Public Health

Dairy Consumers Have Healthier Diets, And That Means Less Type 2 Diabetes

Does the presence of higher levels of biomarkers of dairy fat consumption in people with lower levels of type 2 diabetes mean more dairy means less risk of developing it? According to epidemiology, yes, but epidemiology and politics are the two key reasons ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2018 - 11:41am

Hunter-Gatherers Live Nearly As Long As We Do Without Healthcare

Modern life has many benefits. Transport, comfy furniture, smartphones, TV, the internet, dentistry and advanced medicine would be at the top of most people’s lists. Our bodies also show signs of responding positively to modern life. In almost every part ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 1 2018 - 7:00am

Vaping Replaced Cigarettes, And That Is A Public Health Win

Early this year, I testified at FDA in support of approval for a new smoking cessation tool called iQOS. While it may have seemed odd for the president of the American Council on Science and Health, which has campaigned against smoking for 40 years, to end ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 27 2018 - 3:49pm

More Brown Fat May Be A Solution For The Obesity Crisis

Obesity is a disease where people accumulate more and more fat. When they reach a certain point, their fat stops working and they develop disease, such as type 2 diabetes. But not all fat is bad. The fat that accumulates in obesity is called white fat, bu ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 28 2018 - 8:00am

The Spanish Flu at 100... What Do We Know?

In 1918 an Influenza outbreak (Spanish Flu) began which would eventually infect 500 million people (1/3 of the world’s population) and prove fatal to 50 million making it far more deadly then even World War I (estimated 15-19 million dead) which would end ...

Blog Post - Scott Beers - Dec 18 2018 - 6:24pm

Conventional, Organic, When It Comes To Pesticides The American Food Supply Is Safe Again This Year

Despite another year of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hyperventilating weeks after a foodborne illness occurs (devastating lettuce farmers while showing how they little they know when exaggerating what they do know), the more evidence ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 20 2018 - 4:00pm

Want To Lose Weight? Try 16:8!

16:8 is a form of daily fasting wherein people eat whatever they choose for 8 hours and fast for the next 16 hours. A new study published in the journal Nutrition and Healthy Aging evaluated this strategy for obese individuals and found that the diet work ...

Blog Post - Scott Beers - Feb 14 2019 - 4:48pm

In Trial, E-Cigarettes Work Better For Smoking Cessation Than Big Pharma Products

In a multi-center trial of almost 900 smokers(1), e-cigarettes were shown to be twice as effective as pharmaceutical "gold standard" approaches like gums, lozenges, and patches. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2019 - 12:15pm

Exercise Is The Best Preventive Medicine, But Does Extreme Exercise Harm Health In Men? No

Exercise is good for you but some people worry there can be too much of a good thing, especially for middle-aged athletes. Extreme running and high-endurance exercise were a concern to some doctors but a study using coronary calcium scanning, an imaging t ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2019 - 1:38pm

Celery Juice Joins Acai, Quinoa, And Curry In Being Goop Endorsed "Miracle Foods" That Do Nothing

I got a butter shaper for Christmas. I asked for one because I make lot of butter in a mason jar and then just throw it in tupperware but my friends sometimes want butter and it feels a little dismissive to just hand them tupperware. Imagine my disappointm ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2019 - 12:07pm