Diet

While we’ve previously described both the pros and cons of supplementing your nutritional intake with various vitamins and supplements, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recently released a systematic review and set of recommendations regarding the use of multivitamins that should have all of us sitting up and taking…

The debate continues, even as the evidence mounts. The question is, are there health benefits of drinking coffee? Furthermore, are there health risks from consuming coffee? If so, how to balance the risks with the benefits? And does everyone experience these risks and benefits equally? As the research on coffee…

While we have no choice but to wait for medications or interventions that can cure dementia, we are not without weapons in our arsenal to reduce the risk of this scourge. As we’ve previously reiterated, there are a host of lifestyle interventions that may not cure dementia but are known…

You certainly know your birthday (though some of us would rather forget it). But do you know your “true age”? That is, if someone were to peer inside of you and look at the health and vitality of your inner workings- your genetics, brain, cardiovascular system, etc.- would the analysis…

You may have heard the sad news of the recent death of Kane Tanaka of Japan. Her death was most noteworthy because, at the time, she was the oldest living person in the world, age 119. Following Ms.Tanaka, the next oldest person still alive is 118-year-old Sister Andre of France,…

There’s long been evidence of a connection between limiting the number of calories consumed and promoting a healthier and longer life span. While there’s been skepticism that specific diets can be “anti-aging,” there is a body of research involving animals that suggests that cutting calories can improve metabolism, extend the…