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Plant-based diets, including the Mediterranean diet, are leading the pack in the popularity of healthy diets. There is, however, continuing debate about which aspects of a Mediterranean diet are the most important. Is it the olive oil that is mainly responsible for the heart health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for health? ABOUT HEALTH…
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What if you are cognitively healthy now but worried that dementia might be in your future? Perhaps you have relatives that have developed Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or another type of dementia. Is there a way to prevent it? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, accounting for 60% to 80% of all cases.…
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Way back in 1998 Dr. Dean Ornish published the results of his randomized controlled Lifestyle Heart Trial which demonstrated that intensive lifestyle changes could reverse coronary artery disease (narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart with blood) after one year without using drugs or surgery. The lifestyle modifications included a low-fat (10% of calories…
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A comprehensive review of meta-analyses that were published between 2000 and 2023 was released in May 2024. It evaluated the impact of vegan and vegetarian diets on the risk factors associated with the development of cardiometabolic diseases and cancer in adults, children and pregnant women. (1) This review was a joint undertaking between researchers from…
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In November 2023 an interesting study from Stanford University selected pairs of twins to test the health effects of different types of food. This was a randomized controlled trial encompassing 22 pairs of healthy identical twins 18 years of age or older (44 participants) who had signed up in the Stanford Twin Registry database in…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
