Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rarely mentioned as one of America’s worst health threats. Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes get far more publicity.
But NAFLD is more common than any of these. And it can be just as deadly.
More than 30% of Americans have NAFLD. It’s also known simply as fatty liver.
You may associate liver problems with drinking.… Read More
Sugar has become perhaps our biggest dietary villain. It’s linked to virtually all the biggest killers that plague Americans: obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes… The list goes on and on.
Most of us think we know why sugar is harmful: It is packed with empty calories. It makes us fat while providing no nutrition. But new research shows there’s another way sugar damages our bodies and cuts our lives short.… Read More
Months ago, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, we advised you to take vitamin D.
At the time, because COVID-19 was so new, there were no studies showing that vitamin D was effective against it. But vitamin D had a strong track record against the flu and other viral respiratory illnesses. Therefore, researchers believed it was likely to work against coronavirus as well.… Read More
A major new study on brain aging has good news and bad news…
The bad news is that your brain starts to decline much earlier than previously believed, in your late 40s.
The good news is that you can prevent and even reverse this decline by eating fewer carbohydrates.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.… Read More
The condition of your lungs has never been more important.
The coronavirus attacks the respiratory system. That means the strength of your lungs may determine if you live or if you die if you get COVID-19.
When people are infected, the virus travels to the mucus membranes before spreading to the lungs. To control the infection, the body responds with inflammation in the lungs.… Read More
The U.S. has the highest obesity rate by far of any developed country. The vast majority of Americans—nearly three-quarters of us—are either obese or overweight.
This would be a major health crisis in the best of times. But during the coronavirus pandemic, it is proving to be even more deadly.
Four recent studies show that obesity may be the single greatest risk factor other than age for having a severe case of COVID-19 or dying of it.… Read More