by drebanks | Jun 21, 2009 | Men's Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Health
Fructose is the predominant sugar in fruit – an apple, for instance, is roughly 6% fructose, 4% sucrose and 1% glucose by weight – was considered healthy because it did not elevate blood sugar and had a low glycemic index. Although fructose enters the...
by drebanks | Jun 21, 2009 | Cancer, Heart Disease, Men's Health, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Most Americans are vitamin D deficient due to inadequate dietary intake and insufficient sun exposure (UVB rays). The predominant dietary form of vitamin D is D2. That is also the form typically found in OTC vitamin supplements. The preferred, and more potent, form...
by drebanks | Jun 21, 2009 | Cancer, Heart Disease, Men's Health, Nutrition, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Modern day nutritional habits are the cause of the explosion in heart disease, type-2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome. High calorie, high fat, high sugar and processed foods are to blame. Calorie deprivation is not sustainable and only leads to chronic...
by drebanks | Jun 15, 2009 | Cancer, Women's Health
According to a large scale British study, even low to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of several cancers. The “Million Women Study” followed nearly 1.3 million women between age 50 and 64 starting in 1997, tracked the...
by drebanks | Jun 15, 2009 | Bioidentical hormones, Exercise, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D, Youthful Aging
Osteoporosis, a disease you cannot feel; you can only test for it. Literally, the term osteoporosis means “porous bone”. It is a very common condition, affecting more than 40 million people in the United States. Osteoporosis is defined by a reduction in...