It’s been a killer mosquito season. Literally. I doubt anyone’s missed the panicked headlines. West Nile virus–an infection spread through the bites of infected [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Big Pharma turns Big Brother
It’s beginning to look a lot like 1984 out there–and I don’t mean punk rock hair and body piercings. You see, it appears Big Brother isn’t just a reality TV show anymore. [...]
A toast to stronger bones
A new study shows that having a drink now and then might just be the key to preventing osteoporosis. Oregon State University researchers studied 40 women who were in their early years of [...]
Sneaking Selenium into Your Diet
Selenium is one of those “sleeper” nutrients that you don’t hear much about. But it’s critical to good health. There’s been some impressive research supporting [...]
Critical carb news for women
This is one bit of information that every woman in America needs to know about. A new study suggests that eating carbohydrates increases the risk of breast cancer. The findings, from a study of [...]
Skip the shortcuts
If you’ve been reading my Reality Health Check for a while, you know that I get livid about soft drinks and artificial sweeteners. School lunch programs that claim pizza qualifies as a [...]
Fake butter linked to Alzheimer’s
I’ve always recommended eating real butter. Even when the chemical “geniuses” came up with so-called “healthy” spreads. Mainly, it’s because any artificial [...]
It may not be a magic bullet, but…
We’ve known for a while that curcumin can fight inflammation and help repair oxidative damage to cells. But it may also be the newest breakthrough in diabetes care, too. According to a [...]
Reality behind the organic headlines
I can’t believe the giant disservice Stanford University did when they released the food news story “heard round the world.” According to their press release and mainstream news [...]
Your 15 minutes
Yesterday I told you how important exercise is. And how it can save your life if you’ve got diabetes. But I’ve also written recently about how few doctors ever recommend exercise to [...]