Tuesday, April 16th is National Health Care Decision Day. Do you have your advanced directive? If not, now is the time! You never know what will happen and this is the only want to ensure your wishes are carried out if something were to happen to you. Here are a few resources: Newspaper article on... Continue Reading →
180,000 Deaths in a Bottle
An early release of a study on deaths associated to consumption of sugary drinks has suggested that over 180,000 deaths are occurring each year due to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Many news sites are covering this, so here are a few places you can read more about it: Forbes, Bloomberg, and CNN. Be sure to keep in... Continue Reading →
Artificial Pancreas??
It looks like researchers are getting ever closer to finding an effective treatment for type 1 diabetes. A small study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at the use of an artificial pancreas in a small group of campers. They found that when the campers used the artificial pancreas they had fewer low blood... Continue Reading →
Over the past 60 years men have begun working less labor-intensive jobs and women started working outside of the home. The result? Well, one is bigger waistlines. This study by the Arnold School of Public Health in South Carolina found that women are doing significantly less housework than in the past and argues this is... Continue Reading →
Clean House
To supplement or not to supplement?
Dr. Zorba Paster, physician at Dena Health in Madison, WI and host of the nationally broadcasted show, "On your Health" recently published an article in the Wisconsin State Journal looking at the "dark side" of supplements. Check it out!
Gluten Free Pantry List and Helpful Blog!
Have you recently started eating gluten-free? Finding out you have celiac disease or gluten intolerance makes many people feel completely lost. All of the foods that are ingrained (no pun intended) in our culture seem to contain gluten, so many people following a traditional American diet feel like there is nothing they can eat. This couldn't be... Continue Reading →
Sweetened Drinks Linked to Depression in U.S. Soda Study – Bloomberg
Sweetened Drinks Linked to Depression in U.S. Soda Study - Bloomberg.
Poll: Few Americans know all the risks of obesity
Poll: Few Americans know all the risks of obesity - Washington Times.
Eating egg yolks the same as smoking?
That's what the authors of a recent study published online in the journal Atherosclerosis suggest. The LA Times ran an article yesterday. At first glance that article made me think twice about the morning egg scrambler* I was about to make. After reading the full-text of the original article, the fear subsided and I went... Continue Reading →
Celiac Disease 4x More Common than 50 Years ago
That is right...a new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that Celiac Disease is 4x more common now than 50 years ago. When you hear statistics like this you must remember that it is hard to say if it is more common, or if more people are being diagnosed. Either way, the prevalence of people... Continue Reading →
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