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Unsalted Tomato Juice Significantly Improves Blood Pressure and LDL Cholesterol
Could tomato juice be your next patient recommendation? Chronic endothelial injury from hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes are important contributors of atherosclerosis progression in aging populations. ...
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JAMA Study Finds Fault with using BMI as Measure of Health Risk
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that some women considered to be a normal weight could unknowingly be at high risk for ...
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Low Vitamin D in Newborns Linked to Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
As poor nutritional status affects more and more children, researchers are beginning to see dramatic health ramifications. For instance, in this study at Boston Medical ...
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Barrie Tan, PhD: Using Tocotrienols to Address Lifestyle and Metabolic Disease
In this interview from Dick Benson and Barrie Tan, PhD, from our partners at Integrative Medicine, a Clinician’s Journal, the two discuss the potential for ...
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Daytime Sleepiness and Its Link to Low Vitamin D
Researchers at LSU’s Division of Sleep Medicine conducted a study to determine if there is a correlation between vitamin D deficiency (VitDd) and excessive daytime ...
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Are your Patients Getting Enough Vitamin D?
During the past few decades your patients have been taught to be wary of the sun. This advice may mean your patients are not getting ...
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Dr. Neal Barnard and other Physicians Call for Peers to Get Nutrition Education
“Nutrition knowledge is essential for today’s physicians,” according to a JAMA Internal Medicine commentary written by Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physicians Committee for ...
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Free-Patient Cookbook and Study on Mediterranean Diet during Pregnancy to Reduce Gestational Diabetes and Pre-eclampsia Risk
A simple Mediterranean diet in pregnancy does not reduce the overall risk of adverse maternal and offspring complications, but has the potential to reduce weight ...
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Mimi Guarneri, MD on the State of Integrative Cardiology
We pulled out this blog post from John Weeks’ archives, posted last February, on integrative cardiology with Mimi Guarneri, MD. As integrative medicine for chronic ...
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Vitamin D: The Fat-Soluble Philharmonic
From reducing sports injuries to cardiovascular health, vitamin D is best described as the philharmonic conductor of fat soluble vitamins. The symphony of players for ...
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