What Can Vegan Moms Do? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney A whole food vegan diet is incredibly healthy: Vegans are less likely to be overweight than the general population. Vegans have a lower risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, hypertension, and several other diseases than the general population. Whole food vegan diets are anti-inflammatory, so they lower the ...
Stretching Your Calf Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT – The Pain Relief Expert Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney Florida is heating up and midday is pretty warm, but the rest of the USA is just entering the best time of year (if you love warm weather). And I think the best part is that the days are longer so we ...
Is Everything You Knew About HDL Wrong? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney In last week’s “Health Tips From the Professor” I talked about one of the greatest strengths of the scientific method - namely that investigators constantly challenge, and occasionally disprove, existing paradigms. That allows us to discard old models of how things work and replace them with ...
The Scientific Method In Action Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney You have probably heard that low alcohol consumption is healthier than complete abstinence from alcohol. It is certainly a popular viewpoint. It is also a scientific paradigm. By that I mean: It is supported by multiple clinical studies. Elaborate metabolic explanations have been proposed to support this paradigm. It ...
How Can You Reduce Your Risk Of Breast Cancer? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney Breast cancer is scary. The good news is that treatment has gotten much better. Breast cancer is no longer a death sentence. But most women would prefer to avoid breast cancer surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy if they could. Could something as simple as supplementation reduce ...
Is The Mediterranean Diet Overrated? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney You may have noticed that certain celebrities are singled out for fame and acclaim, while others of equal talent and accomplishment are virtually ignored. The same thing occurs in the scientific realm. At present, the Mediterranean diet is the darling of the diet world. Study after study is designed ...
Relief From Lower Back Pain Author: Julie Donnelly, LMT –The Pain Relief Expert Editor: Dr. Steve Chaney May was the start of the beautiful weather when I lived up in New York. April showers began to bring May flowers. Of course, here in Florida we have flowers all year, so it’s our friends to the north that are ...
Is It Three Strikes And You Are Out? Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney If you are pregnant, you want the best for your unborn baby. Your doctor has recommended a prenatal supplement, but do the prenatal supplements on the market meet your needs? A few months ago, I shared two studies that concluded that most prenatal supplements on ...
The Promise And Problems Of Nutrigenomics Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney When the human genome was sequenced in 2003, many of us in the scientific community thought we were on the verge of a revolution in human health and longevity. We would soon be able to tell individuals their risk of developing various diseases. Even better, we would be ...
The “Goldilocks Effect” Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney The low-carb wars rage on. Low-carb enthusiasts claim that low-carb diets are healthy. Many health experts warn about the dangers of low-carb diets. Several studies have reported that low-carb diets increase risk of mortality (shorten lifespan). However, two recent studies have come to the opposite conclusion. Those studies reported that high ...