Published September 24, 2009

Deadly swine flu vaccine doesn’t work — but this does

I showed you last week how deadly the swine flu vaccine can be. Compared to the virus itself, the vaccine may cause significantly more problems. What’s more, the vaccine probably won’t even work. Just like regular flu vaccines regularly fail to work, the swine flu vaccine is trying to hit a moving target. Let me explain.

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal shows how ineffective flu vaccines are in general. Dr. Tom Jefferson, coordinator of the Cochrane Vaccines Field in Rome, Italy, conducted an extensive review of all of the previous studies on the effectiveness of flu vaccines.

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Published September 23, 2009

Sweeten your heart-healthy diet —
and lower your cholesterol even more

As you may know, I talk a lot about diet as the best fix for most health problems, especially heart disease. However, one of the complaints I get from people is that they’re tired of their “bland” diet. Well, how would you like to sweeten your heart-healthy diet and lower your cholesterol at the same time?

You really can do it. All you have to do is add more berries to your diet — strawberries in particular.

Researchers conducted a one-month study on 28 subjects with high lipids. For an average of two-and-a-half years, all of the participants ate a “low cholesterol diet” (soy, viscous fiber, plant sterols, and nuts). Then, for one month, the researchers had them eat either strawberries (one pound per day) or oat bran bread.

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Published September 18, 2009

Sweeten your heart-healthy diet — and lower your cholesterol even more

As you may know, I talk a lot about diet as the best fix for most health problems, especially heart disease. However, one of the complaints I get from people is that they’re tired of their “bland” diet. Well, how would you like to sweeten your heart-healthy diet and lower your cholesterol at the same time?

Sweeten your heart-healthy diet — and lower your cholesterol even more

As you may know, I talk a lot about diet as the best fix for most health problems, especially heart disease. However, one of the complaints I get from people is that they’re tired of their “bland” diet. Well, how would you like to sweeten your heart-healthy diet and lower your cholesterol at the same time?

You really can do it. All you have to do is add more berries to your diet — strawberries in particular.

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