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When is food advice like one of those TV zombies? When it includes a weight-loss “fact” that is just plain wrong but just won’t die. If you’ve ever heard the wrong-headed assertion that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, and that losing weight is simply a matter of cutting calories, you’ve been the intended victim of zombie dietary advice that has killed many a weight-loss plan and destroyed…
When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade and a whole lot more. From treating acne and eczema to detoxing your liver, the lemon has long been known for its antibacterial, antiviral, and immune-boosting powers. Here are some of our favorite articles that explain how you can take advantage of lemons’ natural healing powers. The foods on your plate can be an important part of your spring detox program.…
Claim your FREE copy of Doctor’s Inside Secrets for Natural Cleansing and Detoxification and your FREE subscription to Easy Health Digest™ when you sign up today! If nuts don’t comprise a significant portion of your diet, they should. Nuts provide the minerals calcium, magnesium and potassium in abundance. Together with a low sodium intake, these minerals are crucial to bone health and also protect against arterial hypertension, insulin resistance and…
A dirty little secret that the food companies would like to ignore is what their products are doing to our livers. Thanks to their formulations, about 30 million of us now have fatty livers. Why is that important? Having a fatty liver can lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This can cause the liver to swell and scar (a condition known as cirrhosis), and can lead to hepatitis and…
Leg strength is important for balance and athletics. But did you know quadriceps strength could save your life? Studies show quad strength lowers your chance of death from any cause. [1] Squats are one of the best ways to develop lower body strength. However, avoiding strain on the knees is vital, and having proper posture when squatting is the key to avoiding that strain. Using a stability (Swiss) ball for…
A colorful salad is a beautiful thing for your health. All those bright vegetables give you an antioxidant boost. But when you toss one extra food on top, you get a surprisingly large nutrient surge. The food that turbo-charges a salad’s benefits: an egg … or three. When you eat an egg with your salad, a new study shows you rev up your body’s absorption of the salad’s carotenoids, the…
If you’ve ever wondered why some people age more gracefully than others, and keep their strength and energy while some don’t, it could be that they have a muscle secret. Some folks are able to turn on an anti-aging protein that protects the body against the frailty of old age. This secret switch has long been known to some of the alternative medical practitioners and exercise physiologists, but mainstream researchers…
It’s easy to think of food as just … food. But as you age, you can use food to boost your bone health, heart health, and to fight cancer and memory loss. Sure, if you’re over 40, you probably already know that your testosterone levels start to decline. And you may notice that it is harder to get results from your workouts. Your middle might start getting thicker. Your bones…
While nobody argues that contaminants in food are good for us, food companies have maintained that most of these undesirables pass out of the body too quickly to cause harm. But Canadian researchers beg to differ. They’re showing that one substance we all unwittingly consume lingers long enough to make harmful changes to our health. The controversial substance, called bisphenol-A (BPA), infiltrates our food from packaging, leaching from can linings…
What happens to drugs that fail to work against the diseases they’re supposed to treat? In the case of one chemical, the manufacturer has tried to repurpose the pharmaceutical for another health problem it allegedly might alleviate. Take flibanserin, an anti-depressant that doesn’t relieve depression. The drug company Sprout Pharmaceuticals is trying to convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the substance can help increase women’s libido. But…