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Vegetarian Diet Doesn’t Help Your Heart, Study Finds

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Disease

A massive new study shows that a vegetarian diet is no more heart-healthy than one with meat.1

Rutgers University scientists have painstakingly analyzed the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. This is a major research effort that took a detailed look at the health and nutritional status of more than 12,000 Americans.2

The analysis showed that 2.3% of the people in the survey were vegetarians.… Read More

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Researchers Discover Safe, Natural Solution for Bone Health

In All Health Watch, Featured Article

For years, women at risk for osteoporosis had few good options.

Doctors often prescribed drugs like Fosamax (alendronate). It’s the most popular in a class of medications called bisphosphonates. They are supposed to increase bone density by slowing the body’s natural process of bone breakdown.

But a landmark 2012 study in the New England Journal of Medicine exposed the dangers of bisphosphonates.… Read More

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The Best Prostate Cancer Treatment

In All Health Watch, Cancer, Featured Article, Men's Health, Prostate Cancer

For decades, men had to make a terrible choice after being told they had prostate cancer.

They could have surgery to remove their prostate. This often had devastating side effects. Many men were rendered impotent, incontinent, or both.

They could have radiation treatment. This is less invasive. But the side effects could be just as bad as surgery.

Or they could skip the surgery and radiation…and hope the cancer would not spread—and eventually kill them.… Read More

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Is the ‘5-Second Rule’ Scientifically Valid?

In All Health Watch, Featured Article, General Health

It’s a time-honored rule followed by parents everywhere: If food is dropped on the floor, it’s OK to eat if it’s picked up in less than 5 seconds.

But does the “5-Second Rule” have any basis in reality? Does picking up food quickly thwart germ contamination?

A new university study tested the popular practice. Biologist Donald Schaffner conducted the research at his lab at Rutgers University.… Read More

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Dr. Eliaz: Balance the Scales of Digestion and Weight Control

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article

By Dr. Isaac Eliaz

People don’t become obese overnight. It’s an incremental process—a pound here, a pound there. Still, at such a rate, it may only take a few years before we’re 30…40…even 50 pounds heavier than our ideal weight.

Even though the process is gradual, we can still see it happening. Clothing that once fit perfectly is now in the Goodwill bag.… Read More

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Can’t Get to 10,000 Steps? Don’t Sweat It

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise, Longevity, Weight Loss

Fitness gurus have been preaching for years that we should take at least 10,000 steps a day for good health. And with the popularity of Fitbits and other personal trackers, the quest to reach that goal has become an obsession with some people.

But new research shows that if you don’t reach that daily target, you shouldn’t sweat it. There’s an easy way to get the same fitness benefits from far fewer steps: Simply walk faster.… Read More