Studies show “light therapy” can help a variety of health problems, including Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), depression, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia. Of course, the best “light therapy” [...]
Month: April 2015
My surprisingly simple advice about salt and heart disease
This week, I reported on some emerging science that should finally crush the old myths about fat and heart disease. But there’s one topic about heart health I haven’t touched much on this week: [...]
Low amounts of key vitamin could lead to heart disease
My colleague Dr. Kilmer McCully discovered that high homocysteine, caused by low B vitamin intake, is one of the very real causes of heart disease. But the cholesterol cartel silenced and exiled [...]
Five simple steps to prevent heart disease
Yesterday, I told you how the U.S. government based its long-lived war against fat on a big, fat medical myth. In fact, at the time the government declared war on fat 40 years ago, not one [...]
Health experts cling to busted “low-fat” myth
The word is out. The U.S. government’s long-standing advice to avoid dietary fat is complete bunk. Dietary fat isn’t the culprit behind heart disease. And we’ve had this clear evidence for a very [...]
Oops–government’s vitamin D calculations off by factor of 10!
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends adult men and women up to age 70 take in 600 IU daily of vitamin D. But mounds of research show you need 5,000 to 10,000 IU of this essential nutrient [...]
Diabetes specialists “debate” the utterly obvious
A group of Type II diabetes specialists recently held a conference in London to debate whether or not they should propose reductions in sugar intake. This conference illustrates the kind of [...]
URGENT Health Alert: Popular allergy drugs skyrocket dementia risk by more than 50%
With the Spring allergy season upon us again, there is some important news you need to know. A large new study provides the strongest evidence yet that popular over-the-counter allergy drugs like [...]
The brain-boosting, creativity-inspiring benefits hiding inside America’s favorite ballpark beverage
This month marks Opening Day for Major League baseball teams. And no trip to the ballpark is complete without the constant refrain of “Beer here!” from stadium vendors. Indeed, beer has become [...]
Take out that hearing aid! New research shows 5 safe, simple nutrients can help reverse hearing loss
Our aging population and increasingly noisy environment means that hearing loss is all too common these days. In fact, hearing problems have become a major health issue, affecting about 48 [...]