Back when I was a health insurance underwriter in the mid-1980s, the adult obesity rate in this country was 10 percent (according to the CDC). Some states had rates as high as 14 percent, but the average was about 10.
Now?
We’re looking at nearly 40 PERCENT of adults, and about one out of five children!
It’s time we started asking ourselves what in the world is going on!
First let’s start with…

Happy Halloween to you!
I thought today would be a good day to talk about a health subject that seems like a real-life horror movie.
I’m talking about creepy crawly creatures that are living inside of YOU—right now.
That’s right--while the thought of them makes a lot of people uncomfortable, the fact is, your body is home to trillions of microscopic little parasites.

It’s that dreaded time of year again—"flu season.”
In other words, it’s the time of year when people get bombarded with ads EVERYWHERE and downright bullied into getting flu shots, with fear mongering being the tactic of choice.
But what most people don’t realize is that influenza (and other viruses) is in our environment 12 months a year—not just from fall to spring!

Depression affects an astounding 350 million people worldwide, and that includes about 22 million US adults.  Historically, depression has been viewed as a mental/psychiatric illness, with counseling or psychotherapy as the standard go-to treatment.

Today’s headline may have you wondering which deadly killer I’m referring to.

Cancer?  No.

Heart disease?  Nope.

It’s antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Currently in the US about 30 million people have diabetes, with the majority of those cases (90 – 95 percent) being type 2.

In addition, it is estimated that another 80 million have “pre-diabetes”--elevated blood glucose. 

And as the number of diabetes cases continues to rise, scientists are spending more time investigating its relationship to other conditions.

For example, past studies have shown that people with diabetes are more likely to report muscle or joint pain than nondiabetics.

But the latest study out of Denmark is more specific…and worrisome.