To Rinse or Not to Rinse Your Food—That Is the Question

With all of the recent concern over food-borne bacteria such as E. coli, many people are wondering what they can do to protect themselves and their families. In particular, they’re wondering whether washing their foods before preparing and eating them really does any good. Interestingly, the answer to this seemingly

What Is Immunotherapy and How Can It Help with Food Allergies?

Food allergies affect over 15 million Americans, including 1 in every 13 children under the age of 18. The symptoms of these allergic reactions can range from minor (e.g., itching, swelling of the lips, intestinal cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting) to major or even life-threatening (e.g., development of hives and rashes,

Want More Brain Power? Then Get Your Exercise!

If you’re interested in becoming smarter, you don’t really have to invest in the many vitamins, herbs, and “cognitive training” software programs and seminars you see advertised on TV or on the Internet. All you have to do is go for a long walk three times a week. All you have

Concussions and Academic Performance: Introducing the BrainSTEPS Protocol

BrainSTEPS Protocol A concussion can be either a mild injury or one with long-standing consequences. Sometimes the symptoms go away quickly, sometimes they return, and sometimes they linger for years or even get worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a concussion as “a type of traumatic

What Is an Elimination Diet and When Does This Approach Make Sense?

An “elimination diet” is a methodical process for identifying specific types of food and drink that may be causing negative health effects. Although the popular media often uses this term interchangeably with other phrases like “detox” or “cleansing,” these are actually very different ideas. The goal of “detoxing” is to

Unintended Consequences: Marijuana Use Tied to Changes in the Brain

Over the past few decades, growing numbers of people in the U.S. have come to think about marijuana as harmless. Others have even embraced it as beneficial under certain circumstances, pointing to its purported medical value. So it’s not too surprising that long-running legalization efforts in some states have recently

Chiropractic Expertise Helps Reduce Golf Injuries and Improve Player Performance

Can chiropractic care improve your golf game or reduce golf injuries? As a golfer, you may have pondered this very question—and now you’re in luck. A recent Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) study showed that a combination of chiropractic care and stretching enables golfers to increase their drive distance by nearly

Spotlight on Drug Interactions: What You should Know

Medications—prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal/nutritional—are used every day by millions of Americans to treat illnesses and to help them stay healthy. There is no question that these medications have improved our lives: Just try to imagine a world without antibiotics or without the tens of thousands of other medications that we

The Latest on High-Protein Diets

Fans of the Atkins Diet®, the Paleo Diet™, and the Dukan Diet®—all of which revolve around eating large amounts of protein to lose or maintain weight—might be well-advised to reconsider their eating habits. While these diets have been found to be effective at helping people lose weight and normalize their

What Is Your “Heart Age”? Why You Should Care and How You Can Find Out

How old is your heart? Would you be surprised to learn that it might be either “older” or “younger” than you are in biological terms? That is the message being conveyed by a tool called the JBS3 Risk Calculator, developed by Joint British Societies to allow people to quickly and