This morning I was sitting in my office talking with a patient about the obesity epidemic. We were talking about how important it is to prevent obesity, especially in the younger population. Now [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Your cardiologist doesn’t want you to read this
If you’re taking statin medications, you need to read this. Your cardiologist won’t like it, but it may save your life. A new analysis of a 15-year-old study just confirmed what I’ve been saying [...]
The “hangover cure” you need to know about — even if you don’t drink
As you well know by now, I am a big fan of regular detoxes. With all the toxins our bodies face every day — from environmental pollution to the junk in the food we eat and the water we drink — [...]
Moderate exercise may stave off Alzheimer’s
Earlier this week I told you about protecting your brain with fatty acids. But I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a new study that gives a nod to another proven way to promote brain health: [...]
Which fats protect your brain?
This one is dedicated to all of you who ask me about keeping your brain healthy as you age. Which is to say, most of you. It’s a concern of mine, too. After all, who doesn’t want to stay sharp [...]
The little known “dangers” of…meditation?
Leave it to the mainstream medical press to take something good and use it to instill fear in readers. After all, fear sells. Now if they’d only use that tactic on the truly harmful stuff — like [...]
Proposed federal law confirms my “Big Brother” fears
My patients ask me about genetic testing all the time. And my position has always been the same: Don’t do it. Why? Well, for a few reasons. First, we don’t know what to do with the information [...]
If only soda marketers would use their skills on veggies
I usually don’t have nice things to say about food marketers. They’ve somehow managed to convince the general public of all sorts of lies. Like that fat is bad for us. Or sugar isn’t that big of [...]
Why are so many women having healthy breasts removed?
A cancer diagnosis is terrifying. It can cause even the most level-headed people to make radical decisions to protect themselves. In the case of breast cancer, that is increasingly taking the [...]
Chalk one more painful side effect up to statin use
The list of statins’ negative side effects is too long to rattle off. These cholesterol-lowering medications have been implicated in an eye-popping array of problems. Diabetes, liver damage, [...]