1. Nutrition tips

Cholesterol and Your Health - Ask an Expert

In this edition of Ask an Expert on Blog Talk Radio I answer questions about the blood fat that sparked a huge industry. One of Pfizer’s drugs for this problem was selling 4 billion dollars worth a year!
When you finish listening you should be able to answer these questions:
What is Cholesterol? Triglycerides? HDL? LDL?
How [...]

12Mar2010 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued

Tip #15 from 30 Tips to Avoid Weight Gain

We all are at risk for gaining weight in our society. There are many pressures to get us to eat larger portions of less than optimal nutrition more often. If we are going to stay in the best health possible, we have to have a plan and some measures we take to overcome these pressures [...]

4Mar2010 | Bruce Bair | 2 comments | Continued

A Super Habit that matches any Superbowl Athlete

May I have your attention for 5-6 minutes? I want it because I want to make a point that will benefit your health. There are two things I can teach you to do that will transform your life. This blog post and Youtube video are about one of them.
I have said many times that your [...]

10Feb2010 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued

Fructose - good or evil?

Follow up on Dr Robert Lustig
In a recent blog post I embedded a 90 minute video produced at the medical school at UCSF. The video featured a lecture by a pediatric endocrinologist on staff there by the name of Dr. Robert Lustig M.D. Dr. Lustig is a specialist in the system of organs secreting hormones [...]

4Feb2010 | Bruce Bair | 8 comments | Continued

Dr. Robert Lustig, UCSF, discusses Sugar:The Bitter Truth

This is a one and one-half hour video that is free from UC San Francisco. It is part ot their mini-medical school for lay men. Dr. Lustig compares the Japanese diet to the Atkins diet and points out what they have in common. He talks about insulin! How too much sugar in the form of [...]

1Feb2010 | Bruce Bair | 3 comments | Continued

Microbes and beta catotene - is it really GRAS

I came across this news item in a Medical News feed today. I was really surprised. Beta carotene supplements had been thought to be unsafe for some men and here they are approving them for use in DAIRY products and in fruit and vegetable juices. I don’t like this!
Here is the link to the Medical [...]

28Jan2010 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued

Are all diets the same - Macronutrient composition vs total calories

Macronutrients are Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats. How much we eat of each one comprises our diet. Does it matter how much of each we eat? A study done in 2008 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine says it does not. They say it is just about total calories. I agree, you have [...]

20Jan2010 | Bruce Bair | 3 comments | Continued

K2 is a vitamin essential to your health

Vitamin K1 has been know for its ability to help our blood clot for many years. Vitamin K2 has been know for about the same amount of time but has been mislabeled as just a clotting factor vitamin. Indeed, it does aid in clotting but that is a more minor role. Its major roles deal [...]

16Dec2009 | Bruce Bair | 1 comment | Continued

Vitamins - What Brands and Form is Best for You

Vitamin supplementation is a real issue in our society. Nutrition is about more than the number of calories contained in food. It is about supplying your body with the basic building blocks it needs to repair itself and remain “in like new condition” throughout your life.
I have a professional colleague, Bette Dowdell, who has a [...]

20Oct2009 | Bruce Bair | 1 comment | Continued

Self Care Practices - A Diet to Keep You Healthy

The word diet has several different connotations. It can mean a temporary change in eating habits and macro-nutrient ratios (percentage of protein, carbohydrate or fat in your diet) to effect some end result ( look better naked or lose “weight”). This does not mean it improves your health or longevity or strengthens your mind and [...]