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.

You don't have to end up in the ICU to develop a leaky gut, though. Simply taking some aspirin or ibuprofen can do the trick. Indeed, taking two regular aspirin or two extra-strength aspirin just once can increase the leakiness of your gut.

Simply swapping 3% of calories from various animal protein sources with plant protein was associated with 10% decreased overall mortality. And you get even twice that benefit if you get rid of eggs, too. That's not a surprise, since egg consumption is associated with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

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.

No wonder the foundation of cancer prevention... is not pills but plants. Cut down on alcohol, soda, meat, and processed junk; and center your diet around whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans.

There's only one diet that's ever been proven to reverse heart disease in the majority of patients—a diet centered around whole plant foods. So, anytime anyone tries to sell you on some new diet, do me a favor, ask them one simple question: Has it been proven to reverse heart disease? You know, the number one reason you and all your loved ones will die. If the answer is no, why would you even consider it?

According to the Surgeon General, living with a smoker increases your risk of lung cancer by 15%. So, breathing secondhand smoke day in and day out increases risk of lung cancer almost as much as eating a serving of processed meat day in and day out increases your risk of colorectal cancer.

When it comes to fruits and vegetables, the benefits of consuming conventionally grown produce are likely to outweigh any possible risk from pesticide exposure. So, concerns over pesticide risk should not discourage us from stuffing our faces with as many fruits and vegetables as possible.

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.

And what raises LDL cholesterol? Saturated fat. And where is cholesterol-raising saturated fat found? The number one source is dairy; number two source is chicken; then pastries, pork, and burgers.

Surprising that there's so much fuss about protein in this country when less than 3% of adults don't make the cut, presumably folks on extreme calorie-restricted diets who just aren't eating enough food period. But 97% of Americans get enough protein.

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.

Just how dangerous is meat? The relative risk of colorectal cancer was 18% for every 50 grams a day. Okay, so what exactly does that mean? Well, the 50 grams is about 1 hot dog or 2 breakfast links or 2 slices of Canadian bacon or ham. So, a daily sandwich with 1-2 slices of bologna would increase your colorectal cancer risk by 18%.

So, if you don't smoke, colon and rectal cancer may be your greatest cancer nemesis, but we can drop the risk of getting it by about a fifth with a single dietary tweak: cutting a serving of processed meat out of our daily diet.

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.

Researchers at Harvard and all around the world collected air samples from where children slept and demonstrated, for the first time, that the bedroom concentration of propylene glycol and glycol ethers was significantly associated with an elevated risk of multiple allergic symptoms, runny nose, and eczema.