Don’t drink your calories. My doctor gave me that simple advice years ago, and while I didn’t understand exactly why that was such sage advice as the time, it sounded like good common sense. Now, I find that advice makes more and more sense with each passing year. Especially since we’ve seen so many studies […]
A few days ago, three ghosts showed up in my health news feed. The “Ghost of Antibiotic Crisis Future” materialized as a University of Texas (UT) press release to explain how Columbia recently fell into a deadly “antibiotic resistance epidemic.” This is yet another five-alarm wake up call to the entire world. It’s a frightening […]
Arthritis is of the most dreaded diseases associated with aging. However, you might be able to easily avoid it, just by adding a generous amount of one critical nutrient to your diet. Imagine the millions of people suffering the nagging aches and pains of arthritis who would love nothing more than to turn back the […]
Dry mouth might not seem like a serious health risk at first. However, when it becomes chronic, it has the potential to turn into a full-fledged medical condition called xerostomia. And the repercussions range from annoying to life-threatening. That’s no exaggeration. When you see “dry mouth” in the list of a drug’s “most common” side […]
If you’ve been thinking about losing weight, it’s important to start with really simple changes to kick things off on the right foot. What if I told you there’s one easy action you can take — starting today — to ensures any weight you lose stays off? Sounds pretty good, right? And what if I […]
Next time your stomach rumbles and you’re ready to reach for a snack, consider this recommendation from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)… Enjoy a handful of nuts. And even more so, enjoy the fact that you’ve just given your cardiovascular health a major boost. As you probably know, there’s no shortage […]
The silliest comment I’ve ever seen anyone make about multivitamins and dietary supplements is this: They just give you expensive urine. Twenty-five years ago, Time magazine quoted a nutritionist who coined that zinger, and it stuck. Supplement naysayers have been repeating it like parrots ever since. The funny thing is, although this phrase aims to […]
I’ve been saying for years that soy is not a health food. And I’m not the first one to make this assertion, either. I learned it years ago from the many alternative health practitioners who were pointing out the obvious while, of course, being ignored by mainstream media. But now, to my surprise, we’re apparently […]
Over the past 20 years, scientists have come to view inflammation as the determined enabler of disease and dysfunction. Two new studies show what a significant disrupting effect inflammation can have on the critical command centers of the body: the brain and the gut. These disruptions can wreak havoc on the aging process, but the […]
What do men want? That’s easy. Men want to be men. They want to feel virile, powerful, and macho. It’s not always pretty, but like it or not, that’s their nature. So when men sense that their connection to their masculinity is beginning to slip as they age, it’s no small thing. It’s a true […]