I know I preach a lot about the importance of vitamin D. But it really is that necessary. And so are my constant lectures about it, considering how few people manage to maintain even acceptable [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Artificial genius
Here’s yet another “genius” announcement from two groups we would all do better without–the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA). [...]
Perhaps we should just call it Pharma-care
It’s fascinating to me that we have not heard much from the pharmaceutical industry in this fight about the Affordable Care Act. They are just sitting back and enjoying their billions of [...]
What goes up must come down…
Or rather, what goes up can come down. At least as far as the numbers on your scale are concerned. New research shows that you can forget what you might have heard about yo-yo diets ruining your [...]
Are your hands heart-stoppingly clean?
I’ve mentioned before that lathering up with antibacterial soap is probably the worst possible way to wash your hands. These chemical-laden cleaners do more harm than good for a couple of [...]
Yoga post-stroke shows benefit
I often talk about diet, nutrition, and exercise in this space. However, in my practice, I use a lot of different healing modalities that I often forget to tell you about. For instance, in the [...]
JUPITER just gets stupider
No, I’m not referring to the planet…though this latest study on statins is definitely “out there.” In case you don’t remember, the JUPITER trial was the [...]
Fowl play
Here we go again. Just when I thought the Great Egg Debate had ended for good, another half-baked study shows up to stir the pot one more time. This one comes from Canada’s Western [...]
It’s about time
I have been talking about this for months now. And at times have taken a lot of flak for my stance on this issue. But I am super happy with the outcome. New York City has passed the first U.S. [...]
‘Tis the Season to Be Snotty
Fall is here. And that means cold and flu season is back again. But you don’t have to roll the dice on a toxin-packed flu shot to make it to spring unscathed. And you don’t have to [...]