Archived Articles
December 2011
The gluten challenge
Don't clean your plate!
How healthy are shellfish?
The trillion-dollar disease
November 2011
We can't afford to be fat
Fructose: the real issue
Fruits, vegetables and wrinkles
My plate - a missed opportunity
Sports drinks - why bother?
October 2011
Can cranberries prevent bladder infections?
C-Section: the bigger picture
The veggie-bone connection
Why bother to wash fruits and vegetables?
September 2011
Don't put a child on a diet
Don't be afraid of fish oil
The great grain trade-off
When and where do you walk?
August 2011
Spinach - The real value of spinach
It's time to screen our kids for old-age diseases
Stay on track for good health; 3 principles
What wheat has wrought
Whose serving size?
July 2011
Let's downsize our babies
How do you cook your fish?
Change one habit a week
Questions for God
June 2011
Baby Boomer blindness
Coffee gets a good rap
I can't believe they ate the whole thing
A simple answer, and it's wrong!
May 2011
Stone Age CPR
How exercise affects cancer
Keeping your wits: how to avoid dementia
Natural appetite control
Price per pound going up
April 2011
Is it dangerous to lose weight?
Don't ruin healthy food
Time management
Water bored?
March 2011
Be careful how you stretch when you exercise
Physical Education: Priceless
Restaurant roulette
Sleep tighter
Sugar seduction
February 2011
Childhood diabetes - the silent surge
What you miss when you diet
Exercising? Be patient
Whether to eat meat
January 2011
Becoming healthier doesn't take forever
Busy body, better bones
Colorful foods. More than just pretty.
Dangerous perceptions
December 2010
Don't let your kids grow up average
The wonderful one-hoss shay
Why fry?
Vitamin K matters
November 2010
Big waist, brain waste
Long-lasting effects of exercise
Wild fat versus supermarket fat: is there a difference?
Reasons for staying healthy and vigilant
The sodium-potassium flip-flop
October 2010
Beyond iceberg lettuce
Melt your middle
Pump iron at any age
Vitamin D and your brain
September 2010
Farmed salmon: how safe, how healthy?
Don't go overboard
We all die anyway, don't we?
Think zinc, but not too much
August 2010
How to enjoy a cruise cuisine
Fat no protection against fractures
Is green tea the key to good health?
Healthy gums and healthy hearts
The Pigpen Theory
July 2010
Chromium
How obesity raises cancer risk
Organic foods. Better or not?
Your plastic brain
June 2010
Cradle to grave - a short trip for the very obese
Diabetic complications: the key analogy
Three diet-killers
Don't get weighed, get impeded
Fragile children
May 2010
E. coli - friend or foe?
Exercise: sound and safe
Foiling fat in the kitchen: seven secrets
Food labels: when to take a pass
April 2010
Bears, bones and astronauts
Grapefruit. Risky food?
Make it Mediterranean
Resveratrol: miracle or myth?
March 2010
Building better balance
The politics of obesity
Safe womb, delayed tomb
Can you "spot reduce"?
Long-distance travel safety
February 2010
Will the flu vaccine give you the flu?
Prebiotic and Probiotic: confusing but critical
Prebiotics
Probiotics
January 2010
Disasters and your health
Does muscle turn into fat?
Free range chicken
Love your pets — carefully
December 2009
Bioeconomics. Why muscles get smaller and bones get thinner
The egg revolution
Body fat fallacies and facts
Going up in smoke: your money, your health and your looks
Should we all be vegans?
November 2009
Hepatitis, an avoidable risk
Kids and weight control: it's easier when you start 'em young
The life expectancy myth
Sleep and your immune system
October 2009
Diversity isn't just for portfolios
Is exercise useless?
Why your kids fight and argue
Obesity and failing immunity
September 2009
Gallbladder problems: lifestyle matters
Magnesium and Rodney Dangerfield
Very ancient therapy: massage
Health controversies
When Stone-Agers become like us
August 2009
Experience California. Try an avocado.
Childhood epidemics ignored
Flax oil versus fish oil
Immunizations: Big shots for big kids
July 2009
Babies, smoking and genes
Type 2 diabetes: two hundred billion and climbing
How Stone Agers cooked and why it matters to us
Sidestep the black box
June 2009
Creeping obesity
Ever eat Stone Age fruit?
Prepare for the flu next time
A failing legacy
Vitamin D, superstar
May 2009
The Stone Age: nasty, brutish and short - maybe not!
The Senior Shuffle
Were Stone Agers Vegetarians?
Men still hunt and women still gather
April 2009
Breastfeeding and healthcare financing. Is there a connection?
Hidden Epidemics
A Traveling Family Can Eat Well
Unsung benefits of omega-3 fats
March 2009
The real reason for dietary fiber
Minirobics
Smoking surprises
Spice is nice - and healthy
Fat genes. Nature's mistake
February 2009
Is there magic in cinnamon?
Cut calories, cut your risk of cancer
Why thrifty genes might bankrupt our economy
We're built to last 100 years
January 2009
Whole wheat and the whole truth
Muscle-bound? That's no excuse!
Healthy fast food
Diabetes, a growth industry
December 2008
How Did Stone Agers Handle Stress?
Substitutes: Thinking out of the (recipe) box
Chemicals and diabetes. Look further.
Exercise: the bigger picture
Ten tips to avoid holiday weight gain
November 2008
How old are free radicals?
Fish: big benefits, small risks.
No more falls
Cancer: A mostly modern disease
October 2008
It's not your father's gym
When snacks make sense
Fructose: healthy or hazardous?
Pregnant in the Stone Age
September 2008
Dried fruit - as good as fresh?
Examples, and then some!
Lifespan isn't the issue. Healthspan is.
Stroke - it could become rare
We start too late
August 2008
Avoiding Alzheimer's disease
Germs in the Stone Age?
Salt: "It just hit me."
The Pimas. Is this our future?
July 2008
Butterflies in my stomach. Yum!
Dieting? Not so fast!
How kids can help to save gas
Omega-3 fat. Is it what got us here?
Stroke: when mini goes to maxi
June 2008
Does fitness matter?
Jack LaLanne — just an ordinary guy?
Potato! What have we done to you?
The "Settle For" health mentality
May 2008
A 300-pound cave man? Not likely!
Diet: why variety matters
Save your eyes with exercise
The price is too high
April 2008
Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Is it preventable?
Does anybody need milk?
Osteoporosis. Can we avoid the epidemic?
Why wine works to keep hearts well
March 2008
The Case for Nuts
Calorie wise, pound foolish
"No, thank you."
What if there were no mirrors?
What make a diet "natural?"
February 2008
Dark chocolate looking healthier
Diabetes: should you be screened?
The Fidget Factor: It's NEAT
Preventing cancer the easy way
January 2008
Companies that get it
Depression: The cheapest antidepressant
No famines in the Stone Age
The Naked Sandwich Diet
Normal weight or obese? Both!
December 2007
Does it matter how you get your calcium?
Getting too much protein? Yes and No.
Figuring out the nutrition label
Vitamins: when you don't want purity
November 2007
Fit Parents, Fit Kids
Super-oldies. Would you like to be one?
Pregnancy: Obesity's next target?
Losing those last few pounds
October 2007
The ups and downs of cholesterol
The Myth of the Masai: lessons for us
It don't hurt that much
What are goalposts for?
What good is sour wine?
September 2007
A Stone-Ager's favorite drink
Are You Immune Enough?
Japan: fading aging
Gapping Generations: Greatest to XL. What Happened?
August 2007
Sweet Sabotage
Hidden fat: hidden danger
Ever Meet a Hunter-Gatherer?
It's never too late
July 2007
Exercise adds quality years
Kale: from "Ugh!" to "Ahhhhh!"
Low-fat doesn't work? Go deeper.
Truly happy meals
Aspirin in the Stone Age?
June 2007
The Cuban Paradox
Calcium and kidney stones
Breastmilk versus cow's milk: no contest
Raw foods: upside and downside
May 2007
Exercise: good or bad for your immune system?
Stone Agers fasted. Should you?
Living longer? Or lasting longer?
Whose portion, yours or mine?
This is your brain on sugar
April 2007
Fat Old Fred
Are you a greyhound or a St. Bernard?
A Third Epidemic
Healthy childhood is disappearing
March 2007
The egg hunt, Stone Age style
Good Fats, Good Pregnancy
Weight loss after forty
What's a little dirt, anyway?
February 2007
Variety is the price, not just the spice, of life
Growing girth is everybody's costly problem
Exercise or Sport?
Are we making our kids asthmatic?
January 2007
Energy and Building Materials
Flavonoids: gifts from the Stone Age
Keep your brain young
The Stone Age Pharmacy
Breaking the Breakfast Barrier
December 2006
Paris, France or Paris, Texas?
The challenge of chubby cheeks
No more boring exercise
What's Behind Your Sweet Tooth?
November 2006
Boron: the stealth mineral
The end of PMS?
Poor Stone-Agers. They never had prime beef.
How Did Stone Agers Handle Stress?
October 2006
Does exercise prevent breast cancer?
What? Throw food away?
We all pay by the pound
Salt licks and strokes
Staying Slim: tips from the Stone Age
September 2006
Your ancestral bioclock
Genetics loads the gun; lifestyle pulls the trigger
Bird flu in the Old Stone Age?
Do-It-Yourself Cholesterol?
August 2006
Not low-carb, right-carb
Why stretching matters
Water wisdom
Stone Age Kids: What a Life!
July 2006
Obesity surgery: is it worth it?
Don't be fooled by fruit juice
Who should have a pre-exercise checkup?
Spoiled food - how dangerous is it?
Is Your Child a Picky Eater? Here's Why.
June 2006
Can foods make you look younger?
Want fries with that? Think twice.
No colon cancer in the Stone Age?
What lurks beneath baby fat?
May 2006
Hard-wired for Exercise
If you avoid sugar, will you avoid diabetes?
Do you have a termite lifestyle*?
Let the sunshine (vitamin) in - Part 1
Let the sunshine (vitamin) in - Part 2
April 2006
Take steps to maintain your memory
Healthy Sumo Wrestler: an oxymoron
Is it time for tea?
Girls deserve better than this
March 2006
Don't Count Calories, but Calories Count
Little fish, big benefits
The changing face of heart disease and stroke
Healthy eating tips for families
February 2006
What's in an apple? More than Vitamin C
Would Stone-Agers have been chocoholics?
Better bones, better balance, better life
Stone Agers were not so short-lived
January 2006
Don't give cancer a chance
You can put the brakes on diabetes
Is running exercise?
Sleep, light and health
Why don't guys get thunder thighs?
December 2005
Do you have an alcohol strategy
How does your appestat work?
Olive oil: hype or health
Blood Pressure and Your Diet
November 2005
Heart Health for Men: Wrong Directions
Improvement, not perfection
Stay away from bad joints
Osteoporosis is not a calcium deficiency disease
Stone-Agers didn't take vitamins, why should we?
October 2005
Stone Age Cancer: lessons for us
Ethnic food
Fat: it doesn't just sit there
Work out, save your eyesight
September 2005
Aging and vitamin needs
Barbecuisine
Cravings are Lifesavers
Should you avoid certain exercises?
Why more asthmatic kids?
August 2005
Body Mass Index. Is it useful or deceptive?
Fitness, falls and fractures
Got Folate?
Whither Low-Carb?
July 2005
Eat Like a Stone Ager Without Feeling like One
Exercise: more than just heart benefits
The flip-flop over fat: what to believe
Diabetes: The Gathering Storm
June 2005
A Different Kind of Brain Drain
Bread: the crutch of life
The French Paradox: myth or reality?
Wine on the vine. Better than bottled?
High fat, long life. What's the catch?