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The Good In its September 2016 magazine, Consumer Reports has an extensive review of dietary supplements. They present a very good history of the supplement industry, which got its impetus from Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, and his…
WGBH Frontline Slams Supplements There are many ongoing controversies about the use of supplements and their effects on people’s health. The supplement industry in the United States could best be described as a bazaar with various companies hawking their…
Safe Supplementation of Vitamin D This study, which recommends people to consume three times more vitamin D than the Institute recommended in 1997, also concludes that consuming more vitamin D could be hazardous. The flaw in the report is its…
Proper Doses of Testosterone Reduces Heart Attack Risk A new Veteran’s Administration study looked at records of 83,000 men, average age 66, with no evidence of heart disease or stroke and low total testosterone (TT) at the beginning…
The benefits of flaxseed have been described for decades. Flaxseed has a very hard husk and contains several oils. If you eat flaxseeds whole, they will pass through undigested. In practice, the seed is crushed and the oil is harvested.…
The “Hollywood Heart Attack” – sudden, intense, left shoulder and arm pain, crushing chest pain, nausea, sweating and collapse – is ingrained into the American psyche. It is the most memorable presentation, but the majority of heart attacks, in both men…
After the enthusiastic response to my oatmeal recipe, I thought I should counter with a breakfast warning. Most of you have been deafened with recommendations to “eat fruits and vegetables,” however not all fruits and vegetables are equal. Here is…
How to Make it Through Sinus Season – 2015 Update Dr. Katz In addition to the instructions below which will help you with keeping your sinuses healthy throughout the winter, this year’s update has some encouraging news from the…
The Wrong White Crystals: Some Insights into Salt and Sugar The Bad News on Bread? Writing about the American Diet is maddening. Not a day goes by that a remarkable insight, announced one day, is refuted the next. These…
In his piece on Robin Williams, Andrew Solomon of The New Yorker states that every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide. Actually, it’s every second of every day, as people choose the action, or inaction, that will end their lives sooner.…
