Today, the majority of Americans support full legalization of marijuana for recreational use, even though science shows it’s not safe. But who am I kidding? Since when has real science stood in [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Simple, inexpensive snack lowers cardiovascular death rate by 38 percent
If you want an easy way to lower your cardiovascular risk, just eat a handful of nuts each day. And it doesn’t just have to be expensive walnuts, almonds or cashews, as I’ll explain in a moment. [...]
Eat more butter to lower your heart disease risk
I don’t want to keep beating a dead horse–or cow. But I just have to keep coming back to the government’s recent admission that their decades-long advice to cut dietary fat and cholesterol [...]
Death rates surge among women in U.S.
The entry of a certain candidate into the 2016 presidential election will surely raise questions about gender equality all over again. But it seems all the recent shifts in social and economic [...]
Even New York Times exposes bad government health advice
Last fall, government health experts admitted their decades-long advice to cut fat from your diet was wrong. All wrong. Then, in February of this year, the government experts made another [...]
Top-10 risky surgeries to avoid as you get older
Surgery is the most invasive and riskiest of all therapies. And it takes a toll on the body–especially as you get older. In fact, in a new study published in the medical journal JAMA [...]
Multiple Sclerosis and multiple nutrient deficiencies
Last Tuesday, researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine presented new research showing a link between severe nutritional deficiencies and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The Hopkins researchers [...]
Two chemical sunscreen ingredients useless and dangerous
Many sunscreen products on the market today contain ineffective and harmful chemicals. Fortunately, late last year Congress passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA). According to the [...]
Statin scandal hits high note and a new low
I have been writing about the dangers of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for years and warning anyone who would listen. Of course, the problems with statin drugs–such as serious muscle [...]
Try these 4 tips for safe sun exposure
With the Spring Equinox now behind us, and the Summer Solstice ahead, you may feel ready to venture back outside and spend some time in the sun. As I often report, you need regular exposure to [...]