Supersizeyourhealth tip #5 Have a Free Meal Each Week It’s Friday and what better day to celebrate a great week than Friday? Here is what I have discovered, you work had all week and what do you want to do? Reward yourself, right? Now I am not suggesting that you go out tonight and have [...]

Supersizeyourhealth tip #4 Eat More Vegetables Have you heard the Bernie Mac commercial on the radio that talks about vegetables? The first time I heard it I thought it was a little weird.  But then I checked the research. He reminds us that our United Sates Government recommends that we consume 9 servings of vegetables [...]

Supersizeyourhealth Tip #3 Eat Smaller Portions My wife and I love going to Carrabbas Italian Restaurant. But when we go there we marvel at the size of the portion that they give you.  (In fairness Carrabbas has a Gluten Free Menu and a guide for patients with Diabetes).  But don’t you ever wonder who is [...]

Super Size Your Health Tip #2: Increase Your Protein Intake I have read about many different recommendations over the years about how much protein you should consume. I think that it works best if you consume a majority of your daily protein intake by lunch time. I like to start the day with a protein [...]

There is a great summary on the facts about Vitamin D importance, testing, and supplementation over at www.redorbit.com by Jarod M Skowran. Vitamin D may very well be the missing link to our good health.  Think about your daily activities.  Unless you live on Maui and surf for a living (I would settle for living [...]

Skip the Soda and save $1000 – and your waist line. This is a first in a series of Super Size Your Health Tips. Got a tip of your own? Click on the title to add a comment and we will add it to our tip list. Super Size Your Health Tip #1: Cut The [...]

Why is heart disease the biggest killer in the United States? Do you know what puts you at risk for heart disease?   You can take a short quiz over at Health.com and learn about risk factors that have impact on heart disease. After the quiz you can get an explanation of each question.  It is [...]

Ali Hale’s blog at The Office Diet has great practicle tips for losing weight and monitoring your diet. Write it Down. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Do you remember what you had for lunch on Monday? In our busy lives it can be very challenging to plan and monitor your diet when you are on the [...]

I did a book review in my last post about Overdo$ed America by Dr John Abrahamson.  I found a recent article by author David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times that complements one of the themes in his book very well, pharmaceutical marketing machines. The article discusses how the massive advertising budgets of the pharmaceutical [...]

Cardiovascular disease As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States,[1][2] England, Canada and Wales,[3] killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.[4] One of the risk factors that is most frequently targeted in cardiovascular disease is hyperlipidemia, or high cholesterol.   High cholesterol levels are closely associated [...]