Sugar kills — I’ve devoted my life’s work to exposing that fact. But it doesn’t always kill in the ways you might expect, like diabetes, obesity, or heart disease. Sometimes it takes a more [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
“A” is for Alzheimer’s prevention
These are interesting days for nutritional medicine, I have to say. You might recall that I got my start in nutrition using a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet — popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins, [...]
Another crop of chemicals comes home to roost
You’ve probably noticed that I talk about endocrine disrupters a lot. The come up regularly in my books and lectures. You may also recall that I mentioned the topic here just a few weeks ago. My [...]
Almonds — the superfood for good cholesterol
You can file the results of this latest study under “DUH.” But since it’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart, I’m going to share the good word with you anyway. A new study recently appeared [...]
The faster, cheaper way to predict a heart attack
I am a big fan of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score testing, in the right patients, of course. In my practice, I use it pretty much exclusively to decide if my patients with high cholesterol [...]
The best defense against dementia is also the simplest
Go ahead and accuse me of beating a dead horse. But I am going to continue to talk about exercise until I know you’ve gotten the message loud and clear! And until you’re moving every day like [...]
The case against Boniva just keeps getting bigger
There are some drugs — a lot of them, actually — that I really can’t believe people still take. And easily one of the top on that list is a class of drugs called bisphosphonates — so-called “bone [...]
Depression doesn’t just hurt — it kills
You won’t hear me say this often. But there’s one thing Big Pharma and I do agree on: Depression really does hurt. And a whole lot worse than most sufferers realize. Yes, it can destroy your [...]
Know your enemy — because your doctor doesn’t
This is one of those stories that just triggers a whole range of emotions. Shock, sadness, and anger. For me, I’m mostly just downright angry… Because according to some new research, very few [...]
Is fresh blood the key to an ageless brain?
Never in a million years would I have thought that human blood, of all things, might play a role in tackling one of the greatest health threats of our time. (And I’ve been known to appreciate a [...]