“Come and get it!”…(Insert ringing dinner bell HERE.) March has been declared National Nutrition Month by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, in honor of one our nation’s favorite pastimes—food! Let’s use this celebration as a time to refocus our attention from stampeding the table for a delicious meal, to the… [More]

The anti-aging market continues to experience tremendous growth and is projected to bring in a whopping $291.9 billion by 2015, according to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. “The primal desire of humans to remain young forever has groomed and nurtured a goliath of an anti-aging ind... [More]

“Is Sugar Toxic?” 1 There was a great article in The New York Times Magazine last week reviewing work done by Dr. Lustig, who argues that our excessive consumption of sugar is the primary reason so many of us are obese. He also argues sugar is the likely dietary cause of other chron... [More]

George Bernard Shaw’s famous quote, “Death is the ultimate statistic, one out of one of us dies,” is a great truth, particularly in the study of medicine and science. Nowadays science can measure all manner of variables related to health and disease, but there’s really nothin... [More]

March is National Nutrition Month, which is a nutrition education campaign sponsored by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). This year’s theme is "Eat Right with Color." No matter what your opinion of the ADA, you can’t really argue with the theme. Americans do need to eat more color... [More]

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis or NASH is a silent liver disease. The major feature is fat storage in the liver, along with inflammation and liver damage. In its early stages, when there is just fat in the liver but no inflammation or damage, it is called “fatty liver” or nonalcoholic fatt... [More]

As New Year’s resolutions fill your mind, the airwaves, and conversations like an intoxicating perfume, there’s one that’s bound to be a major player at the top of everyone’s list—EXERCISE! Some hope to get off the couch to start a regimen, others want to take their cur... [More]