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My Favorite Diet Hack…
I’d like to let you in on one of my all time favorite ‘diet hacks’
No, it’s not fasting (that’s not really a ‘Diet hack’ – it’s more of a lifestyle)
Actually, it’s scotch.
Yep, good ol’ Scottish Whiskey (Irish is pretty darn good too, but I [...]

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Prostate Cancer Study: Delay Surgery

Sometimes, the best thing you can do is wait, or more exactly, watch and wait, at least when what your watching is prostate cancer. Reuters reports that Swedish researchers found that among 2,566 men with cancer confined to the prostate…
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DASH Diet Cuts Heart Risk 18 Percent

The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, a specialized diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats, really does what it is intended to do, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. HealthDay reports…
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Acid Diet (High-Meat Protein) Effects on Calcium Metabolism and Bone Health – Research Review

Cao JJ, Nielsen FH.  Acid diet (high-meat protein) effects on calcium metabolism and bone health. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010 Aug 16. [Epub ahead of print]
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Update recent advancements regarding the effect of high-animal protein intakes on calcium utilization and bone health.
RECENT FINDINGS: Increased potential renal …
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Four Out of Five Prostate Surgeries Unnecessary

Of the 50,000 radical prostatectomies performed every year in the United States, more than 40,000 are unnecessary. That’s the professional medical opinion of Dr. Mark Scholz, a coauthor, with Mark H. Blum, of Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers, a new…
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Study: Marijuana Effective Treatment for Chronic Pain

Don’t bogart that joint. Pass it over to someone who lives with chronic neuropathic pain. That’s the advice from researchers at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, who conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the analgesic effect…
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More Bad News for Omega-3s: No Protection for Heart Patients

For years now, the cardiovascular benefits of omega-3 fatty acids have been disputed, with champions of the fatty acids arguing that they reduce blood pressure and stave of heart events, and critics saying pretty much what researchers at Wageningen University…
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No Honey, Spouses Do Not Grow More Alike

It’s good news or bad news, depending on who you married: researchers at Michigan State University have found that, contrary to popular belief, married couples do not become more similar over time. Any similarities in personalities were probably there from…
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Where to Buy the Latest Anti-oxidant Powerhouse: Black Rice

For centuries before any of you readers were born, black rice was known as "forbidden rice," and could only be enjoyed by the emperors of China. Why? Because the emperors said so. In recent days, it has become known as…
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High Reps vs Low Reps For Muscle Gain: Roundtable With The Experts

Do high reps build more muscle than low reps? This is the first hot topic up for discussion in this upcoming series of roundtables where I bring together the brightest minds in nutrition and weight training science.
Besides the original four horsemen, that is yours truly, Lyle McDonald, Alan Aragon and Borge Fagerli, I have invited [...]

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