Statins and Heart Failure: A Deadly Mix?
If you have been diagnosed with heart failure, statin drugs, which most cardiologists will prescribe to you if your cholesterol levels are not where they recommend, may need to be stopped.
Celebrity Album: Second Sibling Syndrome
Birth order and spacing may affect our looks more than we realize. Quite often, the most photogenic member of the family is the oldest, as seen in the celebrity sibling pairs shown here. While not a universal rule, this principle bears investigation.
What do all the healthiest diets have in common?
French Paradox, Mediterranean Diet, Okinawa Diet…Oh my! How do you chose? You don’t have to choose, you can enjoy them all. All authentic cuisines the world over include foods that belong to these four categories: Meat on the Bone Organ meats Fermented and sprouted foods Fresh, uncooked ingredients While most of my patients are aware of the importance of fresh foods, few people realize that we also need to include foods from the other three pillars. Here’s what you need to know about each: Meat on the Bone Cooking meat bone does two great things. 1) It enables the bone…
Health After Healthcare
Have you lost your job and your insurance? Or is your employer cutting back on your benefits? Protecting your health naturally is better than health insurance. Learn how!
Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and the Metabolic Vicious Cycle
Many people believe diabetes (type 2) is incurable if they have a family history. Learn how diet can cause diabetes or cure your diabetes.
The Natural Way To Prevent or Reverse Cancer
We used to think a single cell of cancer was a death sentence. New research shows how a healthy immune system can eradicate cancer cells.
Beyond Calories – How Food Affects Your Body
If you read Good Calories, Bad Calories, you know carb make you gain weight beyond the calories. Learn about another food with the same effect.
Bone Drugs Problematic
Drugs like Boniva, Fosomax, and Actonel increase bone density by keeping old, calcified bone around longer than normal and this is likely the reason these drugs are increasingly found to cause bone disease including fractures.
Perfect Health Is No Mystery
The healthiest diets all share four common food categories. And we call these categories the Four Pillars of World Cuisine. In the past, they were part of every successful human culture. This website explores the many benefits of those culinary traditions, and will help you learn to cook the same dishes and enjoy the same, delicious meals that the healthiest people on Earth all do.
Why Doctors Overprescribe
Your doctor may be too busy to read the articles. It’s always a good idea to research the drugs you take from a trusted website!
Pay for Performance
90 percent of insurance plans pay doctors to prescribe drugs to manage your health according to guidelines. Is that a good idea?
Does Every Diabetic Really Need A Cholesterol Pill?
An important study was stopped early, for reasons they don’t explain. What has me worried is that the study appears to have stopped just as the death rates rose
Cholesterol Pills For Kids – Stop The Madness!
I went for a job interview and was told that if I failed to get my patients LDL levels down to 100 (with drugs) “someone will sit down and talk with you.”
The Lipid Cycle
If you were told your “bad” cholesterol is high, before you change your diet, it’s useful to know that in reality cholesterol particles are neither “good” nor “bad.”
Why Grass-Fed Beef Better for All
Opt for grass-fed beef for its triple advantage – it provides an exceptional taste experience, nurtures your health with nutrient-rich content, and promotes the well-being of the animals by aligning with their natural diets. Let’s cherish every bite, knowing we’re making ethical, healthier choices.
Nutraceuticals
Supplement companies want you to belive the antioxidants, flavinoids, and other compounds they provide can only come from their pills. Nonsense.
Vegetable Oil Is Everywhere
Look for vegetable oils on every label. They promote inflammation starting in the gut and extending into the arteries, nervous system, and everywhere else.
Cooking Meat – Timing Is Everything
How you cook your steak makes the difference between having a healthy meal and you-may-as-well-be-eating-pink-slime.
