Ten years ago, cardiologist Steven Sinatra, M.D., and I came together to write a book called The Great Cholesterol Myth, which, as you can imagine, was a pretty controversial name for a book. It landed us on the Dr. Oz show where I said, “Trying to reduce the risk of...
Imagine this frightening scenario, if you will: It’s New York City in the middle of the COVID pandemic. You’re a 48-year old woman with no serious health issues, and you wake up suddenly finding it hard to breathe. You have a fever and chills. And you lost your sense of...
If you’re reading this article, you’ve got to be wondering: What possible connection could there be between a “fat-burning metabolism” and COVID-19? Fat-burning sounds great when you’re talking weight loss, but immunity? Really? Well, let’s do a little thought exercise together. What are the “underlying conditions” that spell disaster for...
Right now, as we go to press in mid-April 2020, there is a huge controversy brewing over the use of a malaria drug called hydroxychloroquine, which many claim may successfully prevent or treat COVID-19. Sadly, this controversy has already morphed into a politically charged minefield, with the Reds and the...
Last month we covered the basics of inflammation and the difference between acute inflammation—when you bang your knee hard against a table—and chronic inflammation, which flies beneath the pain radar but can essentially destroy your body. I also covered a list of foods known to be high in anti-inflammatories. (To...
While we’ve all been busy focusing on avoiding cholesterol and fat we’ve mostly ignored what is turning out to be one of the most important health concerns of our time: inflammation. Chronic inflammation is literally a stealth bomber, damaging your body just as deadly and silently as an invisible, odorless...
I get a lot of information about how people think about nutrition from talking to folks on the tennis court. The other day, a player I hadn’t seen in a while showed up at a tennis clinic I take every Saturday looking really good. She had clearly lost the weight...
I’ll be honest. When I first set up an interview with Dr. Shawn Baker to discuss his wildly popular Carnivore Diet, I assumed he was a pretty crazy dude. Granted, I had never met him, but I knew that his diet—which can be summed up in 10 words: Eat meat...
Can you do a keto diet as a vegan? Well, if you ask my friend Dr. Will Cole, he’ll definitely answer “yes,” albeit with a small caveat (more on that in a moment). Keto has a lot of benefits for many people—advantages I’ve written about elsewhere (including in this magazine).
The vaping crisis has caused a lot of people a lot of angst. I’ve even had some ex-smoker friends of mine who are weaning off cigarettes using devices like the Juul say to me—kiddingly, I hope—that they would be better off going back on cigarettes! I can certainly understand the...
