Medicinal Mushrooms
Cancer is a fast growing pandemic. Cancer causes 25% of all the deaths in the United States, and is the 2nd leading cause of death behind heart disease. Fortunately, …
Education
Omega-3s Reduce Heart Disease
A recent study in the American Journal of Cardiology, notes that a high resting heart rate has been strongly linked to cardiovascular events. This same article did research comparing …
Osteoporosis
Also known as the “Silent Epidemic,” Osteoporosis is rampant in America. Medicare reports that “40% of post-menopausal Caucasian women are expected to sustain an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.” …
Plantar Fascitis
A 2004 study by the School of Allied Health Professionals reports that almost 20 percent of the population will be troubled with plantar fascitis at some point in their …
Parsley Has Multiple Health Benefits
We have all seen it sitting there on the side of the plate, but who knew parsley had multiple health benefits. Long used by various ethnicities as a pungent …
Homocysteine and Heart Disease
For years we have heard that cholesterol, diet, heredity, age, weight, and physical activity were all good predictors of heart attacks and strokes. About 25 years ago a new …
Prostate Prevention and Detection
I recently wrote an article on how tomatoes are good for the prostate. What I failed to mention was the importance of early detection for prostate cancer. It has …
Red Yeast Rice
A lot of people have been asking me about using Red Yeast Rice (RYR) to help lower their cholesterol. In the last 7-8 years, the consumption of RYR has …
Strategies for preventing calcium oxalate stones
Vadim A. Finkielstein* and David S. Goldfarb *Princeton Hypertension Nephrology Associates, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscattaway, NJ; Nephrology Section, New York Harbor VA Medical Center, …
Tomatoes ARE Good for the Prostate
For some time now, we have been hearing about the benefits of tomato products for men’s health. Many of us have even heard of the term “lycopene.” An article …