Risks for your health

  by Derek Knauss Consuming refined sugar can impact mood, decision-making, and memory. Here’s how good it can be to give it up. I have a love-hate relationship with food. I love it; it generally hates me. Matter of fact, I love food so much that until a few years ago, I was extremely overweight. So…
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Osteoporosis refers to the weakening of the bones that makes them more prone to fractures. According to the International Osteoporosis Foundation, around 54 million Americans either already have this condition or low bone mass that puts them at risk of osteoporosis. While there are natural risk factors for this condition to watch…
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  Presented is a list of immune-strengthening foods and immune weakening foods that you can make choices about during this time. The coronavirus can easily be beaten providing you are healthy and your immune system is fairly strong. Almost anybody can use Vitamin C in similar ways it was being used in Asia to deal…
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Over the years, products with lead have steadily been removed from store shelves as more people become aware about the dangers of lead poisoning. However, K-12 students in California may be ingesting the heavy metal through an unavoidable source – their water. In an email to the Environmental Working Group, the…
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  By Dr. Fahad Basheer(author of the book Science of Emotions) During my general practice, I often encounter many cases that stem from stress. Gastritis is one of the common clinical presentations. A thorough evaluation of the patient’s day will clearly explain why he developed gastritis (stress), and most patients…
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  The most widely used oil in the United States can be found in processed/packaged foods, in the deep fryers of countless fast food restaurants and even mixed into feed for livestock. Soybean oil is everywhere and unfortunately, it is not healthy for us humans. Likely the livestock as well should not be consuming it at all.…
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  A growing health crisis fueled by synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in groundwater has garnered much attention in the last few years. The reported levels could be “just the tip of the iceberg,” as most of the chemicals…
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  As many government officials pretend as though the threat of an Ebola outbreak occurring in the United States somehow doesn’t exist, the quiet hiring of an Ebola task force in New York City suggests that, at least in some areas, authorities are starting to panic behind closed doors. At the end of 2019 it…
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  Lead researcher Lauren Bandy and her colleagues looked at the nutritional information of a range of soft drinks in the UK, including carbonated drinks, concentrates, 100% juice, juice drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks and bottled water, and combined this with sales data from 2015-2018. There has been…
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  During the years 1976 through 1980, 15% of U.S. adults were obese. Today, about 40% of adults are obese. Another 33% are overweight. Coinciding with this increase in weight are ever-rising rates of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and health complications caused by obesity, such as hypertension. Even Alzheimer's disease may…
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