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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Published September 17, 2009

Swine flu vaccine — it may be deadly

I guess I’ve been around too long. I remember the swine flu “epidemic” of 1976. I had been practicing medicine for three years then. According to some of the infectious disease experts of the time, the swine virus was so dangerous that they were able to convince the United States Congress to pay for vaccines for every citizen to prevent the “deadly” disease. About 25% of all Americans bought the idea. The results?

Twenty five people died because of the vaccine. One person died because of the virus.

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Published September 16, 2009

What to take with vitamins to fight osteoporosis even better

I’ve had awesome results treating osteoporosis with diet and supplements. I’ve told you about these treatments in the past. (You can see these past issues on my website.) Now I have yet more wonderful news. There’s a simple and cheap way to treat osteoporosis that could make my diet and supplement recommendations even more effective.

We’ve known for some time that osteoporosis has a link to inflammation. In fact, a recent study confirmed what I’ve said for years. It showed that vitamin C (1,000 mg daily) and vitamin E (600 mg daily) can reduce inflammation and stop osteoporosis! The participants took the vitamins for six months. The researchers found the vitamins protected their bones as effectively as resistance training (three times per week). Lumbar spine bone loss essentially halted. The supplements worked as well as resistance training. And combining them did not add to the effectiveness.

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