Food Ingredients to Avoid Part 2: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney It is getting really hard to find a food or food supplement that doesn’t have any ingredients on the internet “naughty list”. The problem is that many of the internet warnings about food ingredients are what I call “urban nutrition ...
Food Ingredients to Avoid-Part 1: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney I have been getting a lot of questions lately about food ingredient labels. That's because in today’s internet world everyone is an “expert” wanting to be heard. Couple that with the fact that old news is boring, and we have a ...
Are Statins Dangerous? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Several years ago I recall a cardiologist telling my class of first year medical students that statins were so beneficial that we should just put them in the water supply. He said it in a lighthearted manner, but I think he really believed it. [In actuality, statin drugs are so ...
Does Folic Acid Increase Cancer Risk? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney You’ve seen the headlines. “Folic Acid Supplements May Increase Colon Cancer Risk in People Over 50” and “Folic Acid Supplements May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk in Men”. And I’ve seen articles telling people over 50 that they should take their multivitamin tablets every other day to avoid ...
Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT What causes hip pain? The hip is a complicated joint and has a potential for many causes of hip pain. There is an incredible range of motion from the synchronicity of many muscles, all inserting at different points around the hip and pelvis. Some of the muscles pull your thigh bone in a series of different directions, ...
Can BIG FOOD Inc. Be Trusted? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Healthy Eating Is In. We are told we need more fiber, whole grains, fruits & vegetables, nuts and omega-3s in our diet. As a consequence more and more Americans are reading food labels to be sure that the foods they are buying are healthy. But are those food ...
Do Foods Make Kids Fidget? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney When I was a kid we didn't have all of these fancy words like hyperactivity, ADD and ADHD. If a kid had trouble sitting still and trouble focusing on the task at hand, they were just considered "fidgety". So, what causes ADHD in kids? Now that I've dated myself ...
Looking To The Future: The Next 100 Issues Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney In the roughly year and a half that I have been publishing “Health Tips From The Professor” in its current form, I have tried to go behind the headlines to provide you with accurate, unbiased health information that you can trust and apply to your ...
What You Don’t Know About Heart Health Can Hurt You Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney If you are a young mom, heart disease is the furthest thing from your mind. You have your kids and your husband to look after. You have work. You don’t have time to look after yourself. Besides, you may think that heart disease ...
How Can You Be Sure You Are Getting What You Paid For? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Two weeks ago the headlines claimed that most supplements containing grape seed extract were bogus. Just last week the New York Attorney General claimed that four of the largest retailers in the state were selling bogus herbal supplements. We already knew that ...