are questioning the efficacy or safety of these vaccines.

Men eating 3-4 handfuls of pistachios a day for just 3 weeks experienced a significant improvement in blood flow through the penis accompanied by significantly firmer erections.

Sodium is the number one dietary risk factor for death on the planet Earth. Worst thing about humanity's diets? Excess sodium. And like I said, it increases your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, on down the list.

There's only one diet ever been shown to reverse heart disease in the majority of patients, only one: a plant-based diet. If that's all a plant-based diet could do, reverse our number one killer, shouldn't that be the default diet until proven otherwise?

The artificial sweetener sucralose, sold as Splenda, can disrupt the human gut microbiome and induce glucose intolerance. In other words, it can make your blood sugars worse instead of better.

A whole food plant-based diet has been shown to reverse the progression of heart disease, opening our arteries back up.

Now, we have randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies showing that those taking probiotics may have significantly fewer colds, fewer sick days, and fewer symptoms.

A recent Harvard study found that increasing saturated fat intake just 5% was associated with a 38% lower sperm count.

Yellow onions, in general, have more antioxidants than white, and red onions beat them both based on three different antioxidant testing methods.

There's only one diet ever proven to reverse heart disease in the majority of patients: a plant-based diet.

Calories eaten in the morning are less fattening—the exact same food. The fewer calories after sundown, the better.

The number one killer of Americans is the American diet. So, if diet is humanity's number one killer, then obviously it's the number one thing taught in medical school, right? Sadly, medical students around the world are poorly trained in nutrition.

Yellow onions, in general, have more antioxidants than white; and red onions beat them both.

This is consistent with what we know, in general, about foods and the prevention and management of prostate cancer. Tomatoes, broccoli family vegetables, and soy foods decrease risk; no clear benefit from fish; and an increased risk from meat and dairy.

Researchers found that those taking statins were significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those randomized to placebo sugar pills.

Higher intakes of dietary flavonoids appear to be protectively associated with symptoms of depression. The Harvard Nurses Study followed tens of thousands of women for years and found that those who were eating the most appear to reduce their risk of coming down with depression.

There remains no single more effective public health action related to nutrition than the reduction of sodium in the diet.

Heart disease is the number one killer of American women, but there was significantly less clogging in the women eating more whole grains, significantly less progression of their atherosclerosis.

Oats are reported to possess very drug-like activities, like lowering blood cholesterol and blood sugar, boosting our immune system, anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-atherosclerosis. In addition to being a topical anti-inflammatory, it may also be useful in controlling childhood asthma...

Onions are potentially a good source of antioxidants. Though, interestingly, the antioxidants are concentrated in the outer layers immediately under the papery peel. Unfortunately, most consumers discard these most nutrient-rich outermost layers, thus losing a valuable part.

It's critically important that all prenatal vitamins have iodine—and they don't, which is ridiculous. So, make sure your prenatal has iodine. [It's] critically important for all pregnancies.

Even short-term statin use may approximately double the odds of developing diabetes and diabetic complications.

Salt and high blood pressure are cause and effect. How? Because we have more than 100 randomized controlled trials demonstrating that if you cut down on added salt, your blood pressures fall. And the more you cut down, the better.

A teaspoon a day of the spice turmeric may boost BDNF levels more than 50% within a month.

Less than 2% US adults consume the recommended daily minimum intake of potassium. So, more than 98% of Americans eat potassium-deficient diets.

Just 2 handfuls of nuts a week may extend a woman's life as much as jogging 4 hours a week.

Whole grain intake, in general, is associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and weight gain. All the cohort studies on type 2 diabetes and heart disease show whole grain intake is associated with lower risk.

The evidence is clear that oatmeal consumers have lower rates of disease.

Infertility affects 10-15% of couples attempting to conceive. In about half the cases, a problem is found in the man.

Frequent intake of fat-laden foods, like meat products and milk, may negatively affect semen quality in humans, whereas some fruits or vegetables may maintain or improve semen quality.

When you make sauerkraut at home, you don't have to add any kind of starter bacteria to get it to ferment because the lactic acid-producing bacteria are already present on the cabbage leaves themselves out in the field.

Parkinson's disease is an ever-worsening neurodegenerative disorder that results in death and affects about 1 in 50 of us when we get older ... 85-90% of cases are sporadic, meaning they just seemingly pop up out of nowhere. It's caused by the death of a certain kind of nerve cell in the brain. Once about 70% of them are gone, the symptoms start.

Having a BMI between 20 and 22 is actually probably ideal in terms of longevity.