by Scott Davis | Jul 19, 2019
The most common treatment for acid reflux is a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs. The latest estimates suggest that 15 million Americans are taking one of these drugs on prescription, and that’s without counting users who get them over the counter,...
by Scott Davis | Jul 18, 2019
If you’ve got a serious heart condition, then the chances are good that you’ll be on the same heart medication as 18 million other Americans. (At least that was the figure in 2016 and it is even more by now.) It’s the 41st most prescribed drug in America, despite the...
by Scott Davis | Jul 13, 2019
When you hear the word “diet”, you probably picture a plate that’s free from fatty foods, because for the last few decades, we’ve been told that eating fat makes us fat. We’ve been told that low-fat diets are good for lowering our cholesterol and reducing blood fat...
by Scott Davis | Jul 6, 2019
Obesity is as bad for your heart as smoking according to the American Heart Association, which had singled out excess weight as one of the biggest causes of coronary heart disease as long ago as 1998. CHD is the type where your arteries clog up with fat and...
by Scott Davis | Jul 4, 2019
It seems like madness, but the FDA wants to stop recommending this great source of complete protein that vegetarians have relied on for years. So, we have to ask the question, what are they thinking? Or are they even thinking? We believe that the evidence in favor of...