The scope and breadth of nutritional research has never been greater than it is now. (Granted, much of it is either ignored or endlessly repeated, but beggars can’t be choosers.) Yesterday’s [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
The impressive heart health benefits of chocolate
Today, I thought we’d take a break from the daily news cycle to talk about chocolate. Because honestly, who doesn’t like a good story about chocolate? It’s been one of my favorite topics since I [...]
Can you prevent deadly asthma attacks with your diet?
It’s rare that I talk to you about findings from animal research. But, every now and again—for news that’s especially timely and exciting—I do make an exception. Like today. Because while we’re [...]
You can outrun a cancer diagnosis… literally
Exercise is just too essential to good health to continually ignore advice on the subject. So I’m going to continue doling it out, for as long as the research results keep rolling in. And for [...]
The unsurprising cause of obesity—and how you can avoid it
I often write about the trouble with ultra-processed food. Yet, I keep coming across reviews with the same damning—and ultimately, astonishing—conclusions. First, that the obesity epidemic—and [...]
It’s time to close the case against gluten-free diets
Well, here they go again. Conventional medicine is attacking yet another nutritional tenet on which they obviously have zero education—this time, by dismissing the very real benefits of a [...]
Stay at home—but stay active
Yesterday, I offered a list of activities that would serve your health better than spending the day watching more coronavirus coverage on cable news. And I’m sure it didn’t surprise you to see [...]
How to stay calm and peaceful in the midst of a pandemic
When tigers at the Bronx Zoo are making headline news for testing positive for COVID-19, I think it’s time for us all to take a step back and breathe. First of all, we’ve known from the start [...]
Unpacking the real source of pandemic panic
Yesterday, I took a few moments to air out some of my own frustrations, as a doctor and native New Yorker, about the frenzied coverage of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Not because what’s [...]
COVID-19: Say it with me one more time… we will get through this
I’m a New Yorker, born and bred. And these days, that basically means everyone here knows someone who has experienced the wrath of COVID-19. It’s the price we pay for living in a populous, [...]