Reforming American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine The central vision of Preventive Medicine must be to keep patients healthy by effectively changing unhealthy lifestyles to avoid treatment requiring ailments. As a consequence, many fewer patients become sick or admitted into the hospital with expensive illnesses. This emphasis on prevention in public health care … [Read more...]
The Food Mantra
Here is a printable (pdf) version of The Food Mantra THE FOOD MANTRA: FRESH (fruits and vegetables), WHOLE & UNPROCESSED (grains and beans), ORGANIC (all) & FIBER (all) GRAINS (soak overnight) VEGETABLES (Fresh is BEANS best!!) FRUIT FISH (optional/treat) Cause weight gain/ stop … [Read more...]
Cooking with the Seasons – Preparing for Spring, by Jane Georgini
Cooking with the Seasons - Preparing for Spring by Jane Georgini With the coming of Spring, we find ourselves outside more. The longer days, warm sunshine, and the delight of finding flowers and early wild greens starting to sprout is renewing! However, spring doesn't happen overnight, but rather takes several weeks for the flowers to peek through the snow, unfold, and open … [Read more...]
Cardiomyopathy And Congestive Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy And Congestive Heart Failure Everyone is aware that cancer is the scariest diagnosis. But the actual number one killer in the United States, killing twice as often as cancer, and most likely to strike a person is heart disease, whether you are a woman or man, Black/Hispanic/Asian or White. Heart attack, angioplasty. hardening of the arteries, bypass surgery and … [Read more...]
The Statins: Lipitor, Crestor, Advicor, Pravachol, and Zocor: Coronary Disease Prevention and Reversal
The Statins: Lipitor, Crestor, Advicor, Pravachol, and Zocor: Coronary Disease Prevention and Reversal Not being pedantic or pompous, please allow me to ask you a question. At what cholesterol level, or as an alternative, at what LDL (the bad cholesterol) level, does the atherosclerotic (hardening of the arteries) process start or stop in a population? Castelli, discussing the … [Read more...]