Eggs and Diabetes
Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Even just a single egg a week may increase the risk of diabetes, the leading cause of lower-limb amputations, kidney failure, and new cases of blindness. More Freedom of Information Act insights into the egg industry can be found in: • Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims (nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-cholesterol-patently-false-and-misleading-claims/) • Eggs and Choline: Something Fishy (nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-choline-something-fishy/) • Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis (nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-vs-cigarettes-in-atherosclerosis/) • More Than an Apple a Day: Combating Common Diseases (nutritionfacts.org/video/more-than-an-apple-a-day-preventing-our-most-common-diseases/) Flax seeds may help control blood sugars (Flaxseeds for Diabetes, nutritionfacts.org/2013/10/08/flaxseeds-for-diabetes/) as well as Indian gooseberries (Amla Versus Diabetes, nutritionfacts.org/video/amla-versus-diabetes/), but our best bet may be a diet composed entirely of plants (How to Prevent Diabetes, nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-diabetes/ and How to Treat Diabetes, nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-diabetes/). I'll be covering gestational diabetes (high sugars during pregnancy) in an upcoming video—stay tuned! Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-diabetes/ and he'll try to answer it! www.NutritionFacts.org • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Podcast: www.bit.ly/NFpodcast • Subscribe: www.bit.ly/nutritionupdates • Donate: www.NutritionFacts.org/donate
