Iron and the Teen Brain Author: Dr. Steve Chaney For those of you with teenagers - or who have had teenagers in the past - you may suspect that there's nothing between their ears. But actually there is a lot going on between their ears, and some of the neural contacts laid down in the brain during ...
Are Food Choices More Important Than Calories?Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Most adult Americans gain a pound or two each year. That may not sound like much on a yearly basis, but over a lifetime it is huge – if you’ll pardon the pun. Because the health consequences of weight gain are so devastating, everyone has their favorite ...
Does Fish Oil Build Muscle? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Omega-3-rich fish oil supplements have attracted their share of controversy in recent years, but there appear to be lots of reasons to make sure that you get enough omega-3s from your diet. There is actually pretty good evidence that omega-3s offer a natural approach for people who wish to ...
How To Treat Sciatic Nerve Pain Naturally Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT –The Pain Relief Expert Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney Stretches for sciatica pain work, but only when muscle spasms are released first! Most people have been told to stretch tight muscles but they haven’t been told that muscle spasms (trigger points) shorten the fibers and tie the muscles in tiny ...
Would You Like Hydrocolloids In Your "Healthy Fast Food?" Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney The fast food industry is changing. Some of the changes are good. Some of the changes are bad. Some of the changes are downright ugly. Let’s start with the good. In recent months Panera, MacDonald’s and Subway have all announced that they are switching to ...
Can What We Eat Affect Our Kids? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney What is epigenetics? For me, the first stages of understanding came a while back. When I was a young graduate student (which is more than just a few years ago), I was taught that all genetic information resided in our DNA. During conception, we picked up ...
An Apple A Day Keeps The Blues Away Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Can food affect your mood? In rural North Carolina you still occasionally see bumper stickers that say “Life Happens”. Of course, the word they use isn’t exactly “Life”, but you get the point. We can’t always control what happens to us. What is important is how ...
The Kernel of Truth Behind the Scary Headlines Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Once again the sky is falling! Some of the recent headlines have been downright scary. You’ve probably seen headlines saying things like “The American Association for Cancer Research reports that dietary supplements increase cancer risk” and “A recent study shows that taking extra vitamins and ...
Are There Any Sports Supplement Companies You Can Trust? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney “Pump up your muscles”, “Explode your muscles”, “”Blast your fat”, “Annihilate your fat”, “Ramp up your energy”: The claims leap off the page of the ads for many sports and weight loss supplements. But, are sports supplements safe? The easiest way to ramp up your ...
Should Pregnant Women Take Omega-3 Supplements? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Long Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Especially DHA, Are Essential For Normal Brain Development Long chain omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA, have been shown to be very important during pregnancy, especially during the third trimester when DHA accumulates in the fetal brain at a very high rate. It is ...