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High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is in the news again, and again we have more bad news to talk about.
...It was seen that the mice fed the higher levels of fructose-glucose died at a rate of 1.87 times higher than the mice fed the table sugar. These mice also had 26.4% fewer offspring...
E-cigarettes are much easier for minors to acquire than you might otherwise believe.
...According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), it is estimated that 16 million American children can legally purchase e-cigarettes...
Know your birth control options.
As women, there are many different options that we have for birth control. They range from the pill, IUD, condoms, and abstinence to more invasive procedures such as tube tying, or our male partner being snipped. We as humans have the ability to prevent pregnancy, and some of us choose to delay when we start families because of other choices in life like school, career, and/or family obligations...
There is always an argument for, and against, the flu vaccine. But it is usually never so simple as there are other factors to weigh.
...Together, we look at the risk factors to exposure of the flu like where my patients work, their age, and their overall health status to determine what is best for them. Usually, my gut instinct is to not vaccinate, but I have to evaluate what is best for each one of my patients...
Recent research suggests that propionate, found in your intestinal tract, could help with weight loss, but it may not be the magic bullet that some would want it to be.
...It was seen that the people given propionate before the meal ate 14% less than those given insulin... To me, the change that people got was very minimal. And, because small sample groups were used, it makes me question to what degree this product is really helping...
A new study on the short term effects of BPA is quite revealing.
...Two hours after drinking the soy milk in the above containers, blood pressures readings were taken as were the urinary BPA levels. Urinary output of BPA rose by up to 1,600% in canned soy milk drinkers in comparison to the glass soy milk drinkers...
We should take a closer look at our foods ratios, and not just the proportions.
...the Standard American Diet (SAD) is not the diet that we want to follow. The SAD diet is about 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat. Most of the fat eaten by Americans is high in saturated fats, and is also low in the omega 3s...
Planning your Thanksgiving meal means more than just choosing the high calorie ingredients.
With Thanksgiving next week, many of us are finalizing our meal plans. Often this meal will contain more fat, sugar, salt, and other ingredients that we often limit on a daily basis. Why sabotage your healthy diet just for this one meal?...
So, what do you think we really know about pesticide use in California?
...One last surprising statement from the article was, “even though strawberries take up less than 1 percent of the total farmland in California, they account for at least 8 percent of pesticides used in the state...”
My preferred method of testing your adrenals.
I try to come up with blog ideas based on the questions that I have been getting in my practice, or talk about certain organ systems that have been my focus for several patients that week. Lately, I have been passing out adrenal testing kits like they are candy...
