For decades, mainstream doctors told us that losing weight was simply a matter of calories…the fewer you ate, the less you would weigh.
So for people battling weight issues, choosing no-cal sweeteners seemed like a no-brainer.
Aspartame (NutraSweet or Equal), Sucralose (Splenda), Saccharin (Sweet ’N Low), and others have zero calories, yet they still have the sweetness many of us crave.… Read More
We all know soda is bad for us. Most of us figure that it does its damage by making us fat or raising our blood sugar.
But a new study shows that sugary soft drinks hurt you in another way: They can cause your kidneys to fail.
Chronic kidney disease is the ninth-leading cause of death in the U.S. About 13% of Americans have it.… Read More
When it comes to Big Pharma’s misdeeds, the opioid epidemic gets most of the headlines. And for good reason. More than 400,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoses in the past 18 years.[1]
Not surprisingly, sales of opioid painkillers have plummeted and some have been pulled from the market.
But a new study shows that Big Pharma has found another way to profit from drug addiction.… Read More
When it comes to body fat, there’s one thing most of can agree on: We want less of it.
But in recent years, researchers have discovered something surprising about one type of body fat. Doctors call it brown adipose tissue. The common name is brown fat.
Unlike regular white fat, it’s good for you.
… Read MoreThe numbers are staggering… An estimated 80 to 100 million Americans are walking around with fatty liver disease. But few of them know it.[1]
That’s because it often causes no outward symptoms. And it can be tough for doctors to spot in a routine examination.
And here’s more bad news about the fatty liver crisis…
… Read MoreOne type of tree nut is packed with key micronutrients that are crucial to good health but that most older Americans lack.
That’s the finding of new research at Oregon State University. One of the study authors said the nut is so potent that it is “a multivitamin in a natural form.”
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