Diseases and Conditions
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…
Read More...The objective of a recent study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published in October 2023, was to confirm the relationship between eating meat and type-2 diabetes. The analysis revealed associations between the consumption of red and/or processed meats and the development of type-2 diabetes. (1) Each daily serving of processed red…
Read More...Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disorder that shows its symptoms gradually, increasing in severity over time. It causes neurons (nerve cells in the brain and nervous system) to break down and die, affecting the function of the nervous system and body parts controlled by nerves. Tremors are often the first symptoms noticed. Other outward signs…
Read More...Imagine you’ve just finished enjoying a large meal such as a traditional holiday meal, say at Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter. You get up from the table and then quickly find yourself a comfortable place to relax…because all you want to do is rest and maybe even take a good nap. This is the state of…
Read More...The December holiday season is rolling quickly towards us and with it come festivities with family and friends and the inevitable foods of celebration. Unhappily, the traditional foods we prepare at this time of year are not usually at the top of the healthy check list. Whatever holiday you may be celebrating, the centerpiece of…
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