Six tests you must ask your doctor to run
Millions of people vowed in the late hours of December 31st, 2016 to improve their health in some way as they rang in 2017. If that includes you, congratulations! In addition to eating healthier and exercising, seeing your doctor for a checkup is a great place to start on the road to a healthier you. But beware! Because although you may get a clean bill of health after the usual physical exam, complete blood count...
- Tags: Healthy Living, Lack of Energy, Magnesium
Got gas? Here’s how to sweeten the air
I just read an article about gas that was not even worth the paper it was written on. The author claimed the most common causes of gas are chewing gum, eating too fast, smoking, drinking carbonated beverages or wearing dentures that are too loose. Sorry, but I don’t think the intense stink coming out of many people’s backsides has anything to do with gum, soda, cigarettes or ill-fitting choppers. And as far as suggested...
- Tags: Digestive Health, Healthy Living
Low energy? It might be your “healthy” diet!
One of the most common complaints people have when they see their doctors is that they lack energy.
Lacking sleep, low thyroid, medication use and drinking too much alcohol are common culprits.
But here's a cause of low energy that I bet you’ve never thought of:
Your healthy diet!
Let’s look at why many people's version of "eating healthy" can sap your energy faster than the speed of light.
- Tags: Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Stress
For men only-answers to your questions
For all you guys out there (or their significant others that want to help them feel better!), here are some of the major health challenges you face and how you can help counteract their effects.
- Tags: Healthy Living, Men's Health
Shocking facts about prescription drug use
As I walked by the pharmacy counter in my local grocery store recently I noticed that the line to pick up prescriptions was longer than any of the food check-out lines. That should tell you something. While medications are needed at times, when it gets to the point where most of us are drugged every single day, something is seriously wrong. And a big force behind this scary trend is… Pharmaceutical company advertising Did...
- Tags: Healthy Living
Our scary new reality: Food isn’t food anymore
Last week I spent four days in Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL with my 29 year-old daughter Danielle (as well as King Louie and Baloo and other characters). She’s a chip off the old block so I wasn’t surprised to hear her disgust when she discovered what was really in a bottle of lemonade she bought. She thought she would be getting something along the lines of water, lemon juice and sugar. But instead...
- Tags: Healthy Living