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In a groundbreaking new study, garlic compared favorably to the blockbuster blood pressure medication atenolol in lowering blood pressure in subjects with hypertension.

One of the most common kitchen staples could prove to also be one of the most effective natural treatments for heart disease

Dr. Peter Rahfeld, Research Associate at the University of Columbia, Co-Founder and CSO of ABOzymes Biomedical (https://www.abozymes.com/), discusses how we can make universal donor blood, a method that can revolutionize blood transfusion procedures. 0:00 - Opening remark by Dr. Warren Wakarchuk 0:27 - Presentation starts 0:54 - Intro: what is universal donor blood? 3:38 - Carbohydrates as antigens on red blood cells (RBC) 6:46 - Carbohydrate-active enzymes and RBC 8:35 - Searching for blood-digesting enzymes in the gut 16:49 - Testing gut enzymes in blood 22:44 - Commercializing the technology The Joint Webinar Series is a collaborative effort by GlycoNet and American Chemical Society's Carbohydrate Chemistry Division. The series is sponsored by New England Biolabs. To learn more, visit http://bit.ly/glycowebinar Interested in meeting the speakers and speak with them? Sign up for Meet the Speakers event: https://glycomeets1e1.eventbrite.ca

New data shows that grape seed extract may be a safe and effective alternative to pharmaceuticals for lowering blood pressure.

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Having hypertension in midlife (ages 40 through 60) is associated with elevated risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s dementia later in life even more so than having the so-called Alzheimer’s gene. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ OK, so what can we do about high blood pressure? A lot! See, for example: • Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hibiscus-tea-vs-plant-based-diets-for-hypertension/) • Flax Seeds for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flax-seeds-for-hypertension/) • How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/) • How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/) • High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/high-blood-pressure-may-be-a-choice) • Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt:-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt) • Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kempner-rice-diet-whipping-us-into-shape/) • The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure) • Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxygenating-blood-with-nitrate-rich-vegetables) What else can we do to forestall cognitive decline or dementia? I referenced Alzheimer’s and Atherosclerosis of the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-and-atherosclerosis-of-the-brain) and Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-alzheimers-disease). See also: • Alzheimer’s Disease: Grain Brain or Meathead? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-disease-grain-brain-or-meathead/) • Treating Alzheimer's with Turmeric (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-alzheimers-with-turmeric) • Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease With Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Preventing-Alzheimers-Disease-With-Plants/) • Reducing Glycotoxin Intake to Prevent Alzheimers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Reducing-Glycotoxin-Intake-to-Prevent-Alzheimers) • Alzheimer’s May Start Decades Before Diagnosis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alzheimers-may-start-decades-before-diagnosis) • The Alzheimer’s Gene: Controlling ApoE (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-alzheimers-gene-controlling-apoe) • Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-brain-loss-with-b-vitamins/) • How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-slow-brain-aging-by-two-years/) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/higher-blood-pressure-may-lead-to-brain-shrinkage and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/higher-blood-pressure-may-lead-to-brain-shrinkage. You’ll also find a transcript of the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Image credit: KlausHausmann via pixabay. Image has been modified. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

How to prevent and reverse hypertension, the #1 risk factor for death in the world. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ You can imagine how overwhelming NutritionFacts.org might be for someone new to the site. With videos on more than 2,000 health topics, where do you even begin? Imagine someone stumbling onto the site when the new video-of-the-day is about how some spice can be effective in treating a particular form of arthritis. It would be easy to miss the forest for the trees. That’s why I created this new series of overview videos, which are basically taken straight from my hour-long live 2016 presentation How Not to Die: Preventing, Arresting, and Reversing Our Top 15 Killers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die). If you missed the first four videos in this series, check out: • How Not to Die from Heart Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-heart-disease/) • How Not to Die from Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-cancer/) • How Not to Die from Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabetes/) • How Not to Die from Kidney Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-kidney-disease/) If this video inspired you to learn more about the role diet may play in preventing and treating high blood pressure, check out some of these other popular videos on the topic: • Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hibiscus-tea-vs-plant-based-diets-for-hypertension/) • Flax Seeds for Hypertension (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flax-seeds-for-hypertension/) • How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/) • How to Treat High Blood Pressure with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-high-blood-pressure-with-diet/) • High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/high-blood-pressure-may-be-a-choice) • Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt:-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt) • Drugs and the Demise of the Rice Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/drugs-and-the-demise-of-the-rice-diet/) • Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kempner-rice-diet-whipping-us-into-shape/) • The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure) • Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxygenating-blood-with-nitrate-rich-vegetables) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-high-blood-pressure and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-high-blood-pressure. You’ll also find a transcript of the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Videography courtesy of Grant Peacock. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment will not be found in your medicine cabinet, rather in your kitchen cupboard or in your back yard growing on a tree...

Get any food in your stomach within a few hours of lead exposure and you can suppress the absorption by 90% or more, but which foods are particularly protective? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Would any kind of food cut down on absorption—even doughnuts? Got to see it to believe it: How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-lower-lead-levels-with-diet-thiamine-fiber-iron-fat-fasting). Next we look into foods that don’t just block absorption but may actively pull lead from our bodies. Stay tuned for: • Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Foods-for-Lead-Poisoning-Chlorella-Cilantro-Tomatoes-Moringa) • Best Food for Lead Poisoning - Garlic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Food-for-Lead-Poisoning-Garlic) • Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-Vitamin-C-Help-with-Lead-Poisoning) • Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Yellow-Bell-Peppers-for-Male-Infertility-and-Lead-Poisoning) What exactly are phytates again? See: • Phytates for the Prevention of Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-cancer/) • Phytates for Rehabilitating Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-rehabilitating-cancer-cells/) • Phytates for the Treatment of Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-treatment-of-cancer/) But what about soy and breast cancer? See • GMO Soy and Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gmo-soy-and-breast-cancer/) • Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-shouldnt-eat-soy) • Is Soy Healthy for Breast Cancer Survivors? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-Soy-Healthy-for-Breast-Cancer-Survivors) And if you missed any of my lead background videos, you can catch up: • How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-the-Lead-Paint-Industry-Got-Away-With-It) • Lead in Drinking Water (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-in-drinking-water) • How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/•How-the-Leaded-Gas-Industry-Got-Away-With-It) • “Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Normal-Blood-Lead-Levels-Can-Be-Toxic) • The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Low-Level-Lead-Exposure-in-Adults) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-lower-lead-levels-with-diet-breakfast-whole-grains-milk-tofu and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-lower-lead-levels-with-diet-breakfast-whole-grains-milk-tofu. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Icons created by Universal Icons, Gan Khoon Lay and Thomas Helbig from the Noun Project. Image credit: Unsplash. Image has been modified. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

The first-line treatment for hypertension is lifestyle modification, which often includes the DASH diet. What is it and how can it be improved? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ This is the companion video to How to Prevent High Blood Pressure with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-high-blood-pressure-with-diet). Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-how-to-treat-high-blood-pressure-with-diet and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-how-to-treat-high-blood-pressure-with-diet. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgments for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages. To find yours, click on the settings wheel on the lower-right of the video and then "Subtitles/CC." Do you have feedback about the translations in this video? Please share it here along with the title of the video and language: https://nutritionfacts.zendesk.com/hc/requests/new To view the subtitles in transcript format, click on the ellipsis button below the video, choose "Open transcript", and select the language you'd like to view them in. Image Credit: Mikalai Maminau via 123rf. Images have been modified. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Treatment of hypertension in the elderly is expected to become more complex in the coming decades. Based on the current landscape of clinical trials, guideline recommendations remain inconclusive. The present review discusses the latest evidence derived ...

Why we should wait 10 minutes after chopping or crushing garlic before cooking unless we’re going in for elective surgery within the next week? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ For background on what platelets are, what they do, and why we should care, see Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-aggregation-with-berries/) and Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-tomato-seeds/). What else can garlic do? Check out: • Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic & Flavonoids (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-interrupted-garlic-flavonoids/) • Garlic and Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/garlic-and-raisins-to-prevent-premature-birth/) • #1 Anticancer Vegetable (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/1-anticancer-vegetable/) What’s that about mustard powder boosting the benefits of broccoli? See my Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/second-strategy-to-cooking-broccoli/) video. For whether it’s better to cook vegetables or eat them raw, see Best Cooking Method (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method/) and for a surprise update, The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-cook-sweet-potatoes/). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-garlic-and-onions and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: HolgersFotografie via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

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? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ For background on what platelets are, what they do, and why we should care, see Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-aggregation-with-berries) and Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-tomato-seeds). What else can garlic do? Check out: • Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic and Flavonoids (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-interrupted-garlic-flavonoids) • Garlic and Raisins to Prevent Premature Birth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/garlic-and-raisins-to-prevent-premature-birth) • #1 Anticancer Vegetable (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/1-anticancer-vegetable) • Food Synergy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-synergy) • Benefits of Garlic Powder for Heart Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-garlic-powder-for-heart-disease) • Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-garlic-for-fighting-cancer-and-the-common-cold) What was that about mustard powder boosting the benefits of broccoli? See my Second Strategy to Cooking Broccoli (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/second-strategy-to-cooking-broccoli) video. Broccoli is also a potent activator of our liver’s detoxifying enzymes. Learn more in my Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution video (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-food-to-counter-the-effects-of-air-pollution/). Wondering whether it’s better to cook vegetables or eat them raw? See Best Cooking Method (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method/) and, for a surprise update, The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-cook-sweet-potatoes/). And since this video originally came out, I’ve also added: Best Way to Cook Vegetables (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-way-to-cook-vegetables/), How to Cook Greens (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-cook-greens/), and Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-pressure-cooking-preserve-nutrients/) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-garlic-onions and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-garlic-onions. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Images thanks to HolgersFotografie via Pixabay. Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

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Vitamin A is important for heart development in embryos, but whether it has a role in maintaining heart health is unclear. A new study finds that the heart is able to respond to vitamin A and the amount of vitamin A present has an effect. However, whether the effects are beneficial or harmful is still a mystery.

A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall. The discovery helps explain the antihypertensive properties of tea and could lead to the design of new blood pressure-lowering medications.

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Millions take toxic cholesterol and blood pressure lowering drugs that may do nothing to reduce heart disease specific mortality. What if a simple fruit extract worked better?

For low cost with no threat of toxic side-effects one can safely treat one’s blood at home with an easy to use system that includes a nasal applicator.