Got a blocked artery? Oops. Now what? You may have heard about docs using stents to open up the pipes, but there are two study-of-studies that don’t look good for this procedure. SYNTAX Study (New England Journal of Medicine) 1,800 patients. The arteries feeding blood to their heart muscle...

Of course it’s your genes. If you preferentially deposit fat on your hips rather than your belly, that is due to your genes. However, that you have the excess weight to begin with … that comes does to your behavior. What is significant is that the difference (apple or...

It is ten minutes after ten am on 10/10/10. Is this a sign pr just a sigh? Getting ready for my radio program at 11:00 this morning. Would love to hear from you guys: google WMNY, will Clower and you'll find the link to listen live while you're drinking...

I saw this headline and thought, “oh, neat, something showing how fat location (hips versus belly, pears versus apples) matters.” But this study is like a mediocre movie with a killer trailer advertisement. You get all psyched, but the body of work itself is pretty useless. Here’s what they...

The whole idea of forced exercise is unusual, and the French do NOT see this as a lifestyle choice. Playing tennis because you enjoy it? That’s a lifestyle. Kicking a soccer ball about, or cycling? Those are lifestyles. But the “forced march” approach of the gym, bust-a-gut mentality isn’t...

Supplements are having a hard time of it lately, and this is another indication of the errant nature of our pill-preferring culture. So. Here’s another pill bottle to clean out of your medicine cabinet, following research on the claims behind the most popular supplements prescribed for joint pain. Got...

The movie “Forks Over Knives” is like Mark Twain’s description of golf: A Good Walk, Spoiled. The documentary film starts from a great premise — eat real food and you can reverse many of the chronic diseases we see in our dismal culture of health. Love it. That said,...

I'm at the advance screening for the upcoming documentary, Forks Over Knives. It will be released in March of 2011. The picture is of the narrator who also has a book called the Engine 2 Diet. I hate being such a skeptic, and I really am willing to be...

The talk last night was great. There’s something that I really love about being in front of people and blathering away about the topics that I’m passionate about. In this case, you should have seen these wonderful people, who were all so laser-focused on making sure they can live...

I’m speaking this afternoon at the Cancer Survivorship Conference this afternoon. I love speaking because it’s like reaching people and making a difference for them. Of all the silly things I do in my day, that part is the aspect I love the most. You know what else is...

It’s funny how little things can take the wind out of you some times. I’m working with a wonderful organization, Magee Women’s Hospital (love them), to bring our program to cancer survivors, menopausal women, and bariatric patients. It’s a top-shelf, absolutely first class organization. But in our first attempt...

How do we get Americans to eat a Mediterranean style diet? Check out these new data showing (again) that this approach is associated with: 1. Reduction in all mortality 2. Lower cancer 3. Lower heart disease What do we have to do? We know this approach works, because we...