When Bananas Aren’t a Beta Blocker People love to believe that food can replace medicine. We talked about this in Episode One, where I explained that Hippocrates never said “let food be thy medicine.” Still, the myth endures. Food does matter. The right eating pattern can lower blood pressure. One of the best-studied is the…
Read MoreThe Portfolio Diet lowers cholesterol, but not like statins. Food helps build the foundation—medicine keeps the roof from caving in.
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Terry Simpson MD reports on the latest moves by Apollo with the Lap-Band. The Lap-Band will undergo a price increase. A brilliant move on the part of Apollo Endosurgery – and there is more aggressive moves coming.
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The way to provide health care delivery isn’t just to insure everyone, but to develop community based health care on relationships, trust, and listening. This has resulted in decreasing costs of healthcare and provided a model of healthcare in the world.
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Dr. Terry Simpson takes a look at the famous diet of Alton Brown, host of Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen. Brown lost 50 pounds in nine months following these changes, and has kept that weight off since 2009. Here is the breakdown – and some surprises as to the levels of micronutrients in Alton Brown’s Diet.
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