Larger Waist, Smaller Lifespan
Abdominal Girth More Significant than BMI A report this year in the New England Journal of Medicine confirmed earlier findings that a higher body mass index (BMI) is significantly associated with mortaility. More importantly, a large European study found that the...Facts about Fructose
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...How Much Vitamin D is Enough?
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...Healthy Eating Helps Reduces Chronic disease
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...Get Your Copy!
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