Exercise for Your Heart, Lungs and… Bacteria??

We all know that exercise is essential to good health.  And you also know that the bacteria in your gut are critically important to good health as well. But I would be surprised if, even in your wildest physiology-based dreams, you thought that these two were somehow linked. The benefits of exercise on human health […]

Weight Loss Diets and Shakes—Avoid This Like the Plague

Weight loss.  Your doctor pronounces the goal like it’s as easy as changing socks.  But it’s the rare physician that can put you on the path to that goal. The (much) less informed physicians will recommend drink mixes to lose weight with names like Medifast or Slim Fast.  Maybe the DASH diet or the American […]

Torn Cartiliage in Knee: This Option is Better Than Surgery

Everyone who has torn cartilage in the knee seems to think surgery is the only option.  This couldn’t be further from the truth. I had addressed this topic some time ago in a prior blog article that can be read by clicking here.  And, just in case you’d really like a lot more to read on the […]