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Will the “real” China study please stand up?
I have a vegetarian relative who comes to town from time to time to visit. It’s always a hassle negotiating a restaurant because he insists on vegan, and I prefer a place offering at least fish. Recently we…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight
Advice to Tom Hanks
Recently, Tom Hanks grabbed the headlines, not just for his portrayal of Captain Phillips in his latest hit movie, but for his revelation that he is now suffering from type 2 diabetes. It happened during an interview with…read more
Categories:Diabetes Supplements
Repeat after me: “Hunger is my friend!”
Most of us are familiar with the sensation: You get that empty feeling in your stomach, your appetite revs up, the smell of Cinnabons or pizza or donuts becomes irresistible. It’s hunger, a primal urge to eat, which…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight
Michelle Obama’s water advocacy based on “murky” science, say experts
First Lady Michelle Obama has rolled out a new campaign to make Americans drink more water. “Water is the first and best energy drink,” she told a crowd at a high school at the aptly named Watertown, Wisconsin….read more
Categories:General Nutrition Obesity
Does this plug-in make me look fat? And does it matter anyway?
“I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.” Rodney Dangerfield A lot has been made of the BMI, or Body Mass Index, the supposed arbiter of whether we are fat or…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight Obesity
Diversify your exercise portfolio
There’s a scene in the 1999 Academy Award-winning movie American Beauty in which an out-of-shape Kevin Spacey, newly lovestruck, encounters a pair of fitness buff neighbors jogging in front of his house. The dialogue goes something like this:…read more
Categories:Exercise Heart Health Obesity Sleep
It’s been a bad month for carbs
August marked the debut of Grain Brain, an outstanding book by my good colleague Dr. David Perlmutter. In Grain Brain, Dr. Perlmutter offers evidence of the deleterious effects of excess sugar and refined carbohydrates on the brain, focusing…read more
Categories:Diabetes General Nutrition Obesity
Former President G.W. Bush gets stampeded into undergoing a stent operation
Wasn’t it just a couple of months ago that George Bush, fit and buff at 66, led a group of Wounded Warriors one hundred kilometers across the deserts of West Texas for the Bush Institute’s annual spring mountain…read more
Categories:Supplements
Bush’s unnecessary stent—but wait, folks, there’s more!
Many of you have commented favorably on my recent newsletter article “Former President G.W. Bush Gets Stampeded Into Undergoing a Stent Operation.” http://www.drhoffman.com/page.cfm/1216. Mostly, amid the torpor of late August, people are too busy squeezing out the last…read more
Categories:Heart Disease
Does science equal truth?
“When she’s dancing next to me” “Blinding me with science – science!” “Science!” “I can hear machinery” “Blinding me with science – science!” “Science!” –“She Blinded Me With Science,” words and music by Thomas Dolby, 1982 Sometimes I…read more
Categories:Supplements
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
Dead Butt Syndrome: I love this term! Formally speaking, in medical parlance, it’s dubbed “gluteal…
Q: I read various health newsletters, books, and websites on nutritional advice, and I’d like…
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into…
Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Rebounder v. Exercise Ball
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