Year: 2010

Every January, Americans renew their resolutions to fight the fat, battle the bulge, handle the love handles.  And yet, every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that our obesity rates are increasing. What’s wrong with this picture? We are either the very definition of insane –...

Americans spend billions on over-the-counter pills, drops, sprays and other concoctions to battle  runny noses, scratchy throats and nagging coughs.  (please share this with anyone who is sniffling!)  We have been told that Echinacea helps your immune system fight infections. However, the largest study of more than 700 adults and children...

More is not better. In fact, more makes it worse in the case of drug interactions.  (please share this with some Chronic Pill Taker you know) Think about it. How does one drug interact with a second drug inside your body? Hmm? You don’t know, and neither do the docs...

Remember the Erin Brockovich movie, with Julia Roberts? At issue was that Chromium 6 had gotten into the water supply and was causing rampant cancer. (please forward to anyone drinks tap water) It turns out that many cities have this in their tap water!! Read the entire study by the Environmental Working Group. When...

Need to open up a can of “Love Handles-B-Gone”? Well, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that becoming active at a young age, and then keeping it up, can indeed thwart your mid-life love handles!! Here’s what they did in this study Back in the...

The answer is YES, and here’s why.Mindless, distracted eating creates overconsumption. For years, people have noticed how (in healthy cultures) their focus on the food itself helps to improve both the quality (it goes up) and the quantity (it goes down) of the food consumed.  Now, researchers have found that...

Great research. Listen to this. (please share this with anyone who wonders why, oh why, can’t they lose weight!!)  A study published in the Journal of Physiology (you can read the study here) shows why it’s important to exercise in the morning. Not just in the morning … but before...

When it comes to your heart, we’re really good at treatment … but have a long way to go at prevention.  (please share this with anyone with a family history of heart disease) We have the best mechanics on Earth, who can unclog your pipes, tune up your valves,...

This is a pic of my car clock. No, I'm not coming home from a party; I'm not banished to the car for some marital reason; and I'm definitely not texting while driving. I'm the dad, right? So I get to pick up my daughter from a school trip...

You have got to try this buttermilk cornbread (recipe below) because it is so very incredibly awesome.  (please share this recipe with your family and friends!)  In our house, it is an event. When this puppy comes out of the oven, all golden and crispy on the outside …...

Every generation faces new challenges to keep their kids safe. We’ve done a great job educating ourselves and our kids about the hazards of cigarettes. But now, it seems they’ve traded that vice in for another.  (please share this with any parents you know)  (I’m talking about these in...

Dietary Supplements (a.k.a., “really expensive pee”) are so commonly spiked with ingredients that aren’t even on the label, that the FDA has put them on notice.  (please forward this to anyone who takes “really expensive pee”)   Here’s the problem. Over 300 cases of those supplements that you buy because...