IT’S THE QUALITY, STUPID… Of the uncountable diets that are out there, none that I am aware of balance the quality of the food to the calorie. Some, like Weight Watchers, look only at the calorie. Others, like Atkins, look only at the macronutrients. There is no doubt that our bodies do much better with […]
Medication Is NOT The Way To Go MEDICAL ERRORS KILLS A 747’S WORTH OF PASSENGER PER DAY? To many, this data is not a surprise. And keep in mind that 98,000 deaths and 1 million injuries per year is, by most estimates, a very, very conservative number because it only includes errors, and does not include […]
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SLOW LEARNERS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN’S HEALTH. Can anyone explain to me WHY the sales of high calorie drinks went UP?? At an elementary school?? Let me say this now and make it very, very, very clear. We should NOT, without a doubt, be drinking our calories. Soda, milk (yes…dairy), […]
Caution! Drugs May Be Deceiving! DON’T ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ ON THAT LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER THAT CAME WITH YOUR DRUG…We’d like to believe that all the info that our doctors and we get when we get a prescription is truthful and not deceitful by omission. But alas!! The world of pharmaceuticals is fraught […]
Drugs and Their Effects SOOOO…THE DRUG MY DOCTOR WANTS TO GIVE ME WORKED IN A CLINICAL TRIAL..BUT COMPARED TO WHAT? This is, arguably, one of the more important questions we can ask. In randomized, placebo controlled trials we compare a pill with the active “drug” ingredient to an inert pill with nothing in it (a […]
