NutritionFacts

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NutritionFacts.org
Type of site
Nutrition information
Available inEnglish, Spanish, Chinese
OwnerNutritionFacts.org Inc.
Created by Michael Greger
URL nutritionfacts.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedAugust 2011
Current statusActive

NutritionFacts.org is an American science-based, non-profit website that provides evidence-based information on nutrition and health. [1] [2] [3] It was founded as a non-profit in 2011 by physician and nutrition researcher Michael Greger with support from the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation. [4]

Contents

History

NutritionFacts was founded in August 2011 by Michael Greger as a website to provide information on nutrition and health. [4] Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation provided the initial seed funding. [5] Greger, then known for public-health lectures and his work with the Humane Society of the United States, aimed to "cut through the hype" by summarising findings from peer-reviewed studies in an accessible format. From its inception, the site released a new video every weekday, drawing on Greger's Latest in Clinical Nutrition lecture series, to make complex research digestible for the general public. [4]

In 2017, Greger received the ACLM Trailblazer Award in lifestyle medicine, with NutritionFacts.org cited as a model of freely available, evidence-based education. [6]

In 2025, its podcast Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger [7] was voted "Best Podcast" in the VegNews Veggie Awards. [8]

Operations

NutritionFacts.org follows a nonprofit public-service model. It carries no advertisements and sells no products; operating costs are covered by individual donations and philanthropic grants. Its core service is its video library: referenced videos, most narrated by Greger, which summarizes recent nutrition studies. Each video is accompanied by a transcript and citation list, which helps readers to trace the original research. [4] [9]

Reception

Eric Adams, then Borough President of Brooklyn and later Mayor of New York City, cited Greger's research as a catalyst for adopting a plant-based diet to reverse his type 2 diabetes. [10] Greger also serves in the U.S. News & World Report expert panel that ranks the "Best Diets". [11]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/a9879dec-c34e-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e
  2. ↑ Hunt, Tom (10 April 2021). "How to use leftover cooked broccoli - recipe". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Matin, Maima; Joshi, Tanuj; Greger, Michael; Bin Matin, Farhan; Jóźwik, Artur; Wierzbicka, Agnieszka; Horbańczuk, Jarosław Olav; Willschke, Harald; Atanasov, Atanas G. (August 5, 2023). "Use of #NutritionFacts to promote evidence-based nutrition information: X (formerly Twitter) hashtag analysis study". Frontiers in Public Health. 11 1255706. Bibcode:2023FrPH...1155706M. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1255706 . PMC   10734685 . PMID   38131024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "New Plant-Based Nutrition Resource". August 17, 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Jesse and Julie Rasch Foundation". raschfoundation.org.
  6. ↑ "Award Recipients - American College of Lifestyle Medicine". lifestylemedicine.org.
  7. ↑ "The Podcasts That Changed How I Learn, Think and Eat". Forbes .
  8. ↑ "2025 VegNews Veggie Awards".
  9. ↑ https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=pcare_articles
  10. ↑ "Eating better, getting better and finding a new community along the way". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2019-07-30.
  11. ↑ "Experts Who Reviewed the Diets - US News Best Diets". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
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