Intermittent fasting (IF) has become one of the most popular weight loss methods in recent years. With several celebrities endorsing it, many people have embraced the idea of restricting their eating to a specific time window each day. But while some research highlights the potential benefits of intermittent fasting for brain health, recent studies have… Read More »
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published November 11, 2018. I’ve previously interviewed James DiNicolantonio, Pharm.D., about his book, “The Salt Fix: Why the Experts Got It All Wrong and How Eating More Might Save Your Life,” where he exposes why we got it wrong about salt and promotes eating healthy… Read More »
Amid the pandemic media storm in January 2021, a study1 published in the journal Atherosclerosis quietly revealed that people taking statin medications had a higher rate of cardiovascular events than those who were not on statins.2 In the study, the researchers separated the participants by assigning them a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score. This is… Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a whole lot of digital transformation for people staying home. For digital natives, that wasn’t such an exogenous shock. For older people who are digital immigrants, they will remember their initial Zoom get-together’s with much-missed family, ordering groceries online in the first ecommerce purchase, and using telemedicine for the first time… Read More »