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Top Herbs for Joint Health
Article at-a-glance: Herbal remedies have been used for centuries in traditional cultures around the world to boost joint health. Modern clinical trials have studied plant extracts from bromelain, Turmeric, Boswellia and other plants. These nutrients provide...
How Supporting Joint Health Promotes Heart Health
Article at-a-glance: Osteoarthritis (OA) is similar to many other chronic diseases in that its slowly developing for many years before the first symptoms appear. The development of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and OA both involve chronic inflammation,...
5 Simple Ways to Work Exercise into Your Life
Everyone seems to know that they should exercise. That exercise is good for them. When you’re in shape you not only feel and look better, but you reduce your risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dying before your time. And if you have chronic...
Top Foods to Boost Your Immune System
Article at-a-glance: Polyphenols are immune system activators that help protect you from infections. Unfortunately, the typical American diet is low in these immune-boosting nutrients. Unhealthy diets, which don’t provide enough polyphenols, may increase COVID-19...
A Toothbrush, a Stork and Two Minutes Twice a Day
I love helping people learn simple solutions that have outsized impacts. This blog teaches you how a toothbrush, a stork and four minutes a day can prevent falls, fall-related injuries and may even save your life or the life of someone you love. Fall statistics aren’t...
How to Choose the Right Cooking Oil
Our bodies need fat, which is critical for a balanced mood, optimal hormone function, and a healthy nervous and immune system. Cooking oil is almost pure fat, which can be a healthy part of an overall diet. But to get the most out of cooking oils, it’s important to understand each one’s flavor profile and how to store them to keep them fresh.
Top Adaptogenic and Calming Herbs for Sleep
Article at-a-glance: Healthy sleep is crucial for healthy memory, energy, mood, healthy blood sugar, blood pressue and much more. Supporting healthy sleep is directly related to our ability to handle stress The body’s innate stress response system, the hypothalamic...
Why Melatonin isn’t Enough
The number of people with problems sleeping is epidemic. Nearly everyone has some difficulty sleeping at some point in their lives. What I've found over the years in my medical practice with patients, in conversations with people around town, and with my...
A Practical Approach to Avoiding Drug-Nutrient Depletions
Article at-a-glance: Fifty-five percent of Americans now take at least one drug and almost 12% take five or more prescriptions drugs. Doctors and pharmacists almost never discuss drug-induced nutrient depletions with patients even though the fix is easy--simply take...
Top Three Ways Supplement Companies Fail You
Article at-a-glance: Since the FDA isn’t authorized to review dietary supplements for safety and effectiveness before they’re marketed, consumers need to ask the right questions before buying. Many supplements use inferior, inexpensive nutrients that have low...
Hey Doc, What’s the Best Way to Take My Dietary Supplements?
By Dr. John Neustadt I’m frequently asked what the best way is to take dietary supplements. Should you take them with food? Should you take them with or between meals? Should you take them with a specific type of liquid to wash them down? In this blog, I clear...
The Osteoporosis Crisis is Worse Than We Thought
Article at-a-glance: A newly released study shows that this healthcare crisis is much worse than we thought, and this silent killer is affecting people at a much younger age. A 50-year-old woman has a similar lifetime risk of dying from hip fracture as from breast...
Top Tips for Healthy Blood Pressure
Article at-a-glance: Blood viscosity describes how easily blood can flow throw your body. Supporting healthy blood viscosity is important for healthy blood pressure. Many doctors don’t discuss blood viscosity when talking about ways to promote healthy pressure....
Willing but Unable: How Insomnia Kills a Man’s Sex Life
Article at-a-glance: Poor sleep devastates physical and mental health, including a man's sex life. Sleep deprivation wreaks havoc on a man’s sexual health, destroying sex drive, decreasing fertility, testosterone and causing erectile dysfunction. If that weren’t...
Food Matters
Article at-a-glance: Food can cause, prevent and reverse disease. Which it does is up to you. Half of US adults have at least 1 chronic disease. Diet controls your biochemistry and health of your genes. The Standard American Diet promotes chronic disease. Eating...