As cold weather starts to set in across most of the country, the falling temperatures can cause joint pain to rear its ugly head. Fortunately, a new study has found that you can significantly [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Quicker diagnoses for fibromyalgia may be hiding in your gut
More and more research suggests that the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome—the environment in your gut where billions of healthy bacteria thrive—is really ground zero for your health. And [...]
Slash your blood pressure in eight weeks by eating more marinara sauce
This fall, I told you about my journey to become independent of blood pressure medications altogether. I started the journey, appropriately enough, last Independence Day, on July 4th. There were [...]
“Meatless Monday” propaganda poses a real threat to public health
Politically correct health and nutrition “experts” and policymakers have never let the facts, reality, or science stand in the way of advancing their agendas to control human behavior. Instead, [...]
This holiday favorite protects against Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease
Nuts often make their way into family recipes around the holidays. Perhaps at your Thanksgiving feast last week, you sprinkled some chopped pecans on top of your sweet potato casserole…or added [...]
Fight inflammation with homemade pumpkin spice
When I was young, we would buy our pumpkins the day before Halloween. We carved one and kept the others fresh to enjoy around Thanksgiving. But nowadays, it can be slim pickings if you wait that [...]
5 tips to enjoy a happy and healthy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Most of us learned that the first Thanksgiving celebration occurred in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (My daughter got married right down the road from Plymouth last [...]
The tart Thanksgiving dish that can slash your diabetes risk
I talk a lot about the health benefits of blueberries. In fact, as I’ve mentioned before, they grow in the wild near our summer house in New England. Of course, at this time of year, it’s hard to [...]
Stop and embrace your family’s culinary traditions this Thanksgiving
All year long, I look forward to enjoying our traditional Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings. But this time of year can be especially difficult if you follow a restricted diet that [...]
Sweet potatoes could lower risk of this common cancer
Dermatologists seem to think the only way to protect yourself from skin cancer is to hide from the sun. That’s just unhealthy. And—as I often report—there’s much more to the story. In fact, a [...]
