Vitamin D and calcium are essential for bone health and normal bodily metabolism. Parts of the medical community got overly enthusiastic in the last decade and suggested unnecessarily and possibly harmfully large intake of both nutrients. Sensible daily intake from diet and supplements is 1000 mg calcium and 1000 IU of vitamin D for most adults.
Be Well Body Scan announced its pricing for DEXA body composition studies, all under $100 per study. I think it is worthwhile to consider.
How much salt should I eat? Why does salt matter? What foods contain the most salt? Can I do anything to reduce my salt intake while still having tasty food?
A DEXA body composition scan can accurately and safely determine how much muscle and fat you have in your body and how the muscle and fat are distributed. Be Well Body Scan can do this test quickly and inexpensively.
Chest CT scans on an annual basis have been shown to find lung cancers in former long-term smokers early enough to reduce mortality by 20%. We should consider starting annual chest CTs for all current and former serious smokers.
The Clover House follows a Greek-American woman who discovers the secret to a wartime family tragedy when she returns to her mother’s native Greece to sift through an uncle’s inheritance. The author is an OHC member.
Extra virgin olive oil and healthy tree nuts (walnuts and almonds) are available inexpensively at Costco and probably other bulk retailers. The Mediterranean diet does not at all need to be an expensive diet.
The NE Journal (2/25/13) published a study from Spain that showed that overweight middle-aged people at high risk for stroke, heart attack or death from cardiovascular disease can reduce that risk by almost 30% with a “Mediterranean” diet compared to a diet higher in starch but lower in fruits, vegetables and legumes, olive oil and nuts. We should pay attention.
Men in midlife may experience reduced energy, strength and overall feeling of vigor, in addition to reduced sexuality and sexual performance from low testosterone levels. I am making a regular effort to focus more diligently on this issue with all of our men. Big Pharma is rapidly generating new treatment alternatives.
We will include hepatitis C antibody testing with your next annual checkup blood tests, to try to identify those people unknowingly infected with the disease. The peak exposure time was the 1980s. Treatment is now highly effective.
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