What Doctors Don't Tell YouCholesterol, a vital part of the human diet, is essential for the production of testosterol, adrenal hormones, myelin, the lining of nerves and membranes of the brain. Considering all these vital ...
Sadness, isolation and loneliness can cause heart attacks. In one study in San Francisco and another in Eastern Finland, of the 20,000 people observed for up to nine years, those who were lonely ...
FATS: They cause heart problems, but not stroke. Right?
Christine Horner MD FACSEating just a clove or two of garlic a week can significantly lower your risk of breast cancer. An Iowa study of 34,388 postmenopausal women found that those who consumed garlic regularly had a noticeably lower incidence of breast cancer. Eating...
Drinking 8-10 cups of green tea a day or taking a daily green tea supplement significantly lowers the risk of breast cancer, and if you have breast cancer, it improves your prognosis. Research shows that green tea inhibits the growth of breast...
Steven FosterTwenty years ago, it seemed as if only athletes and health fanatics understood the relationship between low cholesterol and good health. Today, many of us are as familiar with our cholesterol count as we are with our Social Security number, and some...
Elson M. Haas MDThis is still a fairly controversial "vitamin." The quotation marks suggest that we are not sure whether it is a vitamin. It has not yet been shown to be
Fats, or lipids, are the third main class of the macronutrients needed in human nutrition. The lipids are found primarily in meats and dairy foods, at least, these are the most visible sources, but most foods contain some fat.
