Approximately 45 million Americans go on a diet each year and spend an estimated $33 billion on weight loss products. Researchers at UCLA say 80 percent of dieters will gain back the weight within just two years. While this statistic is discouraging, the bigger question is, should your diet goals be solely focused on weight loss? “When we hear …
Dr. Mark Menolascino, MD, is medical director of the Meno Clinic Center for Functional Medicine in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and also serves as chief medical officer of Genexa. He has more than 35 years of healthcare experience, earning his medical degree from the Medical School at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completing …
5 Major Diseases (among 600 conditions) That May Be Prevented Or Treated With Turmeric Turmeric, a yellow spice used in many Asian cuisines, especially for curries, has been used in India and parts of Asia for thousands of years for its health promoting properties and is now enjoying increasing popularity in Western nutrition. Scientists have …
Some of the best parts of summer are edible, however, indulging in the season’s most popular foods at picnics, barbecues and on boardwalks can lead to trouble when it comes to your health. Ice cream, red wine and cheese, citrus, and hot dogs are summer treats that some people may have food intolerances to. Some …
A now famous Harvard study finds our minds negatively wander about 50 percent of the time, and the stress that results from this type of mind wandering can lead to digestive disorders, short-term memory loss, premature coronary heart disease, heart attacks and despair. At the same time, antidepressant usage has skyrocketed and doctors are now …
Currently Americans spend more than $30 billion each year on complementary health approaches, and are also more likely to have spent that money on natural product supplements versus visits to functional medicine practitioners, according to a recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics. The study also reports that probiotic supplements rank as one …
Joining Mark Alyn on this edition of Late Night Health is Greg Curtis, President of SP of Southern California. In addition to his 11 years of expertise in applied clinical nutrition, Greg brings more than 27 years of experience in strategic business development, marketing and sales management. He is also an experienced nutritional consultant and …
Benefit or Bust: So-Called Heart Healthy Foods You Need to Breakup With If certain foods have been proven by science to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, reduce inflammation and fight plaque buildup, then why do 600,000 people die of heart disease each year in the United States? There has been a huge campaign to encourage …
Trending topics are one in a million, and can change direction in the blink of an eye. Fashion crazes, popular dances, fitness products, or even fidget spinners can take the world by storm and be gone as soon as they came. But, there is one trending topic that is here to stay. NUTRITION. People now …
Whatever the excuse, date night, celebrations, playoffs or guy’s night out, it can happen to any of us. Even the most disciplined and health conscious person can and will occasionally slip and go on a junk food or sugar binge. Statistics show junk food binging for the average American will result in the consumption of …