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JJ Virgin’s Top 5 New Year Tips

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I’m really happy to be able to share with you these five smart ideas from my long-time friend and colleague,  acclaimed fitness guru JJ Virgin. JJ is theauthor of “Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy“, the co-star of the TLC reality series Freaky Eaters, and a contributor to the Huffington Post. – Dr. Jonny 5 [...]

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Trans Fats Linked to “Brain Shrinkage”

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Diet, Shrinking Brains and “silent strokes” guest article by CNN’s Azadeh Ansari New findings in Alzheimer’s disease support longstanding notions of what doctors have preached for years. The studies look at associations, not causes, but they further scientists’ pursuit of preventing the fatal brain disease. It’s no secret that healthy diet high in omega-3 fatty [...]

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Cravings: Why They Strike, How to Curb Them

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This excellent article by Katherine Kam was originally posted on WebMD. It’s reproduced here in its entirety. A big thanks to Ms. Kam and to WebMD for letting us share this with you. Almost everyone has hankered after potato chips, ice cream, chocolate, or another beckoning treat. But why? And what do you do when [...]

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Green Tea Extract and Weight Loss

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A fascinating new study adds to the growing body of literature showing that green tea can impact weight gain and be an important tool in the fight against obesity. In the current study, published in Obesity, obese mice that were fed a weight-gaining diet put on significantly less weight when they were supplemented with green [...]

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Top 10 Fitness and Nutrition Tips for…1998?

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Recently I came across some of my old columns from the 90’s and decided to sample some of them to see what I was thinking back a decade or so ago. I was especially curious to see in what areas my thinking had evolved. I fully expected to slap my hand to my forehead in [...]

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Featured Recipe: Savory Slow Cooker Tender Turkey Drumsticks

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The following recipe is from “The Healthiest Slow-Cooker Recipes on Earth”, by myself and Jeannette Bessinger, due out the first of the year and available by pre-order now. Savory Slow Cooker Tender Turkey Drumsticks Turkey is a great, healthy source of protein (over 20 grams per serving) and turkey drumsticks are always a favorite. And [...]

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The Single Most Cost-Effective Medical Intervention!

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More than half of global mortality rates can be accounted for by six diseases: Cardiovascular disease cancer respiratory infections respiratory diseases tuberculosis diabetes What do all six have in common? They are all vitamin-D sensitive. And it’s not just those six diseases… Alzheimer’s meningitis Parkinson’s maternal sepsis pre-eclampsia MS deaths from falls …account for an [...]

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Another Study Says “No Problem” With Dietary Fat

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A new study adds to the growing body of research exonerating dietary fat from another of the many ills it’s been blamed for. Poor dietary fat. It gets scapegoated for so many things. Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, you name it, I guarantee you it’s been blamed on eating too much fat. Trouble is, it’s just [...]

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Toxins Made From Sugar Linked to Aging and Diabetes

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Toxins Made From Sugar by Craig Weatherby (The following is a guest article from health reporter Craig Weatherby, who writes the Vital Choice newsletter. Vital Choice is our favorite source for the highest quality wild salmon in the world. Check them out here.) Cooking foods that contain sugars and protein at high temperatures results in [...]

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Size Matters: The Truth About Carbs vs. Calories

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We Americans aren’t fond of complexity and nuance. Maybe it’s the pace of our society, the influence of the “fast cut” or the speed of our Blackberries that has reprogrammed our brains and shortened our attention spans. Who knows? All I know is this: when it comes to nutrition information, people want it short, fast, [...]

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Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked with Diabetes

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A new Australian study links low levels of vitamin D with a higher risk of diabetes. This study comes on the heels of a finding presented at the American Diabetes Association 2011 Scientific Sessions that showed that examined data from the Diabetes Prevention Program which showed that participants in the upper third of vitamin-D levels [...]

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Flaxseed Oil Associated with Decreased Risk of Type II Diabetes

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Alpha-linolenic acid—the plant based omega-3 found in flaxseed—has been shown to be associated with a decreased risk of diabetes. Any reader of this newsletter knows by now of the myriad health benefits associated with greater omega-3 consumption. But there have been relatively few studies comparing the effects of marine-based omega-3’s to plant based omega-3’s. The [...]

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