Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
Health, Wellness, and Decision-Making
Drink Only Pasteurized Milk: A sentence I thought I would never need to write. One of the most important improvements in the health of Americans (and anyone else) is the pasteurization of milk. Before about 1900, milk was frequently contaminated…
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…
Nutritional studies are hard to understand and often controversial. You can read an article that seems to say eggs are healthy, and you read another saying they kill you. That happens all the time. For the last week or two,…
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…
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…
Nearly everyone has heard that drugs are harmful. I go a step further. Drugs are bad. Nearly everything can be harmful. Smoking causes cancer, driving leads to car accidents, seeing friends can lead to respiratory illnesses. I rarely say that…
There are two good ways to lower your blood pressure on your own. Eat less salt and exercise.
You hear about the risks and financial cost of weight loss drugs. These are two downsides you don't hear about often.