Published December 15, 2014

What you should be drinking if you need to lose weight

Weight gain in many people is a vicious cycle. The fatter they are, the more insulin resistance they have. And as their insulin resistance increases, their bodies compensate by making more insulin. But insulin blocks fat metabolism. So for people stuck in this cycle, the only way they are going to be successful at losing weight is to decrease their insulin levels. The easiest way to do that is to exercise and cut out carbohydrates. But there is another way. And I bet it's going to surprise you.

 

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Published December 12, 2014

Wouldn't it be great if flu shots really worked? It doesn’t, but this will....

I just saw one of our local pharmacies offering flu shots for $5! Wouldn't it be great if we could just go down there and for only $5 make sure we didn't get the flu? Of course, it would be great. But there's only one hitch to the plan. The shots don't work. They have to be one of the biggest health scams ever invented.

 

 

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Published December 10, 2014

Can coffee make the dreadful pain of gout go away?

A lot of people love their coffee. But a lot of nutritionists advise against it. They do that even though there are quite a few studies showing that the more coffee you drink, the less your chance of Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Now there's another reason to drink coffee. Recently researchers published some data that shows that the more coffee you drink, the lower your chances are of having a gout attack.

 

 

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