Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not protect against dementia or cognitive decline but substantially increases the risk of dementia of any cause and cognitive decline.... Read More
Eat Nuts and Improve Your Heart Health
The high-fat content of nuts may give you some pause. Still, nuts are excellent sources of both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Nuts are also low in unhealthy saturated fats. This combination enhances heart health, with the former fats lowering so-called bad LDL cholesterol.... Read More
Is Intermittent Fasting Good for Weight Loss?
Here are some selected examples of fasting events: Lent in Christianity; Yom Kippur, Tisha B’av, Fast of Esther, Tzom Gedalia, the Seventeenth of Tamuz, and the Tenth of Tevet in Judaism. Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, and sex during the entire daytime for one month, Ramadan, every year.... Read More
Cancer Mortality is Decreasing
For women, death rates dropped for 14 out of the 20 most common cancers. The mortality rates rose for uterus, liver, and bile duct (the kind within the liver) cancers.... Read More
How Mindfulness Changes Your Brain
How mindfulness changes your brain. Meditation may reduce your perceived stress levels and appears to change brain regions associated with emotion regulation. This is the conclusion of research based on modern... Read More
Why All of Us Should Do This Exercise
A new study shows us that walking for a certain amount of time weekly adds years to our lives by reducing numerous health risks. Let’s look at how long you and I should be strolling to reap the benefits. We get new insights from a study recently published in the American Heart Association Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference.... Read More
Microbiome! The Surprising Role of Your Gut in Weight Loss
Microbiome organisms are beneficial colonizers of our bodies. When something in the microbiome ecosystem goes awry, we are more likely to see autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and muscular dystrophy. Might we someday use psychobiotics, given an increasing recognition of the influence of our gut microbiome on how we feel, think, and act?... Read More
Does Vitamin E Reduce Chronic Disease Risk?
Today we look at the efficacy of vitamin E. While the piece is lengthy, for me, it reinforced some of the perils of supplementation with vitamins. Many have an interest in vitamin E because of its distinct antioxidant properties. While there are eight forms of the vitamin in nature, humans only need alpha-tocopherol, and it’s this form that is available in supplements.... Read More