I know I talk about vitamin D a lot. There are a couple reasons for that: One, I am convinced it’s one of the most crucial vitamins for the human body. And two, more research just keeps coming [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
What’s really behind the U.S.’s declining life expectancy?
I can’t say I was surprised to read this headline — in fact, I’ve been predicting it for a while. But it’s still distressing to see it in print: “US Life Expectancy Drops for First Time Since [...]
The drug-free key to a better sex life
The amount of ink spent writing about men’s sexual health is enough to drown an elephant. Women’s sexual health, on the other hand, is still treated as taboo. It’s a shame, because women benefit [...]
Science comes to eggs’ defense — again
It’s hard to believe so much controversy could swirl around the humble egg. Ever since the anti-fat hysteria of the 1980s, doctors have been advising people to avoid eggs. “They’re high in [...]
Sugar is the new tobacco
I swear, it feels like my email is reading my mind these days. Yesterday I told you about a couple of messages I got regarding statins (one that went against everything I believe about these [...]
Another statin “benefit” turned on its head
This next little tidbit literally hit my email inbox two hours after I read an article by some delusional public health “experts” calling for statins to be added to drinking water so that [...]
Ditch this food to prevent hip fractures
One of the reasons I’m so vehement in my objections to sugar is that it promotes inflammation in the body. And inflammation is at the heart of just about every health problem there is. Diabetes, [...]
The doctor-free way to improve autism
As autism rates continue to skyrocket — shooting up 119 percent between 2000 and 2014 — more and more parents are looking for ways to help their children. It’s heartbreaking for parents to see [...]
The troubling “overdiagnosis” of breast cancer
Breast cancer is a scary diagnosis. Unfortunately, though, one in eight American women will have that terrifying news delivered in their lifetimes. Usually the diagnosis comes on the heels of a [...]
Researchers skew findings in favor of soda
A few months ago, I told you about a study that blew the lid off the illicit relationship between the sugar industry and the supposedly “unbiased” scientific community. The scandal was so huge I [...]