The Old Numbers Racket One way to keep a population unhealthy is to endlessly worry them about getting sick. For the last few decades, purveyors of cholesterol as the core of heart disease have created a medical industrial complex that has been hard to suppress. Now that complex is changing its spots again with new […]
Body Clock Fat (6/14/12)
Time and Your Body Times rule life. The information our bodies take in each instruct our body how to regenerate – day and night. Give the body the right information and it regenerates properly. These are simple propositions. So how does time of day affect health and regeneration? A lot. Body Clocks and Weight It’s […]
When sugar tastes bad (2/15/12)
Is All Sugar the Same? Sugar is just sugar, say the television ads. It doesn’t make any difference if it comes in the form of “natural” high fructose corn syrup or the sugar in a sweet potato or pear. The body treats it the same. Don’t believe those ads. Recent studies argue that high fructose […]
Going to the dogs – for your health (1/11/12)
Who Lives, Who Dies My internist cousin says he knows who will live and die among his older patients: those who own dogs. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provisionally agrees. They believe the data show that dog (and cat) ownership can lower: Blood pressure Feelings of loneliness Cholesterol and triglyceride levels While increasing – […]