I don’t have to tell you that sitting all day is bad for your health. Past research revealed sitting for prolonged periods can lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes as well as increased risk of death from all causes.1 People who work in occupations where they have to stand a [...]
As the COVID-19 virus spreads around the globe, it’s clear the virus is way more dangerous for older people and folks with underlying health conditions. However, there's another group whose lives are in danger from this virus that we’re not hearing about. Men. When men contract COVID-19 they are much [...]
While most people think of the act of stretching as something athletes do to loosen their muscles before a game or a workout, research into stretching now shows it can do a lot more than that. A few minutes of stretching each day has the potential to dramatically improve your [...]
The official “government” advice to somebody who comes down with COVID but isn’t having any serious symptoms, is to go home, rest up and basically wait to see what happens.1 That sounds ill-advised to me – to put it mildly. And Dr. Peter McCullough, vice chair of internal medicine at [...]
About 100 years ago, a health writer named Horace Fletcher popularized a system of slow eating that became known as Fletcherism. Mr. Fletcher believed that consciously chewing slowly and very, very thoroughly before swallowing your food leads to better health and absorption of nutrients. I’ve heard this many times, from [...]
If you’ve struggled with high blood pressure, then you know your first line of defense is your diet, but for obvious reasons it can be hard. And for many people it simply doesn’t work. Now, a first-of-its-kind study has revealed a new way to reduce high blood pressure through nutrition. [...]
The health benefits of green tea are widely known, but coffee? Not so much. Now exciting new research from Japan shows both popular beverages can benefit people with diabetes in life-saving ways. So grab a cup of tea or coffee and let’s dig into these fascinating findings. For many years, [...]
We know coronavirus attacks the lungs. So why do up to half of hospitalized patients have neurological symptoms such as dizziness, delirium, seizures and strokes? Why do one in five hospitalized patients have damaged hearts when they never had cardiac issues before? What explains dry cough and fatigue, two of [...]
A colleague of mine is mad for hot sauce. Any time I meet him for a bite to eat or visit his office, there’s always a bottle of hot sauce nearby. Sure, he enjoys spicy fare, but there’s more to it than that. My friend, like me, scours the latest [...]
Since COVID-19 reared its ugly head months ago, scientists and medical experts have been working hard to determine the factors that predispose people to this new and sometimes deadly virus. From obesity and diabetes to high blood pressure, we’ve covered many of these suspected risk factors in this newsletter. We’ve [...]
