In the following video, Thomas Campbell, MD, discusses how numerous unhealthy behaviors and outcomes can spread through personal networks, even as far as three degrees of separation. As you watch…
A reader asked if his kids would be even more, or “dangerously” thin if they didn’t eat lots of added oils and cheeses. A: I have never heard of anyone…
Question: I’m trying to cut down dairy, but do I really have to give up ice cream? Answer: In just one cup of vanilla ice cream, per the USDA nutrient…
Recently the science/health news has been abuzz with interesting results demonstrating that the bacteria in the gut can influence body type, specifically obesity. (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352966/description/A_gut_infection_can_keep_mice_lean). The bacteria present in the gut…
Here at the Center for Nutrition Studies, we are focused on nutrition and health. But what we choose to do for our own nutrition and health has a dramatic effect…
It’s that time of year again. Many of us wake up and go to work in the dark. We work all day and return home in the dark. With the…
Going to the doctor for your fasting lipid panel results can be an exercise in confusion. You will get numbers for your total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (“unhealthy” cholesterol), HDL cholesterol…
Sweet potatoes are a super food that I have only recently come to appreciate. While preparing a lecture on heart disease epidemiology, I found reports of several traditional cultures known…
On June 19th, an article[1] in the New York Times titled, “In Single Gene, a Path to Fight Heart Attacks,” unintentionally highlighted the modern promise and the utter failure of…
