Category: Articles

Swine flu. Yes, definitely heard of it. But, what is it, really? Should I be worried, really? Dr. Charles Ericsson gives this primer — everything you needed to know — about the swine flu outbreak. It turns out that we have come a long way since the last incident....

Eat less salt, lower your risk of heart failure. We know this, but are often not coached very well on how to achieve it. For example, in this research report, researchers found that patients THINK they are lowering their salt by having a few less shakes on their food...

Yawn. Ho-hum. Here it is again. Another study to confirm that the Mediterranean diet basically rules. Now the Archives of Internal Medicine weighs in to show that the Mediterranean diet “is the only dietary pattern associated with a lower risk for heart disease.” Faux foods, on the other hand,...

We have it on good authority …. The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is calling for a new era of beverage formulation. We need less sugar in our drinks. Why didn’t we know this already? Just asking. Harvard has called for beverages to have less than 1 gram...

Plastic containers can leech a chemical called Bisphenol A (BPA) into your foods and drinks. This is particularly true if you warm up your food while it’s still in the plastic. The amount of leeching is proprotional to the temperature it is kept at. Also, foods with some acidity...

If you could bottle laughter, and prescribe it to patients, you would make a gazillion dollars. According to this report, laughing (basically) gets rid bad chemicals and encourages good ones. Dr. Lee Berk, at the Oak Crest Health Research Institute in Loma Linda, assigned 20 adults with type 2...

Guess which diet got the best ranking? According to this report by WebMD, it’s the Mediterranean Diet. Study Shows Mediterranean Diet Lowers Heart Disease Risk; Western Diet Gets Poor MarksResearchers evaluated more than 50 years of research on diet and heart disease and found those that follow a Mediterranean...

The polyphenol-rich pomegranate may reduce inflammation, and lower your risk of chronic disease. This is the conclusion of this new study from the Journal of Inflammation. Read the report here. This is great and all, but keep your feet on the ground. Don’t run out and buy Pom pills,...

Sports drinks, by definition, are marketed to sportsy people, and those who have aspirations to be sportsy people. Concerns are being raised, however, regarding this assumption — because of their high sugar content, and dyes that give them their multiple Day-Glo color palate. This article reports on research (from...

Tea is good for you. The chatechins and other anti-oxidants are obviously important for your health. But something like tea can sit on the shelf for a long, long time before it makes it into your cup. How does that change the health properties … if at all?? This...

Eating a vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest ways to go. But this article suggests that there may be some concerns you should watch out for, especially for your teenagers. According to this work in the April issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, twice as...

Patients receiving optimal drug therapy after suffering a heart attack do not gain any additional benefit from taking supplemental omega-3 fatty acids. That conclusion is according to this new study, in which almost 4,000 people who suffered heart attacks took Omega-3 supplements. Researchers wanted to see whether this pill...