Day 1 You might want to stay in a nice hotel when you travel, but that does not mean that you want to pay an arm and a leg for shuttle transfer from the airport. Well, perhaps a leg. Or maybe an arm. But not an arm and a leg. Even if the hotel is …
If you believe in unicorns, myth and mythology, you can continue to believe that fat in the diet causes heart blockages and heart attacks. If, on the other hand, you believe in science and evidence, you might want to question those beliefs. Because the evidence is in, and most people are wrong. Bad science So …
Are you feeling angry? Tired? Frustrated? Envious? Do you think you are working harder than ever, yet not making much progress? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Millions of people feel that life is passing them by. No matter what they do, it is always the other guy who gets the promotion, …
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Doctors, scientists, and technical people take morbid delight in using terminology which the general public does not always understand fully. However, they get away with it, because people are loath to question them, not wanting to appear ill-informed. Thus, the media throws around terms like fats, lipids, oils, omega-3 fats, and the like, with abandon. …
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Do you really want to get rid of cholesterol? If somebody promised to remove all trace of it from your body, would you agree, thinking that that would eliminate the threat of heart disease? If you say yes, that would be a mistake. Because you would then find it difficult to survive. What is cholesterol? …
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We have made fat a four-letter word. Full-fat is even worse, not fit to be uttered in polite company. Doctors have been warning us for decades about the ills which fat can visit upon us. Heart disease obviously has been the main issue. The population lives in fear of keeling over dead if it so …
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Sleep? Not me! The US is a country of sleep-deprived people. Data from the National Health Interview Survey revealed that nearly 30% of adults reported an average of 6 or fewer hours of sleep per day in 2005-2007 (as opposed to the recommended 8 hours). The US is also a nation of people who are …
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You think you can recognize sugar? Think again! But first things first. Those of you who reach for that five-pound bag of grocery store sugar and shovel teaspoon after teaspoon into your mouths, pay attention! The US government has a message for you: STOP! Guidelines Millions of Americans have been waiting with bated breath for …
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If up is bad, down must be good. If higher is worse, lower must be better. These statements appear to be logical, but logic does not always rule, at least as far as blood pressure is concerned. High blood pressure is dangerous, to put it mildly. So lowering it should be good. But how low …
You need an expert to write high blood pressure guidelines. A medical expert is he (or she) who does not agree with anybody. Sometimes the expert does not agree even with himself. Agreeing with other so-called experts might be construed as a sign of weakness! Cake, anybody? What about the lowly practitioners out there in …
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