For too long, fiber has been a neglected orphan in the American
food family. Gritty drinks, supersized pills and cardboard-like
bran cereal seemed to be the only alternatives for adding fiber to
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Do you consider yourself average? If so, you may not be consuming
enough fiber on a daily basis. Dietitians recommend that adults
consume 25
to... Read More »
On June 14, 2011, the Washington Post published an article by Lenny
Bernstein on the unknown cause of the popular experience of
“runners high” and whether or not this often reported “state of
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Do you have family members who hate fish? Tilapia may be one fish
you can introduce at suppertime without triggering a food fight.
Mild tasting (or as my husband would say, “It doesn’t have a
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Heart disease is the number-one killer for both men and women.
Although cancer, particularly breast cancer, frequently gets the
lion’s share of publicity, heart disease is far more deadly and
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Do you have characteristics associated with metabolic syndrome? If
your answer is yes, you are at increased risk for several chronic
and potentially life-threatening conditions, including heart
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The subject of how alcohol affects our health is an interesting and
conflicted one. Alcohol has been identified through large
population studies cited in the Harvard Medical School Guide to
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Today's blog focuses on answers to common questions about sudden
cardiac death in athletes. Stories and pictures of the young
Michigan high school basketball player who made a game winning shot
only ... Read More »
Over the past 15 years, the practice of yoga has gone from being
considered by many as a “new age” practice to being embraced by
mainstream medical practices, with much research being done on the
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Last week, we went red for women and heart disease. Over the last
decade there have been major changes in the treatment of acute
myocardial infarction (heart attack). What you may not know is
there ... Read More »