Published August 18, 2010

Is high fructose corn syrup really harmless?

You may have seen a lot of ads on TV lately about high fructose corn syrup. Its makers are doing all they can to make you believe their swill is harmless. But don’t listen to the commercials. High fructose corn syrup really is a poison.

“Poison?” you ask. Yes. Anything that damages your body’s normal physiology is a poison. And a new study proves that high fructose corn syrup does indeed damage your body’s physiology. Worse, it makes you fat.

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Published August 13, 2010

Four-food combination lowers cholesterol better than statins

You won’t hear this from Big Pharma. A study on 34 subjects with high cholesterol found that all you need to do is eat four particular foods to bring your numbers down. These four foods will give you the same LDL-lowering ability as a statin. But they go one step further than the drugs.

The study found that just one gram of plant sterols, 21.4 grams of soy protein, 9.8 grams of soluble fibers, and 14 grams of almonds per 800 calories did the job. The authors conceded that this intervention could be a viable alternative to statin treatment, particularly the important small dense LDL particles, which carry the LDL risk.

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Published August 12, 2010

How to improve hair growth as you age

As we age, it’s not uncommon for us to lose our hair. Men typically lose more than women — at least it’s more obvious. But women often see thinning as well. There are plenty of products on the market claiming to restore your hair. However, none are as simple or effective as the one I’m about to reveal.

Hair grows in three phases. The catagen and telogen phases are resting phases. When the hair follicles are in these phases, they are getting ready for the anagen phase. This is the growth phase. There are two factors that determine the amount of time your hair remains in these various phases. They are your genetics and your age. The older you are, the less time your hair stays in the anagen phase, and the more time it stays in the resting phases.

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