Olive oil is a major component of the healthy, balanced Mediterranean diet. And most people, including some health experts, assume extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is better than regular olive oil. [...]
Category: Mediterranean Diet
Skimping on these foods could kill you faster than eating the occasional fast food burger
Mainstream dietary experts love to tell you what NOT to eat. In fact, for decades they wrongly recommended: “Don’t eat foods with fat and cholesterol, like dairy, meat, and seafood.” Of course, [...]
Your diet at any stage in life DOES matter
There’s a new study making its rounds in the mainstream press—one that basically gave people a free pass to eat all the junk they want without having to worry about developing Alzheimer’s disease [...]
Be cautious of popular low-carb diets
Last March, U.S. health officials met to review and update the government’s new dietary guidelines and recommendations, which they’ll issue in 2020. And, for the first time ever, they reviewed [...]
Tips for staying active and healthy during the work day
As I reported yesterday, almost half of all Americans work “remotely” at least one day a week. But that figure also means plenty of folks still have to earn a living by leaving the house most [...]
REVEALED: The REAL cause of colon cancer (and it’s NOT what you think)
I recently read an insightful analysis on the colon cancer epidemic penned by a trio of Chinese doctors. The doctors reviewed 30 recent studies on the fourth leading cause of cancer in the U.S. [...]
Five foods every man should eat to avoid prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a huge worry for men. And rightly so—as one out of every nine men will be diagnosed with it at some point in their lives. Of course, those are the same numbers we see for women [...]
What you REALLY need to know about the “Great Fiber Debate”
Winston Churchill once said, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on.” That quip certainly reminds me of a new, major meta-analysis about the supposed [...]
A big pot of stew is exactly what THIS doctor ordered…
With the onset of the New Year, many of us have vowed to shed a few pounds…or renewed our commitment to eating healthier. In both cases, I recommend adopting a delicious Mediterranean-style diet, [...]
8 simple steps to defy the highest U.S. death rate in 100 years
Right before the holiday season started last November, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released some very grim statistics about rising mortality (death) rates in the U.S. In 2017, 2.8 [...]
