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Multivitamins: To Take, or Not to Take?

My observant brother texted me this week asking what is the deal with multivitamins: Following a barrage of negative studies in the last few years suggesting that they may not provide any health benefit, and may even increase risk of

Posted in calcium, cancer, eating well, fruits and vegetables, healthy choices, multivitamin, nutrition, processed foods, supplement

For Those of Us Who Haven’t Gone to Cooking School…

I recently spoke with Sybil Kramer, MD, an endocrinologist in private practice in Melrose, MA, about the most common struggle facing her patients with diabetes: how to prepare healthy foods, whether they are trying to make favorite dishes lighter or

Posted in blood sugar, cooking, diabetes, eating well, healthy choices, insulin, nutrition, snacks

The Nutritional Downside of Prescription Drugs

For today’s post, I’m pulling an article out of the archives. A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that statins—widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs—are linked to fatigue, particularly during exercise. In the study, women were more likely to

Posted in antibiotics, antidepressant, blood pressure, CoQ10, diabetes, drugs, medication, medicine, nutrition, prescription

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