If you search the web for information on garlic you’re going to find a wide range of conflicting information. Some 
of the information will tell you this herb is effective for a variety of health challenges.
Other articles will tell you that the benefits of garlic are as mythical as its ability to protect you from vampires.
This article will give you a fair and balance perspective so that you can make an intelligent choice on whether to include this herb as part of your herbal health plan.
This blog post is all about the damaging effects of sugar. Most people acknowledge that too much sugar is bad for 
you. Unfortunately most people don’t understand the following:
How much sugar they consume each day!
How the damaging effects of sugar are slowly and consistently compromising their health!
Let’s look at the first question to help you understand how much sugar you consume each day.
When I tell people that the average American is consuming a 4 pound bag of sugar every 2 to 3 weeks, the reaction I get is:
“No Way!”
Well, I produced a video 7 years ago titled “A Simple Dietary Change” that helps you understand how much sugar you consume each day. The information that I shared back then is still true today.
At minimum, watch the first 5 minutes to see how 4 foods items, that many people consume each day, are causing them to consume a 4 pound bag of sugar every 2 to 3 weeks. Read More →
When I first decided to do this article on the health benefits of pumpkin pie I approached it as a fluff post to fill out
my Health Newsletter. To my surprise there are a lot of health benefits of pumpkin pie. Even WebMD acknowledges “6 Surprising Health Benefits of Pumpkin.”
What is traditionally seen as a Thanksgiving Day desert, the pumpkin pie can help provide the following key benefits:
Weight Loss Aid
Improved Vision
Better Immunity
Younger Looking Skin
Reduced Cancer Risk
Diabetic Help
This post on the health benefits of pumpkin pie will explore these benefits and more.
Usually you see turkey as part of Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, but the health benefits of turkey make it an 
excellent source for your weekly and monthly nutritional profile.
Just like Chick-fil-A has cows promoting the consumption of chicken maybe we need an ad campaign of pigs promoting turkey consumption.
Turkey provides both dark and white meat (I prefer the dark meat) with most people preferring white meat. Given that, here is the nutritional value of 1 cup (140 grams or 5 ounces) of turkey:
Calories: 220
Protein: 42 grams
Thiamin: 6% of RDI (Reference Daily Intake)
Riboflavin: 11% of RDI
Niacin: 48% of RDI
Vitamin B6: 38% of RDI
Vitamin B12: 9% of RDI
Calcium: 3% of RDI
Iron: 10% of RDI
Magnesium: 10% of RDI
Phosphorus: 31% of RDI
Potassium: 12% of RDI
Zinc: 19% of RDI
Selenium: 64% of RDI
Glycemic Load: 0
That’s a pretty good nutritional profile. Here are the health benefits of turkey based on this nutritional profile. Read More →
I want to introduce you to the best anti aging advice I can give you. It is rooted in biology. It’s so powerful that it 
will impact the way you look at what you eat and drink forever!
This anti aging advice will become the foundational strategy for helping you to slow down the aging process. As well as reducing your risk for cancer and all types of diseases.
What is this powerful strategy? It is called:
The 1% Solution!
Pretty dramatic isn’t it!
What? You think it’s pretty lame. You’re thinking how can 1% of anything have any real effect on your health and longevity?
Well, before I show you how powerful this anti aging advice is let me ask you this question:
Would you want a stock that increased in value by 1%?
Maybe.
What if it increased in value by 1% each day you owned it?
Absolutely!
I thought so. Who wouldn’t want something that improved in value everyday you owned it.
Well, let’s apply this thinking to your body. What would happen to your health if you could improve 1% of your body today? And, another 1% tomorrow!
What if you could to this everyday for the next 90 days? Would that make a difference in your overall health and wellness? Improve your chances for longevity and anti aging? Could it reduce your risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease? Read More →
In today’s blog post we want to address the question: Do you have a leaky gut?
This is a fairly new term for a medical condition called intestinal permeability. Some doctors, and medical organizations like the Canadian Society of Intestinal Research, believe this is a myth created by “alternative medicine practitioners.”
According to them “most physicians maintain that there is not enough research to prove that it is a legitimate issue.”
Then there is the Harvard Medical School that acknowledges this issue and states:
“. . . there is growing interest to develop medications that may be used in patients to combat the effects of this problem.”
Dr. Marcelo Campos, MD posted on September 22, 2017 an article for the Harvard Medical School. It was titled “Leaky gut: What is it, and what does it mean for you?” Here are two paragraphs from his article: Read More →
This blog post will give you an overall understanding of omega 3 supplements and how they can be beneficial to your 
health.
Most disease is a result of inflammation.
Which means one of the keys to reducing your risk for disease is to effectively reduce your potential for cellular and vascular inflammation.
In my article “Relief From Chronic Inflammation” I recommended the drastic reduction of omega 6 oils from your diet. And to replace them with Omega 3 sources.
Why?
Because omega 6 oils like soybean, canola, sunflower, cottonseed, corn, and vegetable trigger inflammation both in your gut and throughout your body.
Omega 3 oils like Coconut Oil, Avocados, Grass-fed Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Fish rich in Omega-3s actually help to turn off inflammation.
Due to food choices, most Americans eat a diet that has a 20:1 ration of omega-6 to omega-3 fats, which creates an environments for chronic inflammation. This chronic inflammation then increases a person’s risk for all types of diseases.
This increased risk was pointed out in research conducted at Harvard University were they showed that omega-3 fatty acid deficiency ranked as the sixth highest killer of Americans. Actually claiming approximately 96,000 people per year.
If you want to reverse this deficiency, then you need to consume a diet rich in omega-3 and lean in omega-6 oils.
One of the simplest and most effective ways to do this is to use omega 3 supplements on a daily basis. Read More →
I like popcorn. Most of the people that I know also like popcorn. And as I’ve taken to heart the research on vegetable
oils causing wide spread inflammation throughout the body, I’ve had to readjust my snacking options.
I used to love Fritos and Potato Chips. They were my go to snacks.
But corn oil, canola oil, and vegetable oil are used in the processing of these snacks. Which makes these snack items potential food sources for inflammation.
And while I will occasionally eat them, it’s no longer a daily snack item. Not even a weekly snack item. I’ll have them if I’m at a family party and they’re on the snack table.
So when I saw that popcorn was bad for you I decided to find out why.
And if I could save this snack item so that I didn’t have to give it up.
What I found was pretty interesting. It’s both good and bad. Let’s first get the bad out of the way. Read More →
Recent research has shown a direct link between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. Much of it centers on Vitamin D
and Vitamin K2 deficiencies and how they affect your endothelial cells.
Now before we examine this link between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis let’s first understand what these words mean.
Atherosclerosis involves the calcification of your vascular tissue.
Osteoporosis involves the decalcification of bone tissue.
Here is a medical fact that few physicians know, and even fewer in the general population have ever heard about. As you age your endothelial cells, which line all of your cardiovascular system, can turn into bone cells. They are known as osteoblasts, which normally regulate bone formation.
This discovery was originally made in 1993. Since this discovery research has shown a link between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. Those with atherosclerosis typically also have weaker, more brittle bone with an increased risk for fracture. Those with osteoporosis typically exhibit hardening of the arteries or atherosclerotic calcification leading to atherosclerosis.
To date the precise biological mechanisms behind the transformation of endothelial cells into osteoblasts, or bone-forming cells, is not fully understood. What is understood is the key role Vitamins D3 and K2 play in ensuring that calcium is properly used in bone formation while at the same time preventing the pathological calcification of your arteries.
These two nutrients operate synergistically to combat atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. Read More →
Blueberries are native to North America but it’s only been recently that blueberry nutrition has hit national attention.
With approximately 30 different species, blueberries have become an important and plentiful tool for preventing free radical damage, one of the leading causes of aging and degenerative diseases.
Because of its high ORAC value and nutritional density, I use blueberries as one of my ingredients in my morning protein shake. Here is a brief overview of their health benefits and why it’s important to include blueberries in your diet:
Improves heart health
Provides cancer protection
Helps prevent damage to collagen
Improves cognitive function
Protects against macular degeneration and cataracts
Improves elimination
That’s an impressive list of health benefits all designed to keep you young and healthy as you age. Read More →