The question is actually … which country walks LESS than us?? Not many, that’s for sure.  Adults in western Australia average 9,695 steps a day. The Swiss followed with 9,650, while the Japanese clocked in with 7,168 steps. But Americans straggled far behind with just 5,117 steps.The drive-not-walk mentality has...

Is it worth it? I don’t know. Let’s just run through the logic: 1. IF you take Hormone Replacement Therapy, you boost your chances of getting ovarian and breast cancer. Why would you do that? 2. NOW, we learn that IF you take HRT, the cancer you do get...

Whatever you do, DON’T shrink your brain!! Nearly 300 people in Pittsburgh kept track of how much they walked each week. After nine years of this, scientists took brain scans to measure their brain volume. After four more years, they tested to see if anyone in the study had...

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...