Ch-ch-chia and Cholesterol!

by | Mar 25, 2011 | 10 comments

When a reader brought this point up we originally thought he was talking about Chai tea. But No! He asked about the benefits of chia seed and its use in improving cholesterol levels. As I looked into it, I found an enormous amount of research (and a ton of it was...

Asthma- Milk Irritates More Than Reflux

by | Mar 21, 2011 | 6 comments

A reader commented on the last milk article that he developed asthma as a result of his body’s intolerance to dairy. Understanding how this is possible means first understanding that there are different types of asthma, and thus the triggers for attacks will differ....

What is High Blood Pressure Caused by?

by | Mar 20, 2011 | 2 comments

People on beta-blockers have slower metabolism and are 11 to 37 pounds heavier on the average than people similar age with high blood pressure that do not use beta-blockers. This is the result of a study based on data from 11,438 adults, led by Dr. Paul Lee of St....

Sea Salt and High Blood Pressure

by | Mar 18, 2011 | 17 comments

This blog entry again focuses on reader-requested commentary. There were a lot of requests to discuss salt in the diet and how that actually affects blood pressure, but one in particular asked specifically about differences in sea salt and table salt. There has been a...

Can Smoking Cause Type 2 Diabetes?

by | Mar 18, 2011 | 0 comments

Several studies have linked smoking with type 2 diabetes. A recent study, led by John Forman at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and published in Diabetes Care, is the first one that links second hand smoking with the disease. More info on healing type 2...

Arthritis Myth Busted

by | Mar 17, 2011 | 0 comments

Researchers from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, using new technology that makes it possible to measure joint cartilage more accurately than before, recently blew the myth (conducted from limited previous studies) that exercise was bad for knee...

Type 2 Diabetes Causes Hearing Loss

by | Mar 16, 2011 | 0 comments

According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, hearing loss is twice as common for adults with type 2 diabetes compared to those people same age. Hearing tests are rarely taken in association with diabetes tests. So if you suffer diabetes, make...

Grieving and Blood Pressure

by | Mar 14, 2011 | 18 comments

Recently a staff member has been going through a very rough time. She asked me to share her experience because she knows as well as I do how grief can affect health and wanted our readers to know that you are not alone. Her mother passed away after a brief but...