Have a Cup of Joe, or Not

I wish I had clear and unambiguous advice for you when it comes to coffee. As you will see, the data are mixed. After reviewing the following articles, you may get a sense that it is likely OK (I do,) if not abused. Coffee reminds me of alcohol. By now you must have been living on the
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Diet Soda also Makes You Gain Weight – A Lesson in Sweeteners

Soda pop is truly an addiction in this country. Many will violently object to my use of the word “addiction,” which I take as proof I am barking up the right tree. The purveyors of this poison have convinced people that “diet pop,” sweetened with artificial molecules is not associated
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Autism and Vaccines: Are We Being Objective?

By now you have heard that some people, mostly mothers of autistic children, feel that vaccines may be the reason, or one of the reasons behind the epidemic of autism we are witnessing. You probably have also heard that just about all docs feel there is no causal relationship between
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“To E or not to E” in Cancer?

“To E or not to E” in cancer? Despite lots of evidence through the years that very good diets, and the antioxidants therein are helpful to prevent and treat cancer, poor studies still come out once in a while that not only reflect a very poor understanding of nutrition but what antiox
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The French Paradox and Vytorin

(Submitted for publication in the Bulletin of the Utah Medical Association, where I am an Editorial Board member.) I just got back from Montreal, Canada, the home of Sir William Osler, M. D., father of modern medicine, where I gave a health talk to my frog cousins, the French Canadian
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