Articles by Dr Greger:
Videos by Dr Greger:
(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "If even light drinking can cause cancer, why don't doctors warn their patients about it?"
(4 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Is there any benefit to resveratrol? If so, should we get it from wine, grapes, peanuts, or supplements?"
Associated blog entry: The Best Source of Resveratrol (2022)
(11 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Even if alcohol causes cancer and there is no 'French Parados,' what about the famous J-shaped curve, where excessive drinking is bad, but light drinkers appear to have lower mortality than abstainers?"
(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Even if alcohol causes cancer and there is no 'French Paradox', what about the famous J-shaped curve, where excessive drinking is bad, but light drinkers appear to have lower mortality than abstainers?"
(6 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "What would happen if you effectively randomized people at birth to drink more or less alcohol their whole lives? Would they get more or less heart disease?"
(4 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Nearly 5,000 breast cancer deaths a year may be attributable to just light drinking (up to one drink a day)."
(4 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Modest lifestyle changes that include the avoidance of alcohol may cut the odds of breast cancer in half, but certain grapes appear to contain natural aromatase inhibitors that may undermine the ability of breast tumors to produce their own estrogen."
Overview article: How to Counteract the Effects of Alcohol (2018).
(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Eating antioxidant-rich foods can bolster skin protection and reduce sunburn redness by 40%, whereas alcohol can dramatically drop the level of antioxidants in the skin within 8 minutes of consumption."
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(2 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Does moderate alcohol consumption extend the lifespan of healthy people?"
What do AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research), ACS (American Cancer Society), AHA (American Heart Association) and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) dietary guidelinas say about alcohol? See Alcohol Guidelines by AICR, ACS, AHA and USDA. Also see Is Alcohol Harmful?