Here’s another reason to get your couch potato teenager away from the computer and out playing sports. According to a recent study, lack of physical fitness at age 18 is associated with an [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
Preventing pancreatitis
If you have diabetes, your risk of just about every other disease goes up. But one of the most unrecognized–but common–risks is a condition called pancreatitis. Your pancreas is the [...]
Big risks from a little ozone
Just two hours. That’s all it takes for air pollution to damage your heart. It’s a disturbing finding, published in the July issue of the journal Circulation. And researchers point to [...]
Healthy circulation without citrus
Citrus fruits are a good source of antioxidants called flavonoids. And a new study shows that a particular flavonoid in citrus fruits–called flavanones–can help women maintain healthy [...]
Saving billions of dollars and millions of lives
It must be the Olympics that have me in such an international frame of mind this week. So we might as well turn our attention to the city hosting the games this year. Because it’s not all [...]
An aspirin a day to keep diabetes away?
If you read the June issue of my newsletter, Logical Health Alternatives, you know how much I hate NSAIDs. They relieve pain by reducing inflammation. But they’re also the leading cause of [...]
Beating diabetes, one choice at a time
A friend of mine who does work in diabetes clinics in Africa several times a year recently told me that he was going to Qatar to do the same thing. I was surprised by this announcement. Not [...]
The secret in sunflower seeds that may increase your life span
Magnesium is the Rodney Dangerfield of minerals. One that doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Yet it’s critical for bones, nerves, the immune system, energy metabolism. And [...]
Rethinking America’s leading export
You would think the United States of America–the pillar of strength and virtue– would want to export things that improve the health and lifestyles of those less fortunate than we are. [...]
Get a leg up on foot ulcers
Of all the potential consequences and side effects of diabetes, one of the most common is also the most overlooked. I’m talking about foot ulcers. And a new study in the journal Diabetes [...]