Dr Simpson Reviews

Dr Simpson reviews. Reviews of medicine, health care, and food.

Erythritol and Heart Attacks: Is It Hype?

Erythritol is linked to increased heart disease and death. Erythritol is increasingly used as an additive to other artificial sweeteners.

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Salt: Toxicity is in the Dose

Sodium is an essential element to humans, but toxic at high doses. Excess sodium is linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes, and cancer.

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Whole Grains Reduce Obesity

Whole grains decrease the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and all causes of death. Fiber is an essential nutrient

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Are Vegetables just BS?

The “anti-nutrient” effects of plants are outweighed by benefit to the human diet. Fiber meets the criteria of an essential nutrient.

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The Green Mediterranean Diet

The Green Mediterranean Diet promises less fatty liver, less visceral fat, and less mental decline with aging than the standard Mediterranean Diet.

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LiverKing Falls From Grace

That LiverKing used conned some with steroids isn’t the sin. The sin was that LiverKing convinced people that his diet and supplements led to health.

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Leaky Gut: Facts and Fads

The leaky gut is a concept used to explain obesity, inflammation, and some chronic diseases. What repairs a “leaky gut?” It turns out the Mediterranean Diet.

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Alcohol and the Mediterranean Diet

Alcohol consumption has been identified as a component of the Mediterranean Diet. Recent data has led some to conclude there is no “safe” level of alcohol. However, conclusions from those studies are often incomplete, and conclusions come from bias sources.

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Mediterranean Diet After Weight Loss Surgery

Patients who adopted a Mediterranean Diet following weight loss surgery had better weight loss than those who adopted other plans. The more adherent to the Mediterranean Diet, the better long-term results after surgery. Regardless of the type of surgery.

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