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Eat your bananas

January 21, 2003 Traditional medicine tells us that patients with hypertension should avoid salt in their diets. More recently this idea has been questioned, and often dismissed by many doctors. According to Robert C. Atkins, M.D., author of "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution," the problem for those with high blood pressure isn't sodium, it's... Read More >

Categories: high blood pressure potassium

Hyper drive

January 7, 2003 Over the holidays, an old friend and former colleague sent me a news clipping with a report on the results of a major new study. And on the face of it this looks like good news for anyone coping with high blood pressure... Read More >

Categories: diuretic medications high blood pressure side effects

When the joint’s not jumping

December 12, 2002 Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. If you relieve the inflammation, you relieve the pain that comes with it. But as anyone who suffers from arthritis knows, this is not as simple as it sounds... Read More >

Categories: Arthritis natural alternatives pain relief

Back to the garden

November 19, 2002 Just this last week, HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., sent me some new and important information with specific details about how fructose contributes to obesity, complicates diabetes, and even promotes the aging process... Read More >

Categories: Aging Diabetes fructose IBS obesity side effects

Dodge the sugar bullet–and double your chances of beating this leading killer

November 1, 2002 The sad fact is that simply following a "normal" American diet can put us at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Also known as adult-onset diabetes, this type of the disease accounts for up to 95 percent of all cases and is the kind ballooning to epidemic proportions... Read More >

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Newsletter Issue: November 2002

World heart day

October 3, 2002 I just came across an item on BBC News online regarding World Heart Day, featuring exhibitions, fund raising walks, and carnivals throughout 90 different countries. And when is World Heart Day? Last Sunday... Read More >

Categories: antioxidants exercise heart health magnesium world heart day

Flaxseed and cardiovascular health

September 18, 2002 The media has struck oil. That's how it seems anyway. Because lately I'm finding more and more items on the nutrition news web sites about good oil, bad oil, and all the oils in between... Read More >

Categories: Cancer cardiovascular health essential fatty acids flaxseed oil oil

Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening

September 4, 2002 If someone stacked 150 one-pound bags of sugar on your kitchen table on January 1st, how long would you say it might take you to ingest all of it in the course of your normal diet? A couple of years? Five years? Longer... Read More >

Categories: blood sugar Diabetes epidemic Glucotor herbs obesity regulation sugar

While you were sleeping

August 14, 2002 As a health problem, snoring doesn't seem like much to get excited about. Husbands, and mostly wives, get annoyed, we complain, and eventually we find ways to cope. And of course snoring gets laughs on TV and in movies. But chronic snoring is often due to sleep apnea, a disorder... Read More >

Categories: cardiovascular disease heart health homocysteine sleep apnea snoring treatment

Obesity and fast food

August 5, 2002 In his best selling book "Fast Food Nation" Eric Schlosser tells us that Americans spend more of their hard-earned money on fast food than they spend on higher education... Read More >

Categories: fast food lawsuit legal action mcdonalds obesity

Flying under the radar

July 25, 2002 If you're like me, you'll be shocked - actually more like flabbergasted - to find out that drug research trials bring a whole new meaning to the old Latin idea of "I shall please."... Read More >

Categories: disclosure drug trials hidden ingredients ingredients placebo placebo effect sugar pills

Balancing act

July 2, 2002 Lift your hand and reach over to turn on the lamp. Now imagine that your hand and arm won't respond - this casual movement that you've made all of your life without giving it a second thought, suddenly can't be done. That's the sort of daily challenge endured by thousands... Read More >

Categories: potassium prevention risk factors stroke
Allan Spreen, M.D.
Dr. Allan Spreen, Chief Medical Advisor

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