As much as I talk about supplements in this space, I don’t think I’ve ever talked about spirulina before. But in light of the new study I came across recently, I’d say that now [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Finally… a real brain breakthrough
I’m not sure if I mentioned this trial before. But if so, it’s definitely worth mentioning again. Researchers just wrapped up the second phase of research into a nutrient formulation [...]
Smooth operator
There’s a reason resveratrol is practically a household name. Actually, make that thousands of published, peer-reviewed reasons. So how about one more? Researchers gave a group of 28 obese [...]
Frozen assets
While we’re on the subject of cancer prevention, here’s a good way not to get results: eating frozen broccoli. As you might remember, broccoli is the granddaddy of all [...]
Fitness buffer
If this doesn’t get you to the gym, I don’t know what will. According to a new study of more than 17,000 men, cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) offers a good indication of cancer [...]
Blood pressure blunders
Looking back at this era of medicine 100 years from now is going to be very interesting. Because the fact is, we know way less about how to treat people than we think we do. We just assume [...]
From darkness to light
It’s a classic chicken-or-the-egg scenario. We’ve known for a while that obesity is linked to low vitamin D–and that boosting intake of this vital nutrient can help to cut [...]
Low testosterone and type 2 diabetes
I’ve been testing testosterone levels in all of my patients–both male and female–for years. Believe it or not, until recently, most testosterone prescriptions were written for [...]
NSAIDs kill more than just pain
Remember Vioxx? Maybe that’s a silly question. Really, how could anyone forget? Merck pulled this popular prescription painkiller from the market over a decade ago. Why? Because it was [...]
Beyond skin deep
If you don’t have psoriasis, count yourself lucky. The painful, itchy, flaking skin that accompanies even mild cases make it one of the more maddening chronic diagnoses you can deal with. [...]