Here’s a frightening statistic that really fired me up when I read it: If current trends continue to prevail, more than half of America’s kids will be obese by age 35. This, despite the fact that [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
The hidden hazard that could raise your risk of Alzheimer’s
By now, you probably know all about the dangers of sleep apnea — a disorder characterized by excessive snoring that causes you to stop breathing repeatedly throughout the night. Usually, this is [...]
“Corrective statements” won’t stop Big Tobacco’s smoke and mirrors
I have mixed emotions about this recent news. Though on second thought, maybe “news” isn’t the right word for it… At long last, tobacco companies across the country are finally being forced to [...]
How extremely cold climates freeze you to death
This is an article that I’ve been waiting my whole life to write — because even when I couldn’t prove it, deep down, I knew it to be true. And now — finally — I can justify my intense distaste [...]
The delicious and nutritious heart health power trio
You can always count on big corporations to latch onto health trends — and then exploit them beyond all recognition. So you can imagine my amusement when I came across a study touting almonds, [...]
The simple secret behind a youthful brain
Yesterday, I shared some new research that tied fatty liver to a faster shrinking brain. I also explained why diet — and more specifically, my A-List Diet — is your golden ticket out of this [...]
A fat-laden liver is bad news for your brain
This won’t be the first time I’ve issued a warning about fatty liver. And unless something changes overnight, it won’t be the last, either. Because as it stands, rates of non-alcoholic fatty [...]
The “surprising” truth about celiac disease
Somebody pinch me, because I must be dreaming. Are the powers that be actually coming around to the reality of gluten sensitivity? It’s certainly starting to look that way: A team of researchers [...]
Diabesity is as deadly as smoking
I realize I repeat myself a lot. (And I’ll keep doing it until every last message sinks in.) But there are two points you may have noticed I come back to particularly often. 1.) Sugar kills, and [...]
Ward off blindness with a walk around the block
“There are no known ways of preventing glaucoma.” That’s the prevailing wisdom where this common eye disease is concerned, straight from the horse’s mouth. (Or in this case, from the Glaucoma [...]