Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
The Second Edition of The Three Rules to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple Books.
Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
The Second Edition of The Three Rules to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple Books.
Are Sugar Alcohols Unhealthy? Sugar alcohols are carbohydrates. They are used in low-calorie products because they are sweet but have far fewer calories than sugar. Sugar has four calories per gram, while sugar alcohols have about a quarter of a…
Only indulge in healthy habits. Despite what many people claim, there are many healthy foods that are delicious. I mention in my book, The Three Rules to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever, that you should avoid voids that…
The best oils are the ones that you make healthy meals with. If you keep up with the news, you’ve read about the debate about seed oils. Some people claim that seed oils are unhealthy, even poisons, because they may…
Why should you check your medications? Yesterday, I went to Costco and picked up a new dose of a medication I’ve been on for a few months. It looked completely different than the lower dose. The old dose was yellow…
It is a simple question. What are healthy foods? This is actually an impossible question to answer. I can name foods I consider healthy, but other people may call them unhealthy. There are two big problems with answering which foods…
Do you know what’s in your sweetener? I bet you don’t I have written about sweeteners before. I like to divide sweeteners into sugar-based or non-nutritive ones. Unless you are fit and have a low risk of diabetes, I strongly…
Alcohol is a drug by any definition you want to use. How many times have you heard someone say, “Drugs or alcohol,” like “I don’t do drugs or alcohol?” That implies that alcohol is not a drug—that it is different…
I was interviewed by the Natural Health Research Institute. Read the interview here. For more than a year, I wrote weekly articles for the institute. I wrote about a medical journal article involving a natural supplement. Of course, some journal…
So many people don’t believe that coffee is good for them. As always, I am not giving medical advice. Consult your physician before you make a significant lifestyle change. Last weekend, my wife and I went for a run. Our…
Many people in this country would be better off if they quit drinking alcohol. As I have said before, there is a risk and benefit of nearly everything we do. Alcohol is no exception. From a strict health standpoint, there…
