Fuel
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How is your heart?
If you are going to worry about your health, what should be on the top of the list? Your HEART. Number one killer: In the United States, one of every 5 deaths is heart related. This has been the case for decades, but our treatment abilities for this deadly group of diseases has increased significantly.…
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The elephant in the room
For decades, the healthcare world believed that a bit of alcohol every day provided some heart benefit, specifically red wine. It seemed to be part of the magical Mediterranean diet, which again and again proves wondrous for the human heart and decreased disease. Unfortunately, the science behind this suggestion was wrong, and not only false…
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Breakfast bonanza
What food would you say is your specialty? For years, I have owned morning feeding. As a dad, this was my territory early in the morning when the kids arose for school, and more elaboratively on the weekend. Eggs were a great source of long lasting energy for the school bound. Even when I was…
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Ultraprocessed foods
A fairly new concept in the scientific community is the categorization of foods into subtypes based on the amount of industrial processing that it takes to create the food. Every since 2010, Dr Carlos Monteiro, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, has proposed a tiered system based on his research. Basically, there are four classifications, called the…
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Metabolic and Mental health
Metabolic and mental health
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High fructose corn syrup
If you could un-invent something, what would it be? As a health care provider, my first item to delete from the arsenal of recent invention is high fructose corn syrup. Invented in the 60’s and then mass marketed into the US food chain in the mid-70’s and especialliy the 80’s, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has…
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Snacks… a dilemma
I find this question so frustrating most of the time. Just thinking about it makes me crave a donut. An apple fritter in particular. When I have to drive, this is a literal cage fight of wants and desires. It plays out like a movie in my mind… The actor playing me is Jack Black, with some bad tight…
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