I just read an article predicting that by the year 2018, spending on food away from home will exceed food at home for the first time. This saddens me on so many levels I don’t even know [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
No homework
Anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight has heard the advice to write down what you eat. If you’ve ever had a job taking inventory, it’s the same concept. Each and every item [...]
Bell peppers beat diabetes
They’re popping up at the farmers markets now–bell peppers in every shape and color. I love them all…. The colors alone are enough to draw me in. But peppers are also one of the [...]
Don’t skip the salad dressing
In yet another blow to the fat-free industry, recent research shows that using fat-rich salad dressings may help your body absorb even more nutrients from salad. So, once again, you can crave [...]
The “benign” drug that could kill you
I’ve always been suspicious of aspirin. I just don’t think it’s as benign as mainstream medicine wants us all to believe. In fact, I don’t think it would ever pass the [...]
The key to higher T
Listen up, guys. There’s new incentive to shed a few pounds. It might just give your testosterone levels a good swift kick in the right direction. This news comes from a study presented [...]
Any way you slice it
I am hoping that this latest study, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, puts to rest any lingering notion that a calorie is a calorie. In this study, [...]
Walking and weight training protect aging brain
There’s been some encouraging news emerging about dementia prevention recently. And according to four new studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference [...]
The dirty secret behind the “Clean Fifteen”
On Monday, I told you about how widespread pesticides are in the produce you get at the grocery store. Even after they’ve been washed, many of the common fruits and vegetables you eat every [...]
Blown away by berberine
I wrote about berberine in the January 2012 issue of my newsletter, Logical Health Alternatives. Scientists have found that this herb is a powerful nutrient that supports many aspects of your [...]