Food & Nutrition

A number of you are now reading a really interesting article by Chuck "Chuckie" Dinerstein, our beloved director of medicine, about how beets might be useful in lowering your blood pressure.

SNAC-K is a longitudinal study of Swedish adults designed to study the impact of aging and chronic illness. The research cohort was a randomly sampled subgroup of 2,473 Swedish adults 60 or older evaluated at six-year intervals for over 15 years.

I can't even estimate the number of times I've warned the public about the hidden dangers that can be found in the largely unregulated bizzaro universe of the dietary supplement industry. Here are a few examples.

You say tomato, I say potato

Beets are a recent addition to the pantheon of “super foods,” providing not only nutrition but that MAHA “food as medicine” boost.

It’s All Over the News

The Body’s Internal Clock

For the full article by Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, click here. 

Let’s play a guessing game. Name a former surgeon who “moved on” to bigger and better thing$, aka humping questionable dietary supplements. “Better” as in a bigger and better portfolio. Who comes to mind? Dr. Oz, of course, right?

Processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages, and trans-fatty acids all have been associated with chronic diseases, frequently type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and colorectal cancer.