Posts by Dr. Grant Pagdin
It’s Not About The Fat
“Saturated fats will clog your arteries and cause a heart attack.” We now know this is a myth that’s been sold to the public for more than 50 years. Many of us (including health professionals!) bought into it and the myth became so well-entrenched we take it as gospel. Once saturated fats came off our…
Read MoreMental Sharpness? Yes Please!
I’d like to introduce my good pal, Craig Tostenson, pharmacist/owner of the Glenmore Pharmasave and organizer of our Friday Morning Hockey League of Distinguished Gentlemen. Craig is a pretty sharp guy: sharp wit, sharp intellect, and his hockey skills….well, that’s another story! He told me about a brand new supplement which helps improve cognitive performance.…
Read MorePRP for Hair Loss
You have heard by now that Platelet-Rich Plasma is very helpful for injured joints, tendons, and ligaments, but did you know that it will also help you grow hair? That’s right: new research shows that PRP can also generate hair from areas that are balding! Researchers studied 11 male patients between the ages of 20…
Read MoreOsteoporosis — Not Just a Woman’s Disease
Because so much of the focus surrounding osteoporosis tends to focus on women, it’s easy to forget that men get this condition too. Osteoporosis is more common in women—affecting an estimated 30 percent of postmenopausal women. But one in five men over the age of 50 will at some point suffer a bone fracture as…
Read MoreHere's an easy way to improve your mental health
Frontiers publishes systematic review on the effects of yoga on major psychiatric disorders Yoga on our minds: The 5,000-year-old Indian practice may have positive effects on major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and sleep complaints Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves…
Read MoreObesity – A Worldwide Threat
It wasn’t that long ago that global hunger was one of the biggest health crises affecting our planet. In fact, it was just 30 years ago that nations across the globe banded together to help relieve hunger, marked by the iconic song “We Are the World.” Needless to say, times have certainly changed. While hunger…
Read MoreVitamin C reduces fatigue and perception of effort after exercise
In this interesting study on twenty obese adults, each were given either 500 mg of vitamin C or placebo daily for four weeks. Their diet was strictly controlled for vitamin C content and their heart rates and fatigue scores as well as subjective perceptions of exertion were measured after exercise. Those taking vitamin C had…
Read MoreNew study says multivitamins just don't cut it when it comes to preventing heart disease
In the landmark Physician’s Health Study II, authors concluded that taking a multivitamin for over a decade did nothing to prevent cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction or stroke. The study monitored 14,641 male doctors for over eleven years who took either a daily multivitamin or placebo and no differences in cardiovascular events or mortality…
Read MoreLive to be 100
Here’s some great straightforward advice on how you can live to be 100. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1) Active lifestyles. Whether you get your exercise through physical work, sport, or play, doing something physical every day is good for you, and…
Read MorePagdin’s Pick Number Ten: Tryptophan & Melatonin
Yes, that’s right: the final instalment of Pagdin’s Picks for 2016 contains not one but two supplement suggestions! That’s in part because I could never stress enough the importance of a good night’s sleep. It should come as no surprise that sleep forms one of the “Four Pillars of Health” that you have read about…
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