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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 settled on…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight
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 David Letterman….read more
Categories:Diabetes Supplements
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. It’s all…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Obesity
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: Spacey: I…read more
Categories:Exercise Heart Health Obesity Sleep
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 in particular…read more
Categories:Diabetes General Nutrition Obesity
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 bike ride?…read more
Categories:Supplements
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 full measure…read more
Categories:Heart Disease
“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 think we…read more
Categories:Supplements
Yet another viral news story has recently spooked many of my listeners and patients. This time it’s about an alleged association between fish oil and prostate cancer. It spread like wildfire this week after being headlined on the Drudge Report….read more
Categories:Cancer General Nutrition Supplements
Apostasy (Wikipedia): “The formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person” In the Middle Ages, apostates were harshly punished. Some were tortured and burned at the stake. More recently “defectors” from repressive regimes have been…read more
Categories:Nutrition and Weight Nutrition Controversies
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…
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
The recent attempt on candidate Trump’s life merely highlights a long-standing problem: America is in…
Q: Is drinking liquids with meals bad for digestion? I routinely have a pint of…
“Dr. Hoffman, do you still eat peanuts?” That was a listener question recently on my…
Exploring the Critical Link Between Gut Health and Overall Wellbeing with Dr. Michael Ruscio, Part 2
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