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Just four brazil nuts a month may improve LDL cholesterol for up to 30 days. Not four brazil nuts once a day, but four brazil nuts once a month. Eating four every day may risk selenium toxicity. see.nf/portfolio

Two caveats:

The drop in gout risk has to be weighed against the 32% higher odds of kidney stones in men taking vitamin C supplements. (No statistically significant increase in risk has been found in women taking vitamin C supplements.) PMID: 30178451
Concurrent vitamin C can exacerbate the intestinal damage caused by NSAID drugs. PMID: 25641731

For these reasons, Dr. Greger recommends sticking to vitamin C–rich whole foods, such as citrus, strawberries, bell peppers, and broccoli.

There’s more to pain relief than pills. How Not to Hurt will be released on December 15, but you can preorder it now.

Comment the word “HURT” and we’ll DM you the link to preorder.

As always, Dr. Greger donates 100% of the proceeds he receives from all his books directly to charity.

What are the worst aspects of our diets? Four out of five of the deadliest dietary traps involve not eating enough of certain foods. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/3JWW4uU

We are excited to share that Dr. Greger will deliver his new How Not to Hurt keynote presentation at Lifestyle Medicine 2026. This annual conference hosted by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine is an ideal place to learn about tackling the root causes of chronic disease and elevating health within every care setting.

In-person registration is now at capacity, but LM2026 would love to welcome you virtually from November 8 to 11, 2026.

Join the conversations taking place at LM2026 Online, where you can watch Dr. Greger's How Not to Hurt presentation and hear from other clinicians, researchers, health system leaders, and educators.

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What foods help our allergies? https://nutritionfacts.org/audio/preventing-allergies-with-diet/

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Our gut flora is determined by what we eat, for good or for ill. https://see.nf/4yl36Ta

Join us for our next webinar, "How Not to Hurt Webinar: Dietary Approaches to Pain Management," on Friday, October 9 from 2:00 to 3:30pm ET.

Can’t make it then? Not a problem. Registration includes access to:
the live webinar
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When we eat whole-grain barley for dinner, our good gut bacteria have it for breakfast the next morning and the short-chain fatty acid butyrate is released into our bloodstream. This exerts a wide range of anti-inflammatory effects. Dripping butyrate on cartilage carvings taken from the leg bones of those undergoing joint replacement surgery has been shown to significantly suppress inflammatory cartilage loss in vitro.
PMIDs: 20810606, 20823773, 29710527

Feeling better shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. How Not to Hurt, the forthcoming book by Dr. Michael Greger, puts the science ahead of profits and shares natural, noninvasive, evidence-based approaches to pain relief, some of which cost less than a penny a day.

This book will be released on December 15, but you can preorder it now.
As always, Dr. Greger donates 100% of the proceeds he receives from all his books directly to charity.

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