Check Your Medications
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…
Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
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Health
What Are Healthy Foods?
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…
What‘s in Your Sweetener?
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
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…
Interview with the Natural Health Research Institute.
I was interviewed by the Natural Health Research Institute. Read the interview here. For more than a year, I have been writing weekly articles for the institute. I write about a medical journal article involving a natural supplement. Of course,…
Is Coffee Good For You?
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…
Should You Quit Drinking Alcohol?
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…
Is Veganism Healthy?
Everyone knows that a vegan diet is healthier than eating meat, right? In many cases, no. What makes veganism healthy is eating the right foods and only the right foods on the vegan diet. For many years, meat was said…
Is Eating Healthy Worth It?
Eating Healthy Is Sometimes Worth It What does eating healthy mean? If you are trying to lose weight, eating healthy first and foremost means eating a diet that will result in weight loss. Historically, that meant eating a low-calorie diet.…
Exercise Every Day
I see no reason not to exercise every day. I am not talking about people who are physically unable to exercise, though there are few such people. I also am not suggesting you run ten miles or lift weights three…
