I decided to stray from my usual themes of previous articles for those of you to enjoy and hopefully learn something from. However, today I wanted to expand on a topic that many people are somewhat confused about and may know very little about. Some of the impetus of this article stems from the fact…
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Welcome to 2020! Most systems of health care delivery cleary focus upon the need to react to a continual health crisis. When you exclude trauma and acute mental health issues, most of the cases that are treated in a hospital setting are related to the development of chronic disease. If you “buy in” to the…
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Hello My friends! I wanted to write about a very important subject today for several reasons. Firstly, premature death is a very important end-point when one considers health care research findings because any factor(s) which increases the risk of dying prematurely is a very relevant issue! Secondly, being overweight or clinically obese remains a very…
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I have previously written many articles that have closely evaluated the direct linkage between body weight/mass and the risk of dying prematurely. As a professional health care provider, it is my job and continued ambition to keep people healthy for as long as this can be sustained. I am of the opinion that most folks…
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Protein is a very important and essential part of the human diet. So much so that the type and quality of protien you consume can very much effect your health. Most of your body is composed of it from your muscles and bones to many of your cell types, enzymes and even your DNA! So…
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I love using pure, cold-pressed coconut oil in the preparation of my food. I can use it when I need to heat an oil during cooking. Such as the case when I am using a skillet or I typically ad it to my spicy rice dishes…nothing tastes better! In recent years, coconut oil as also…
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The last article I wrote dealt with the nature of the relationship between the development of obesity and premature death. I wrote the last article to provide a frame of reference for this one…how does one become obese and what is (are) the most important factors with regard to the likelihood an individual will become…
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I wanted to write this article not just because obesity is the number one adverse health issue facing the planet…but the cost and disease burden associated with obesity is hard to calculate. Let’s keep it simple for today’s discussion…obesity can shorten your life expectancy! It is a very well-understood fact that having a BMI (body…
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There are more types of diets published in books and on the internet/social media than anyone can possibly account for. This fact of course, has led to a great deal of confusion regarding what we should eat or not eat and what type of diet is the most suitable for the achievement of a given…
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Throughout all of the time that I have been involved in health care delivery, the most important and pressing issue people continue to have is weight management. The incidence of overweight and obesity continues to increase on a global scale despite all that is known to prevent or effectively manage it. Trust me when I…
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