• Nutrition

    Posted on March 20th, 2006

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Spuds

    If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that advise eating foods with a low glycemic index. Foods with a low GI have carbs that break down into sugars slowly. This prevents a sudden “spike” in blood sugar.
    Potatoes have a very high GI. One of the highest we’ve uncovered. The starches in a potato turn into [...]

  • Nutrition

    Posted on March 20th, 2006

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    Sports Beans

    I was at a friend’s house and he offered me some candy. “They aren’t your regular jelly beans, Al. They’re pumped full of vitamins and they give you energy.”
    This was a new one on me … so I started researching… I think you’re likely going to see a lot more of this sort of product.
    So [...]

  • Nutrition

    Posted on March 14th, 2006

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    Soda Surprise

    I admit I drink a soda from time to time. But I think I might quit.
    A newspaper in England just published a bombshell. Traces of a deadly chemical were found in soft drinks at eight times the level permitted in drinking water.
    In today’s Health Alert, I’ll expose the risk and why it might be better [...]

  • Brain Health

    Posted on March 9th, 2006

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    Relieve Anxiety without Drugs

    Have you ever enjoyed the relaxing effects of green tea? You may have wondered how a caffeinated drink could make you feel so calm.
    In today’s Health Alert, I’ll tell you about green tea’s secret ingredient and how it can help relieve stress and anxiety. If you don’t like green tea, don’t worry. With new technology, [...]

  • Anti-Aging, Brain Health

    Posted on March 6th, 2006

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    Can You Remember This?

    Developing Alzheimer’s dementia is a scary prospect for us all. It’s not the memory lapses but the progression to not being able to take care of ourselves or even recognize those that have been dear to us for a lifetime that is so frightening.
    The good news is that we are acquiring more evidence that it [...]

  • Brain Health

    Posted on March 2nd, 2006

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    New Deadly Warning for Old Drug

    Do you have trouble staying focused? Or paying attention to details? Most doctors will diagnose this as ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder. Millions are given drugs – many of them children.
    The parents are reassured by the makers and the doctors giving them that they are safe. So far, 51 people have died from taking them.
    In [...]