A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recruited 25,000 subjects, average age 67 and was split into four groups: One group took 2,000 IUs (international units) of vitamin D3 and 1 gram of omega-3s every day. (1…
Summary of the Story A recent journal article on the Journal of Canadian Cardiology (JCC) questions the legitimacy of the history of how we fell in love with the health benefits of fish oils. Dr. George Fodor, the primary author,…
Probiotics Improves High Blood Pressure in A New Study Doggy Bag Message First: Consuming probiotics - over 100 billion CFU's a day - can moderately lower blood pressure. Probiotics have many other health benefits so its one of my…
Organic Food is Better according to a new study Doggy Bag Message First Organic food is seemingly more nutritious; contain more protective antioxidants, contain 4 times less pesticides and lower amounts of unhealthy metals like cadmium. There's a vast range…
Vitamin D Reduces Mortality from Heart Disease and Cancer Doggy Bag Message First Two recent large studies reported that low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of dying from cancer by 17% and heart disease by 35%.…
Fish oil helps with High Blood Pressure Doggy Bag Message First • Eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic (DHA) are essential Omega – 3 fatty acids typically found in cold-water fish. Essential fatty acids are essential because your body…
OK, now is the time to Un-SELECT The latest news hitting the news wires these days is that Selenium significantly increases the risk of prostate cancer – by a lot. Review of the SELECT study and it’s recent findings:…
Fish oils working their way back as a good thing for prostate cancer. A recent study indicates that fish oil combined with a low-fat diet reduced the cell cycle progression (CCP) of patients with prostate cancer. CCP score is a…
One last thing regarding the dubious fish oil study and increase risk of prostate cancer. It's been two weeks since the fish oil / prostate cancer study was published and I am still answering questions from concerned patients, readers and…
I heard about this this study from a news wire late yesterday evening and already received about a dozen emails from patients, friends and colleagues on the latest news suggesting that omega-3 fatty acids increases the risk of prostate cancer…