Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature’s best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep — and the alarmingly bad things that happen when you don’t, for both your brain and […]

What’s the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory — and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Check out more TED Talks: http://www.ted.com […]

This truth is simple and is, therefore, easy to explain. You must eat to live. But the choice of what you eat is yours. There is an individual, specific diet that best supports the health, function, and longevity of each and every animal. The proper diet for human beings is based on starches. The more […]

Professor Campbell is a well-established researcher and author. His popular book (co-authored with his son, a physician) titled The China Study (2005), has been translated into more than 50 foreign languages and has sold well over 2 million copies. His second book, Whole (2013), was a New York Times best seller. Campbell has conducted experimental […]

Humans are natural salt seekers. Salt tastes good to us, and there is good reason for this. The emphasis on very low-salt diets is misguided. Fix the food – and then you can put some salt on your healthy food if you’d like. Focus on food, not salt. Dr. McDougall explains it in this talk […]

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn argues that heart attacks, the leading cause of death for men and women worldwide, are a “food borne illness” and explains why diet is the most powerful medicine. Be sure to check out 11:39. Veggie freestyle! Learn more about TEDxCambridge at http://www.tedxcambridge.com.

In this counterintuitive talk, healthcare tech entrepreneur Will Wright shares the strong impact that loneliness has on our health, and proposes a novel idea for how we can easily connect with others and combat its effect. Will Wright is the CEO and co-founder of Pack Health, a digital health-coaching company that offers one-on-one coaching and […]

Today I explore what it means to live truly well with Dean Ornish, MD & Anne Ornish — the world-renown, pioneering power couple of lifestyle medicine. A legend in the plant-based movement, Dr. Ornish is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and the president and founder of the […]

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. The speaker makes strong assertions about a specific diet that lack sufficient scientific evidence for general prescription. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf According to the Global Burden […]

America’s #1 killer, heart disease claims 1 out of every 3 lives in the U.S. But it’s avoidable and often even reversible with simple diet and lifestyle changes. This week on the podcast I sit down for an important conversation with cardiologist and former president of the American College of Cardiology Kim Williams, M.D. to […]