Year: 2011

On my radio program today (wmny http://www.wmnyradio.com/business_of_health.aspx, Saturdays at noon), I’m talking with Dr Pieter Cohen about the HCG diet. It is amazing what people will do to themselves, and what they will believe, to lose weight. HCG is a pregnancy placenta hormone Human chorionic gonadotropin or human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) is a pregnancy hormone...

Weight gain increases with added sugars intake, data suggests Trends in weight gain have paralleled trends in intake of added sugars, according to a review of 27 years of Minnesota Heart Survey data presented at an American Heart Association (AHA) event. The researchers, from the University of Minnesota in...

We are eating more fish than ever. But it’s confusing, too, with SOME reports telling how heart-healthy they are … and OTHER reports telling you how this “Chicken of the Sea” harbors the PCB pesticides that are  absolutely terrible for you!! How are we supposed to know?? Even though this interview (below)...

Will taking multivitamins protect you from dying of cancer or heart disease? The answer is no, according to new research. In a study of more than 180,000 people, scientists saw the same number of deaths from cancer and heart disease among multivitamin-takers and those who did not take the...

I read the Reuters headline in shock: WHO warns of “serious” food radiation in disaster-hit Japan This is a level-headed news source, not prone to the kind of deceptive sensationalism you see on other outlets that over-hype everything (Huffington Post is an unfortunate one).  But in this case, about...

The Mediterranean diet has been in the news a lot lately, and now our mainstream health stake-holders are weighing in on the plan. Below is a brief summary put together by this group.  Bottom line?  The Mediterranean diet is a heart-healthy eating plan combining elements of Mediterranean-style cooking. Here’s...

Let’s just say that you have a hand full of sugar and synthetic dyes. This, of course, is awful for your health. Don’t eat that.  But then, what if you dissolved a multi-vitamin in it (which, on its own, abstracted from the context of food, does little to boost...

The Atkins diet was always good for a few quick pounds of weight loss. But the phrase, “I’d die to lose weight” may be (unfortunately) more applicable here that you want to believe.  Now you have to add “bad for your colon” to “bad for your kidney” and “bad...

What kind of activity is BEST, for recharging your brain?  According to a new study, your brain’s batteries get juiced back up during the light, dreamless slumber that accounts for up to half of your night’s sleep. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley conducted tests on 44 healthy...

I did this piece this morning on KDKA-TV, it was fun to talk about beer, food, and the crazy things that are in our food products!! You are going to cringe when you hear what’s in Green Beer!! For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website....

Try the “blood type” theory or the “low carb” theory or the “eat every three hours” theory or the “food combining” theory … and hope hope hope that it will turn out to work! Good luck with that. Alternatively, you could just do what healthy people do. If you do...

I love polenta … in writing this article, I noticed that the word ‘polenta’ wasn’t even in my spell-checker!! How can that BE?  To listen to this conversation live, click here. Show time is Saturday, 12-1pm EST, call in to chat with me: 412.333.1360 Polenta is awesome, dirt-simple to make...