Here’s a tip for all you women out there. Start stocking your fridge with berries. Because a new study shows it could quite literally save your life. Researchers followed 93,600 women between the [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Propaganda machine
Coca-Cola wants you to know something. It’s not responsible for fueling the national obesity crisis. And those soda machines they keep stocked in schools across the country? Well, [...]
Harm bill
I know I’m not the only one who hates the current U.S. Farm Bill. Why? Because among other things, it uses federal money to subsidize foods that are making us fat. Nowadays, the [...]
All you need is a miracle
I just love all the wisdom that comes out this time of the year about ‘keeping the weight off.’ Mostly because it’s so transparent. After all, where would the diet industry be [...]
Sensitivity training
Other doctors often wonder why I test every single one of my patients for food allergies and sensitivities. My answer? Because more often than not, the tests come back positive. Never before in [...]
Smile a little brighter
A new study shows that a sunny smile could save your little one a few scary trips to the dentist. Of course, I’m referring to vitamin D. And more specifically, to a recent review of over [...]
Cookie monster
If the idea of a healthy cookie seems like an oxymoron, that’s because, well… it is. But don’t expect that to stop the Girl Scouts from trying to sell you one–or rather, [...]
Death starch
My ideas about the right way to eat are hardly “fringe.” If you ask me, they’re just plain good sense. Yet somehow, high-carb diets still don’t get the kind of censure [...]
The facts behind Big Pharma’s latest “magic bullet”
Now that it’s the New Year, everyone will be clamoring to lose that weight. And wouldn’t you know? There’s a new drug on the market to help you do just that. Since so many turn [...]
Ray of hope
The shocking rise in the number of children diagnosed with autism in this country is a big concern of mine. I treat many children with this condition–usually quite [...]