I’ve shared my gripes with the idea of being healthy at any size before. And I’ll be the first to admit that my opinions on the fat acceptance movement aren’t exactly charitable. It’s not that I [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Fight dementia in just 12 minutes a day
Yesterday, I shared new research showing that diabetes drugs may be able to slam the brakes on Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. But I also reminded you that there are plenty of drug-free ways [...]
This is your brain on diabetes drugs
The top fear for my patients is Alzheimer’s disease — hands down. And I can’t really blame them. No one is immune to this threat. (Heck, I’m getting up there in years myself.) Which is why I’m [...]
Big Medicine turns over a new leaf for the New Year
Well, it’s officially a new year. And it looks like the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking the opportunity to acquire a fresh start. They recently released new physical [...]
Restricting salt won’t save your heart
Consider this recent discovery a late Christmas present from me to you: As it turns out, salt isn’t so bad for your heart after all. I know, I know… I’ve been telling you that for years now. But [...]
Could this common test catch your chronic fatigue?
Yesterday, I talked to you about the benefits of my preferred form of natural thyroid hormone replacement. I also explained why the typical approach to treating hypothyroid — levothyroxine, which [...]
A better way to boost a slow thyroid
Levothyroxine, or Synthroid, is the main drug doctors prescribe for an underactive thyroid. But I’ve found that many of my patients don’t like the way they feel — or just don’t feel like [...]
Big “Science” sinks its teeth into probiotics
Well, it had to happen eventually. How else was Big Pharma going to weasel their way into the microbiome business? According to the results of two recent studies, it appears as though only some [...]
The magic bullet for every disease in the book
I know I’m always bringing up the benefits of the Mediterranean diet — and its close relatives, my Hamptons Diet and The A-list Diet. And all for good reason… The fact is that many Americans [...]
The fastest way to make — or break — your health this holiday season
Christmas is right around the corner — with New Year’s right on its heels. So you may be waiting until January 1st to start paying attention to your diet again. And rationalizing that “just one [...]