For decades, mainstream doctors told people with heart problems to avoid coffee.
It was thought that the caffeine would dangerously raise their blood pressure and heart rate, and cause a heart attack. That advice turned out to be nonsense.
… Read MoreWould you pop a pill that increased your risk of dying by 27%?
Of course not.
But a new study has found that is exactly what you do when you take antibiotics.1
… Read MoreGo to the doctor with a sore throat and chances are you’ll walk out with a prescription for antibiotics. This is true even though it’s likely antibiotics won’t help you in the least.
That’s because most upper respiratory infections that cause sore throats are viral, not bacterial. And antibiotics are powerless against viruses.1
The result of all this unnecessary prescribing?… Read More
When you’re stuck in traffic, what’s the best strategy to avoid breathing toxic car and truck exhaust?
This is an important question, since air pollution causes more than 200,000 early deaths in the U.S. each year. And car exhaust is the biggest culprit.1
… Read MoreMouthwash may kill the germs that cause bad breath… But they also kill beneficial bacteria that prevent diabetes, a new Harvard study finds.
The research shows that if you’re overweight, using mouthwash greatly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes.1
Harvard scientists evaluated 1,206 overweight middle-age people.
… Read MoreAre you poisoning yourself to get “minty fresh” breath?
Commercial mouthwashes are full of toxic chemicals, including ones linked to cancer. Some of these poisons are banned from foods. But government regulators somehow think it’s OK if you swirl them around inside your mouth.
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