An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away? The old addage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” has long been applied to aspirin. And on the surface it sounds like a not so bad idea. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, derived from the bark and leaves of willow trees. We use white willow bark […]
A friend of mine at work brought a recent study to my attention recently published in the Journal Diabetes Care. The investigators of this article obviously think so, titling it “Saturated Fat is More Metabolically Harmful for the Human Liver than Unsaturated Fat [1].” And old idea, with newer explanations The
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Many of us have epic tales of our battles in the arena of medicine. Working with different doctors trying to solve the enigmas that are our chronic health issues. Or maybe you’ve been convinced by different sources that doctors are simply cogs in the wheel of a greater machine and aren’t really interested in
Western medicine. Don’t toss out baby with the bath water. Read More »
Vitamin D supplements might not be doing what you think for your cardiovascular health! In fact, claims of change in certain cardiovascular risk factors derived from Vitamin D itself that you produce endogenously are likely overstated. A study just published in this month’s edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looked at how correcting Vitamin
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A systematic review of clinical trials looking at the impact of red meat intake on risk factors for cardiovascular disease was published in this month’s issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition [1]. Investigators found no statistically significant, nor clinically meaningful differences in blood pressure, Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol:HDL ratio.
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Should you pass on eating eggs because of TMAO? Another TMAO study appears in July’s edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Using the Nurses Health study cohort of over 120,000 individuals, higher intakes of phosphotidylcholine were associated with increased risk of death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, moreso in diabetics. Trimethylamine-N-oxide
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