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You probably first saw Dr. Simpson on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Terry Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Chicago, where he spent several years in the Kovler Viral Oncology laboratories doing genetic engineering. Until he found he liked people more than Petri dishes. After a career in surgery, his focus is to make sense of the madness, and bust myths. Dr. Simpson, an advocate of culinary medicine, believes in teaching people to improve their health through their food and in their kitchen. On the other side of the world, he has been a leading advocate of changing health care to make it more "relationship based," and his efforts awarded his team the Malcolm Baldrige award for healthcare in 2018 and 2011 for the NUKA system of care in Alaska and in 2013 Dr Simpson won the National Indian Health Board Area Impact Award. A frequent contributor to media outlets discussing health related topics and advances in medicine, he is also a proud dad, author, cook, and doctor “in that order.” For media inquiries, please visit www.terrysimpson.com.

Coffee and Melanoma

Drinking four cups of coffee a day decreases the risk of melanoma. The roasting of coffee releases various compounds including some vitamins, pro-vitamins that are known to protect mice from developing melanoma.

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Timing of Meals: Cure for Obesity?

Does when you eat affect your weight gain? It does in mice- apparently if mice are restricted to eating over 12 hours they don’t gain the weight of mice that eat the same amount over a longer period of time. How can this help you? Well, if you are a mouse….

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Coffee Perks! Athletes, Coffee, and Performance

Coffee is good for more than just a morning pick-me-up. In this case it helped tennis star Serena Williams win a match. It has also been shown to improve test scores. Coffee – it’s just that good.

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Vagal Stimulator for Obesity: Lifestyle Wins

An implanted vagal stimulator for weight loss has been approved by the FDA. While some state that this may not be for everyone, there is a population that this might benefit. The question is finding that group.

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Super Antibiotic for Superbugs: We Can’t Win this War

The new antibiotic recently discovered may provide a powerful weapon in our arsenal against bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. But we need to be careful, because the “friendly fire” of this antibiotic may harm us.

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Whole Grains Lead To Longer Life: Really?

In a slap to those who believe grains are evil, a new study shows that people who consume whole grains live longer and have less heart disease and diabetes. But is there a magic in whole grains versus white rice – probably not.

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Weight Loss New Year’s Resolution: How to Do it

Weight loss is the most common New Year’s Resolution. Here is a simple action plan to get you on your way to eating well and losing weight. With a few modifications to your daily lifestyle, you can achieve weight loss success.

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Glycemic Index: Bad Science

The Glycemic Index, and what glucose spikes do to our body isn’t exactly what was previously reported. Another bogus diet theory bites the dust, as does its multi-million dollar industry.

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Chicken Consumption Correlates with Obesity

The rise of obesity in the US correlates with the rise of chicken consumption in the US. You think that chicken is healthy for you? Maybe it isn’t.

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