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Author: David Schardt

The opioid-scam epidemic
  • Supplements

The opioid-scam epidemic

  • Posted on February 10, 2018February 9, 2018
  • by David Schardt

Can supplements marketed for opioid withdrawal speed detox? Here’s what our investigation found and how the FDA and the FTC have responded to it. Drug overdoses killed 64,000 people in…

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What Cirque du Soleil performers can teach us
  • Exercise for Health

What Cirque du Soleil performers can teach us

  • Posted on October 9, 2017October 10, 2017
  • by David Schardt

If you’ve ever seen a Cirque du Soleil performance, you’ve no doubt been dazzled by the acrobatics and the energy of the performers. And you’ve probably thought that these superb…

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Any kind of regular physical activity can lengthen your life
  • Exercise for Health

Any kind of regular physical activity can lengthen your life

  • Posted on September 25, 2017June 29, 2018
  • by David Schardt

A huge international study has confirmed that physical activity may really be the best medicine. Moving, lifting, walking, sweeping, scrubbing, or doing almost anything physical for the equivalent of at…

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Can a healthy microbiome prevent depression or cancer?
  • What to Eat

Can a healthy microbiome prevent depression or cancer?

  • Posted on September 18, 2017October 4, 2017
  • by David Schardt

“Every kind of living thing is dependent on communities of microbes we call microbiomes, and that includes humans,” says Lita Proctor. Proctor is director of the Human Microbiome Project, an…

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Is your tap water ever cloudy?
  • Food Safety

Is your tap water ever cloudy?

  • Posted on September 11, 2017September 11, 2017
  • by David Schardt

Is your tap water ever cloudy? That’s a sign of turbidity. Unfortunately, most of the time it’s not that obvious. Turbidity happens when particles of clay, silt, decaying plants, parasites,…

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  • Heart and Disease

Your chances of choosing a cocoa product with lots of flavanols

  • Posted on July 24, 2017September 11, 2017
  • by David Schardt

The flavanol content of cocoa and chocolate products “can vary tremendously,” but consumers have little or no one way of knowing this from the package labels, a dietary supplement testing…

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The truth comes out about coconut oil
  • Fat in Food

The truth comes out about coconut oil

  • Posted on July 17, 2017August 24, 2018
  • by David Schardt

Seven in 10 Americans believe that coconut oil is a healthy food, but that’s not what the nation’s heart disease experts think. “There’s no basis at all for that,” Frank…

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  • What to Eat

Why alcohol affects women more than men

  • Posted on July 10, 2017September 11, 2017
  • by David Schardt

“A woman reaches a higher blood alco­hol level than a man after drinking the same amount of alcohol, even if they’re the same height and weight,” says George Koob, director…

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  • Exercise for Health

Latest expert advice about preventing cognitive decline and dementia

  • Posted on July 3, 2017September 11, 2017
  • by David Schardt

There are three steps people can take that might delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia, a new report from a panel of experts has announced. The evidence is modest…

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  • Supplements

Beware of red yeast rice dietary supplements

  • Posted on June 26, 2017September 11, 2017
  • by David Schardt

Researchers have again shown that it’s a crap shoot when it comes to buying red yeast rice supplements. These are supplements that theoretically can lower cholesterol levels just like prescription…

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