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In early 2007, Nicholas Genes interviewed me for Medscape about blogging, which not all physicians have taken to eagerly. He writes well and started Grand Rounds: read his blogborygmi. He asked:
“Dr. Genes: Do you ever run into trouble when you…
Eating Out Is Expensive…Get More at Home
The rising cost of food is no secret to restaurateurs, and to anyone who eats out often. Or who shops for food.
Food costs more considering of oil prices, ethanol subsidies, the weak U.S. dollar and heavy marketing. We’re not getting more, but we could be. We could be getting better quality, m…
Why Some Fats assemble You Feel Full and Others invent You Hungrier
Americans still have an obsession with fat in food, but like most obsessions, it obscures the food we need to eat and enjoy. And some of it is downright fatty.
Most of us think there are really only two types of fat: solid and liquid. Or whether you like, saturated and unsaturated, with trans thr…
If You Have Heart Disease, Here is How You Should Be Eating
Most public with heart disease don’t know how to eat after a heart attack. But you can.
A well-done study from UMass followed 555 patients one year after their angiogram after their heart attack.
They were overweight (average BMI of 30, about 30 pounds over), averaged 61 years old and were…
2008: The Year of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is cheap, easy to take, has no side effects apart from in very high doses, and most of the U.S. is deficient. And it’s costing us hip fractures, muscle strength, common cancers and autoimmune system function. 1 billion society worldwide are deficient.
About 50 percent of patients wit…
How Is Childhood Obesity Like Climate Change?
Both childhood obesity and climate change are early warning signs.
Childhood obesity warns of heart disease: in teens.
You know that schools have been invaded by fast food franchises, seduced by the sweetness of an easy dollar.
What’s new is that that seduction has a price—and the…
Kelly Ripa says to use tight jeans as a pushup bra for your booty
I just finished reading a feature on Kelly Ripa in Fitness magazine. The focus of the scoop is on Kelly’s new fit body and her favorite workouts. But of course, when it comes to Ripa, we can always expect the unexpected.
Kelly says she wears jeans that are very tight in the butt, considering they…
Who is Responsible For How Much You Eat? What Chefs Think.
Can diner obesity be predicted? And whether so, do chefs have anything to do with it?
A new survey of executive chefsattending culinary conferences (which means their cooks are back at the ranch, cooking) shows that most chefs serve large portions considering customers want them, and perceive bet…
Top Recommendation for Preventing Cancer
…based on 7000 studies, objectively reviewed and published online.
49 percent of Americans believe it to be impossible or highly unlikely to prevent cancer.
But risk isn’t fate.
The top conclusion: Excess body fat increases risk for prostate, breast, ovarian, colorectal and many other c…
Is Quercetin the Next Big Thing? Or, Will An Apple Skin a Day Keep the Doctor absent?
In the dietary supplement world, they’re always looking for the next big thing. Which is often found in food: specifically for quercetin, in onions, apples, tea and berries.
And generally, food is better than the supplement.
But once in a while, a supplement seems to be effective, and work …
Why It Is So Confusing to Eat Right: the Case of Prostate Cancer and Milk.
It’s no wonder folks are confused about how to get what’s healthy on their plates.
certain, most public know
*fruits/vegetables/beans/whole grains, good
*Snicker Salad/deep-fried pickles/energy drinks and soda, not good
But after that, thereupon what? Take dairy, for example.
It’…
Qualifying for Weight Loss Without Regain*
“Weight loss programs have dismal success rates. Eleven pounds is the average lost after a year in a counseling based weight loss program. Yet dieting is the recommended strategy of most programs.
After two years, 83 percent of participants have gained back increasingly than they lost.
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