In our previous post, we had outlined how your skin, mouth, and gut are hosts to trillions of mostly helpful micro-organisms: bacteria, viruses, and fungi, which are vital to your health. For details, visit http://goo.gl/gsdJNe. Research into these organisms is still in an early state. But we are getting a lot of useful insights. Antibiotics …
Most of us are scared to death of bacteria and other “bugs.” They create a lot of misery and illness, we are told. So we wash our hands ad infinitum, and disinfect everything in sight. We need to kill all the bugs, don’t we? No, we don’t. Even if we wanted to, we could not …
About 40 million adults have an anxiety disorder in the USA alone. There are millions more in the rest of the world, with an enormous cost in healthcare, disability, and suffering. Only about a third of the sufferers seek treatment. It is time to change that. “Regular anxiety” or anxiety disorder? In a previous …
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If you are a human being, you will become anxious from time to time. If you are an American adult, 18 out of 100 of you and your peers will have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the US, affecting 40 million adults, and costing the country more than …
Want to do your brain a favor? Adopt the two Ms. Move & Mediterranean. No, you don’t really need to relocate to Greece (unless you really want to. I have nothing against Greece). M & M The first M is for Motion, as in exercise. The second M is for Mediterranean, as in diet. There …
Yes, researchers have found a significant link between inactivity and some scary diseases, including cancer. So stand up, and head for the road to health and fitness. Say you have done your one hour of exercise for the day. You feel great! Time to hit the computer, answer all the pending emails, surf the web, …
Losing weight, as millions of people have discovered, is seldom easy. Maintaining the weight loss is even more difficult. However, data exist to prove that it can be done. And the reality is that it must be done, since obesity is increasing rapidly, and spreading misery in its wake. What is obesity? The standard definition …
Sleep is vastly undervalued. We like to “burn the midnight oil,” and then brag about it. For medical interns, working long hours with little sleep is almost a rite of passage. World leaders and corporate titans take pride in declaring their ability to function round the clock. They are all sadly mistaken. Human adults need …
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Brown is better than white. Let me hasten to add that I am not talking about skin color. My concern is what lies under the skin. All fats are not equal You are probably sick and tired of hearing about different types of fats. Omega-3, omega-6, poly-this, mono-that. Enough already. But there are two types …
Message to Venus: start exercising. They say women are from Venus, and I understand it is too hot to exercise there. But now they are on earth, and it is time to get moving. Women live longer than men do, and can extend their lives further. In addition, they can make those extra years more …