If you’re pregnant or you know anyone who is, you’re not going to want to miss what I have to tell you today. And even if you’re not in the baby-making stage of life, this message will resonate [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
New breakthrough targets the silent culprit behind memory loss
I’ve told you before about research showing that foods rich in flavonoids can help you maintain a healthy weight — and even fend off the “slow creep” that happens to so many people when [...]
How intestinal bacteria protects against diabetes
This week I’ve written a lot about how diet affects disease risk. So let me wrap up the week with one more study that highlights a very specific link between diet and illness. Researchers looked [...]
Half of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke deaths caused by diet
Last time, I told you about a study that predicted major long-term health benefits of tackling poor eating habits in school-aged kids. The study found that if schools provided fruits and veggies [...]
Are we finally ready to tackle childhood obesity?
My first book, Feed Your Kids Well, was far ahead of its time. It was 1999 — long before the childhood obesity epidemic was a household conversation topic — and people were not ready to [...]
How one Maryland county flipped public perception of sugary drinks on its head
Our relationship with sugar is deeply ingrained in our culture in all the ways that unhealthy relationships usually are: we’re dependent, despite the fact that we know it’s bad for us. And even [...]
Do you know what’s in your tap water?
Earlier this week I told you about the meteoric rise in colorectal cancer rates starting with people born in the middle of the 20th century. And I pointed out that the 1950s is right when [...]
The ONE thing every stroke victim needs to do
When someone has had a stroke, the last thing on their mind — or even in the minds of the caregivers — is exercise. Physical therapy or occupational therapy, sure. But actual exercise (i.e. [...]
Want to lose weight? How you eat may be just as important as what you eat
I know this is going to sound very Ward and June Cleaver of me, but it is a belief I’ve held dearly for years…and according to a recent study, it looks like I’ve been right all along. The study [...]
The deadly “old age” disease on the rise in young people
Colorectal cancer — which has long been seen as a disease of old age — is striking more and more young people. In fact, 30 percent of all colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses are now in people [...]