Last month I warned you about the extreme dangers of extreme exercise. I described a study that followed 52,000 competitive cross-country skiers over many decades. Much to their surprise, [...]
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President Taft’s four weight-loss “secrets”
A little more than 100 years ago, President William Howard Taft had a picnic lunch by the ocean, right across the street from where I am writing now on Loblolly Cove, north of Boston. From the [...]
The surprising gene that affects your “taste” for broccoli
I don’t often write about “super foods” because a truly healthy diet incorporates a variety of foods. Not just one type of food…even if it is “super.” With that said, broccoli definitely deserves [...]
Vitamin D deficiency detected for MS mystery
Multiple sclerosis (MS) remains shrouded in mystery to most mainstream medical experts. Some say it’s a genetic disease. Others say a virus causes it. And I’ll never forget one particularly wacky [...]
Days of the living dead
In the hallowed halls of the Capitol this Halloween, you may see a few of the “walking dead.” Sure, in reality, they are merely senators, representatives, and government officials. But today, [...]
How did Americans banish the pumpkin from the cooking pot?
In America, we are particularly fond of Halloween. But long before Halloween turned into the $6.9 billion holiday it is today, pumpkins were already synonymous with the autumn harvest…and the [...]
Pumpkins make history
It’s Halloween week. And all across America, you see pumpkins, carved or whole, sitting on front porches, stoops and fence posts as decoration. But they weren’t always relegated to the front [...]
Control constipation and digestion naturally
I recently received this question from a Daily Dispatch reader who suffers from constipation and chronic indigestion. She wrote: Q: I always have problems with my stomach. After food intake, it [...]
Can cleanliness contribute to Alzheimer’s?
Over the centuries, our lives and communities have become much more hygienic. And that’s mostly a good thing. But according to scientists at the Biological Anthropology Laboratory at Cambridge [...]
Another overlooked need for B vitamins
In a new study from Australia, researchers found an “association” between the diabetes drug Metformin and cognitive impairment. Specifically, they discovered that Type II diabetics who take [...]