Category: Nutrition

Recently, in the British Journal of Medicine, the authors found that frequent consumption of fried foods, particularly fried chicken and fried fish/shellfish, was correlated with a higher risk of all cause and cardiovascular mortality.  The participants in the study were postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years. ~ Dr. Broussard BMJ — Sun Y, et al. | January 25, 2019…

Kristin Bundy, for MDLinx | January 08, 2019 Finding ways to avoid burnout—which occurs twice as often in physicians than in those in other professions—became the focus of several health-care systems and universities this year. In fact, several health-care institutions have implemented wellness programs and formed committees charged with improving work conditions and decreasing stress…

by Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. We have all be fooled “again”.. Just when you think we are doing something good for our bodies we learn that we have been conned. This has led to today’s case of the Canola Con! How many people use canola oil for cooking? How many people choose mayonnaise, salad…

John Murphy, MDLinx | December 06, 2018 Coffee is so ubiquitous that we almost forget how it may affect our health. Indeed, more than half (55%) of the US population drinks coffee on a daily basis, at an average of about 2 cups per day, according to recent surveys. Serious coffee drinkers gulp down much…

Does an egg a day keep CVD away? John Murphy, MDLinx | December 05, 2018 For many years, eggs have had a bad reputation for contributing to heart disease. But new research is turning this “bad egg” into a good one. Indeed, researchers of a recent study showed that eating an egg a day is…

IT’S CONFIRMED. DAIRY PRODUCTS AND SUGAR CAUSE ACNE. As our sugar and dairy consumption has increased over the last 100 years so has the number of people with acne. We now have over 17 million acne sufferers, costing our health care system $1 billion a year. Eighty to ninety percent of teenagers suffer acne to…

This is the title of an article published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.  They review the evidence for whole-fat, and non-fat dairy foods out there.  I agree with Frank Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, chair of the nutrition department at Harvard University where he advises, “don’t get overstressed about just one thing. Overall dietary…

An article published in the journal Diabetic Medicine shows that you can lower your blood sugars by restricting your carbohydrates.  They found that by restricting carbohydrates to 50–130 g daily, it had beneficial effects on HbA1c in trials of up to 6 months.  Talk to your diabetes doctor before trying a restricted carbohydrate diet because everyone’s case is different.…