Real evidence that obesity isn't your fault

 I’ve often seen the health of patients change dramatically after they take a round of antibiotics. These new health challenges can run from incessant fatigue to bowel problems to weight gain. Who would have ever believed that antibiotics might help you to grow fat? Farmers have known it for years. And now, a new study says it’s true.

Farmers have known for decades that they can fatten up their animals with antibiotics. That’s why your meat has loads of antibiotics in it. (And it’s likely laced with antibiotic-resistant bugs as well). The majority of antibiotics sold in America today go to livestock, which might fatten them by as much as 15%.

Why men should eat chocolate too

 Move over women! It now looks like you aren’t the only ones who should be eating dark chocolate.

 Previous research has confirmed chocolate's vascular protective benefit for women. But a new study has found it confers benefits for men as well, as I had suggested it would.

This heart-helper can help your joints too

 Magnesium is a vital mineral for the prevention of heart disease, high blood pressure, insomnia, and a host of other problems. Nothing new there. But here’s something surprising. A new study shows that it also helps to protect your knees from arthritis.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina X-rayed the knees of 2,112 men and women. They found an amazing number of them, 36.7%, had X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis. Then they looked at how much magnesium they were getting in their diets. It turns out that those who were getting the least amount of magnesium were more than twice as likely to have arthritis in their knees.