Which foods are best at removing carcinogenic bile acids from the body: asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, eggplant, green beans, kale, mustard greens, okra, or peppers? And do they work better raw or cooked?
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Why would we want to bind bile in the first place? Make sure you see the “prequel” to this video, Breast Cancer and Constipation (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-constipation).
More raw versus cooked comparisons in<
• Raw Food Nutrient Absorption (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/raw-food-nutrient-absorption-3/)
• Sometimes the Enzyme Myth is True (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sometimes-the-enzyme-myth-is-true/)
• The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-way-to-cook-sweet-potatoes/)
Beets also have a number of other remarkable properties. Check out my video series on Doping with Beet Juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/doping-with-beet-juice/), including Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hearts-shouldnt-skip-a-beet/).
Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-vegetable-binds-bile-best/ and he’ll try to answer it!
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Interesting comparison of the different vegetables. I'll be sure to include more variety in my diet.
What is the vegetable that came in second? I can't recognize it.
Where's the link to the papers you mentioned?
mmmm Collard wraps
Eggplants are fruits buddy
Lovely wordplay 🙂
Beet greens are tasty but for some reason I can't eat the actual root! It comes right back up! It must have something in it that my body doesn't like!
I already steam.
ha ha ! I like this guys style. Maybe its because Kale is in my garden as my go to veggie…
You can't beet that.
Where does coffee and tea fall in this realm?
I do enjoy poking you in the eye with things about BACON, Heavy Cream, Ice Cream, and the like, but always enjoy your presentations.
Thanks
Okra is a sleeper of a vegetable
Yes yes yes !! I loved this video and really needed this information. I've been doing lots of research ever since I got my gall bladder removed three years ago ! Worst decision ever in most ways but now that I'm a plant eater I am almost healed. I love beets ! I would love to see a video about gallbladders somehow. Doctors just keep taking them out of people when it's just symptom of a high fat diet. Would love to know more about it. 🙂
1:37 … which vegetables kick the most "bile-bindfing" butt! LOL!
Lucky me that eats all of them, not only part of the time but all of the time! Lol…
I think it is relevant though that these studies were done "in vitro". I would imagine that you could through a sponge in the mix and it would beat everything, but that doesn't mean that it is better or that that is what would even happen during the digestive process. After all, the foods mentioned would first pass through some digestive processes before even coming into contact with bile right? I think, without reading the studies I grant you, that these studies are kind of pushing what we should consider applicable to human digestion considering that they were "in vitro".
Beetroot. Makes your poop red. Don't panic.
can anyone help, having problems with bowel movement and now just discovered i'm getting a hernia any herbs or good food for these problems?
Can't beet the puns in this video…
Why steamed over raw. I blend raw beets with pineapple and drink it.
YTMND
There is one unknown here… tap water, filtered water or purchased water. I did the microwave test and learned it is true i.e. plants in microwaved water die or stop growing. But, I also discovered that all tap water did poorly. In my tests, boiled Aquaponic water grew the best plants. I would NOT use tap water to steam veggies unless the water was pure and clean.
beet it!
I ate about 2 lbs. of beets, fresh out of the garden, for dinner yesterday. They tasted like candy.
So how do oat fiber and pectin rate in comparison?
Thank you this is good info. Perhaps this will explain why beets have been a staple food in many cultures. They probably knew this. 🙂
Having a Russian background does definitely make beets one of my favorite foods. We buy beets in larger bags because we use them often. We steam, boil and bake them. I often boil a few beets unpeeled and store them in the refrigerator. Then it only takes several minutes to peel and chop them, so we can have them for lunch.
The best thing about beets, I find, is that they don't need any fancy dressing, just olive oil and salt is often enough. Good beets are sweet and tasty. It is important to me that it is easy to make and therefore we eat them often.
All degenerative diseases are premature. There is never a right time to get them.
Still, weight loss is more important than the rest. But then, since anything on this list helps weight loss (because of high volume, fiber content and now apparently binding bile acids meaning increasing calorie loss), why not do both!
But does it really? Was there a study measuring the bile acid content in stools?
If not, this is not proven. Again. We need better studies.
I love beets and eat them frequently. However, you saw cooked beets, which is my preference, but I have heard they must be eaten raw, is this true, toxic when cooked? thank you for all you do.
Let thy food be thy medicine.
DAT beet taste doe… Okra yum.
Watch the movie VEGAN 2016. This doc is in it.
What is bile acid? Is it a bad thing?
Now days even the plants are not so healthy because everything is poisen
NOOOooooo!!!! My Okra is only second 🙁
Hmm beet also helps athletes
and blood pressure?
Steaming? I need to buy a big steaming pot for sure.
How much did this guy have to drink before he recorded this?
SO funny! 🙂
Yay! I love beets and okra.
Thanks for this video which I’ve stumbled on after researching bile acid malabsorption
I’m currently on the start of a 2 week intake of Questran which is a brand name in powder form mixed with water in the hope it will cure chronic pain and diarrhoea which I’ve been controlling with codeine for the past couple of years but it’s now happening after everything I eat
I’m going to start eating these vegetables especially the top 5 thanks
More info on Questran here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colestyramine
I never had a raw beet til 2 wks ago. Just occasionally pickled. The raw is … OK! Gives a good crunch on a salad. And it's pretty : )
What about beans? I thought beans were a better food to clean the bile?
My body intuitively believes you. Mm hungry now, thanks, great.
I have bile acid malabsorption
how to thin bile?
Help please Dr. G. I had my gallbladder removed 20 years ago. I continue to create stones and every three years or so I have severe symptoms and then an ERCP or other invasive procedure to remove the stones and sludge. Three years ago this became life threatening and my liver became infected. I was told I had thick bile and this could be managed with medication. I chose not to take medication but attempt to address the problem through diet. I had been seeking effective nutritional approaches to health and following your work for some time so became plant based at that point. Three years later, the symptoms are starting again – severe pain and vomiting. I follow your videos and read your books and get the daily dozen every day but Sunday when I have a treat that usually includes fat and sugar. However, I don't eat many beets. Am I to understand from this video that beets may be the missing ingredient that could stop this merry go round? Are there other interventions that I might also try to resolve this recurring issue? Thank you for all your important work. Thanks to following you and changing my lifestyle, many other health issues have resolved. Blessings, Kate.
This information CHANGED my life! You don't know how low it pulled me back from. Thank You!! Science is EVERYTHING !!!
Modern science of nutrition has proved vegetarianism to be NOT the most healthy way to eat. We need animal fats and proteins for optimum health.
Q: What's the best veggie for getting rid of bile acids?
A: Beets me.
Thank you , please do a video mentioning oats and pearl barely as bile binders
FYI beans beat all of these.
You so rock Dr. Greger!
Liver b swallowing bile like this guy swallow his spit
👍👍
Thanks just had my GB removed need veggies to help with diarrhea.
Is this relevant at all? Even with beets we bind ca. 80 mg per serving, which isn't much.
The key to consuming raw beets is smoothies. Put some frozen berries in there and blend it up.
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Very enlightening stuff. It’s especially beneficial for me since carrots are cheaper, pound for pound, than any vegetable on the list where I’m from. It’s bugs bunny night for me. Ha ha