by drebanks | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog, Cancer, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes, Youthful Aging
Mary Poppins may have recommended adding a spoonful of sugar to make some things a little more palatable, but Americans have taken that benign suggestion and run amok with it. American consumption of added sugars has increased drastically over the last several...
by drebanks | Aug 22, 2010 | Blog, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
At a time when Americans are getting fatter and struggle to find a strategy to combat the obesity epidemic, the rift between proponents of low fat vs low carb eating remains intact. Both philosophies have fans and detractors, but the mixed messages in the media...
by drebanks | Aug 15, 2010 | Blog, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
Cholesterol had become the indisputable villain for heart disease over the last several decades. After all, it seemed intuitive that cholesterol was the cause of heart disease, since cholesterol made up a large portion of the vascular plaque that characterized...
by drebanks | Apr 11, 2010 | Blog, Exercise, Heart Disease, Men's Health, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Starting an exercise program is a necessary part of a healthy lifestyle change. Granted, this is no major revelation. Burning more calories than you eat is a fairly obvious recipe for weight loss. The question then becomes: How should you exercise for maximal fat...
by drebanks | Apr 8, 2010 | Blog, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
When New Year’s Day rolled around, many people resolved to lose weight in 2010. How many of them are on track to be successful? Every year, the majority of people making weight loss resolutions fail to achieve them. The result of these failures is highlighted in a...