Do These Deficiencies Matter? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney If you are a pregnant mom, nothing is more important than the health of your baby. And if you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, your doctor has probably recommended a prenatal supplement. But does the prenatal supplement he or she recommended provide you with all the nutrients ...
What Does This Study Mean For You? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Personalized diets are highly advertised. We are told to forget the old “one size fits all” diets of the past. We are told we are all different, so diets should be individualized to us. We are promised that by collecting DNA samples from our tissue or bacteria ...
Can Diet Affect The Health Of Our Planet? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Earth Day was yesterday. So, it is time for my annual reminder that what you eat affects a lot more than just your health. It affects the health of our planet. Once again, it’s time to ask yourself, “Is my diet destroying the planet? This is ...
How Do Rheumatoid And Osteoarthritis Differ? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney This week I am concluding my series on recent omega-3 advances by reviewing a meta-analysis that asks whether omega-3s are beneficial for people with osteoarthritis. This is an important question because osteoarthritis affects around 32.5 million adults in the United States, and that number is increasing each year ...
How Do Omega-3s Affect The Two Types Of Stroke? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney I am continuing my series on recent omega-3 breakthroughs. Last week I reviewed a study showing that the omega-3s EPA and DHA lowered blood pressure. Since high blood pressure is a major contributing factor to stroke risk, it only makes sense that EPA and ...
What Does This Study Mean For You? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney I am continuing my series on recent omega-3 breakthroughs. Today I am going to cover a recent systematic review and meta-analysis (X Zhang et al, Journal of the American Heart Association, 11: e025071, 2022) that analyzed 71 double blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies with 4,973 subjects to ...
Where Do We Go From Here? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Despite years of controversy, the benefits of omega-3s remain an active area of research. Over the next few weeks, I will review several groundbreaking omega-3 studies. This week I will focus on omega-3s and heart health. I don’t need to tell you that the effect of omega-3s on ...
Does The Design Of The Protein Supplement Matter? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney You’ve probably heard the saying, “It’s all downhill after 30”. That’s a particularly gloomy way of looking at it, but Father Time does take a toll on our body. I’m going to focus on age-related loss of muscle mass today, a physiological process called sarcopenia. There ...
What Does This Study Mean For You? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney If you are gluten sensitive like me, grains that have taste, texture, and fiber are few. Oatmeal is one of my favorites. In fact, I start every day with a bowl of oatmeal. So, when I first saw the headlines suggesting that oats might be bad ...
Why Does Supplementation Matter During Hospitalization? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney I have often said that age doesn’t necessarily bring wisdom, but it does bring perspective. When I first started teaching medical students in the early 70’s, the idea that optimal nutrition was important for hospitalized patients was new and exciting. A series of groundbreaking papers documented that many ...