Can Red Meat Be Part Of A Heart Healthy Diet? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney What about red meat and heart health? It is so confusing. One recent headline proclaimed “Plant-based foods decrease the risk of heart disease and cancer.” Another headline read: “Including beef with the Mediterranean diet improves heart health.” You are probably wondering which of these ...
Sciatica Treatment Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT –The Pain Relief Expert Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney Stretches for sciatica nerve pain work, but only when muscle spasms are released first! Most people have been told to stretch tight muscles, but they haven’t been told that muscle spasms (trigger points) shorten the fibers and tie the muscles into tiny micro knots. Here is an analogy that helps ...
What Is The Omega-3 Index And Why Is It Important? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Do omega-3s lower blood pressure in healthy adults? The literature on the potential health benefits of omega-3s is very confusing. That’s because a lot of bad studies have been published. Many of them never determined the omega-3 status of their subjects prior to omega-3 ...
Is Vitamin D Associated With Heart Disease Risk? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Not too many years ago, we thought of vitamin D as affecting bone density and little else. Then we discovered that almost every cell in our body has vitamin D receptors. This has lead to research suggesting that vitamin D affects our health in many ...
Is It The Sugar, Or Is It The Food? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney I don’t usually report on studies done in mice, but this study sheds light on a particularly puzzling question: Why is fructose bad for you? The studies are clear-cut. High fructose consumption is associated with inflammation, obesity, non-alcoholic liver disease, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, ...
Is The Pegan Diet Healthy? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Just when you thought you had heard about every possible diet, along comes a new one called the Pegan diet. What is the Pegan Diet and is it healthy? The Pegan diet was introduced by Dr. Mark Hyman in his new book, “Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?”. ...
Yoga Shouldn’t Cause You Pain Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT – The Pain Relief Expert Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney Do you love to practice yoga? Do you feel energized after stretching your muscles? Or do you have yoga pain that prevents you from moving easily after your session is complete. You probably would like to know how to achieve ...
Are You Just Wasting Your Money On Supplements? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney You’ve seen the headlines. “Recent Study Finds Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Don’t Lower Heart Disease Risk.” You are being told that supplements are of no benefit to you. They are a waste of money. You should follow a healthy diet instead. Is all of this ...
Is Your Teen Getting Enough Iron? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney For those of you with teenagers - or who have had teenagers in the past - you may suspect that there's nothing between their ears. But actually, there is a lot going on between their ears, and some of the neural contacts laid down in the brain ...
How Can You Reduce Colon Cancer Risk? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Colorectal cancer is third most common form of cancer in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 140,000 new cases and 50,000 deaths from colorectal cancer in 2018. The death rate has been decreasing due to more aggressive screening, but it ...