If you want to lose weight, you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. (At least, not literally.) But according to one new study, a daily dose of fish oil could offer the next best thing. As [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Moody snooze
Remember a few weeks ago when I talked about the many uses of melatonin? (Outside the box-spring, 5/2/13) Well recently, I learned about another surprising benefit of this popular natural sleep [...]
Fight cancer by improving diet
Take control Here’s some “groundbreaking” news just in from the American Cancer Society: The United States still needs lots of cancer prevention. That’s the conclusion of [...]
Green conundrum
So much nutrition and health gospel spreads through word of mouth. Often, these truths are simply based on conjecture and “common” knowledge. Which means that, in fact, they may not [...]
Move over, milk
If you’ve been a reader of mine for a while, you know how I feel about milk. Simply put, kids don’t need it. It’s loaded with sugar. It’s not even their best source of [...]
Less is more than nothing
I often ask my patients to make huge changes to their habits. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all. I feel most people, given enough support, can make really big changes like [...]
Heart dog
For once, the American Heart Association is actually saying something I agree with. The AHA released this rare gem of a statement a couple of weeks ago now. In it, they assert that pet ownership [...]
Star power
Did you really think I was going to let Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement go by without mentioning it? Of course I wasn’t. This news has been everywhere. But just in case [...]
Prebiotic prevention
I sing the praise of probiotics all the time. These good bacteria nourish your gut–and in doing so, they fight disease from what is arguably the epicenter of your body’s health. But [...]
Physician, heal thyself
News flash: According to a recent report, physically fit doctors who practice what they preach are more likely to urge their patients to take up regular exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle. [...]