A great little book that I accidentally came across while starting my Christmas shopping at Winners is 100 Best Health Foods. The following is an excerpt from the book about kale, the popular *new* superfood.
Deep green kale contains the...
People who have red hair, freckles and fair skin that does not tan easily have always known that they are at an increased risk for sunburns and the aging of skin through tanning. However, there is now evidence to...
It wasn’t a big surprise when I read this article about the benefits of healthy lifestyle on longevity into old age, but I wanted to share this article with you anyways! The good news is that it reinforces what...
I know that there is a lot of talk these day regarding the environment − and very rightly so! The environment is a very important topic and we should each do everything that we can to preserve what we...
The month of March is designated the National Colorectal Cancer month, so I wanted to give you a little bit of information on colorectal cancer, and what you can do to prevent or treat it.
Risk Factors that Increase Your...
The Archives of Internal Medicine published a meta-analysis confirming the benefit of cranberry juice to prevent UTIs.
The Study Details
They looked at 13 randomized controlled trials that consisted of 1600 subjects and found that the subjects who consumed cranberry products...
As all of my patients know, I’m a HUGE dog person! Growing up, I would always bombard my parents with any tidbit of information regarding the benefits of dogs − if only this study came out way back then. ...
I came across this great article in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism on the guidelines that have been drawn up regarding osteoporosis in men. This is important because most people automatically think of women when it comes...
While I was doing research for a patient, I came across an article that noted a link between higher omega-3 intake to lower levels of a biomarker called β-amyloid that may be indicative of Alzheimer’s disease. This study took...
I wrote about how to pick the best cost-effective supplements back in February 2012. Interestingly, a new article from my alma mater (University of Guelph) has blown up all over the media - being run on Global TV, CBC...
