When I share health news out of Europe, usually it’s something positive that I wish would happen here in the U.S. But it looks like Europeans aren’t getting everything right. According to a [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Experts finally nab the REAL blood pressure bandit
When are the powers-that-be in this country ever going to wake up from their sugar-induced coma and realize it is killing us? Perhaps sooner than I thought… A new review article suggests sugar, [...]
New dietary guidelines: Where’s the beef?
This year, the USDA is expected to come out with revised dietary guidelines. And apparently one of the new recommendations will encourage people to eat more vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains [...]
Small-screen lessons on weight obsessions
I know I’ve warned you many times before about the hazards of sitting too much…especially vegged out mindlessly in front of the TV with an endless supply of junk food within arm’s reach. But I [...]
Cash flow and diabetes control: An unfortunate correlation
Just a little over a month ago, I wrote about the widening gap in healthy vs. non-healthy food prices. Now, another study has come out that proves this sad theme true yet again. This study [...]
Stop counting calories
I know I share a lot of headlines and news stories coming from Europe. But there’s a good reason. I think they are light years ahead of us here in the U.S. when it comes to how much nonsense they [...]
A big fat myth … busted
I never thought I’d live to see the day, but last year the news finally came out: saturated fat isn’t bad for you. So now, the raging question has become: Should dietitians shift the long-held [...]
More weight = more cancer risk
Here we go again. A new study found that high body mass index (BMI) is to blame for nearly half a million cases of cancer each year worldwide. In other words, if you’re overweight, you’re more [...]
The WWII link to modern-day weight gain (and how to overcome it)
I’ve never argued the fact that some people are genetically pre-disposed to being overweight. What I have taken exception to is how easily some people throw in the towel and accept their [...]
The secret behind successful teen weight loss
As you know, childhood obesity is a topic I’m particularly passionate about, having been an overweight child and knowing the damage it does—both to the body and to the psyche. And some recent [...]