by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Sep 28, 2019 | Active Health News, diet, Diet - Weight Loss, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine
Fat cells are source of estrogen, a hormone that fuels breast cancer in women after menopause. Excess weight increases the risk of recurrence of breast cancer, according to other research Anti-estrogen therapies necessary to tamp down the hormone can make a woman...
by Betty Stasinos | Sep 1, 2019 | Active Health News, Chiropractic - Rehabilitation, diet, Diet - Weight Loss, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine, pain-relief
Are You Sitting More or Less? Americans are spending more time sitting compared to 15 years ago. What is this increased time sitting spent on? 2/3 of Americans spend at least 2 hours per day watching TV or playing video games. More than half of children and adults...
by John Panopoulos | Aug 27, 2019 | Active Health News, Chiropractic - Rehabilitation, diet, Diet - Weight Loss, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine, pain-relief
Think again.The Journal of the American Medical Association has weighed in on the benefits of a low-carb diet such as Atkins and keto & the results are interesting.The study concluded that eliminating carbs is great for weight loss… HOWEVER… Consuming good carbs...
by John Panopoulos | Aug 26, 2019 | Active Health News, Chiropractic - Rehabilitation, diet, Diet - Weight Loss, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine, pain-relief
We’ve known for quite some time that truck drivers and workers who sit on “vibrating” machinery have high rates of back pain & sciatica (check out the video attached for an explanation).Now a new study has clarified that the risk of problems from “whole-body...
by John Panopoulos | Aug 7, 2019 | Active Health News, diet, Diet - Weight Loss, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine
Reprint from MedScape:This week, another nail in the carbohydrate coffin as a small but rigorous study appearing in JCI Insight suggests that a low-carb, high-fat diet improves the metabolic syndrome even when weight doesn’t change.A quick reminder: Metabolic...
by John Panopoulos | Jul 12, 2019 | Active Health News, Diet - Weight Loss, functional-medicine, Holistic Health - Functional Medicine
The FDA tested some common foods and found some shocking ingredients. These chemicals known as “forever” chemicals are called PFAS (short for perfluoroalky and polyfluoroalkyl substances). There are potential adverse health impacts associated with PFAS exposure,...
