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We have just launched our campaign of Pagdin’s Picks: selected supplements available in selected outlets, with a new one each month through 2016. Find our display at the following retailers: Abaco Health (Gordon at Cook Rd) Lakeside Medicine Centre (Gordon at Guisachan) Remedy’s Rx / Dyck’s (downtown on St Paul) Prescription Health Studio (540 West…
Each month of 2016 from March to December I will be reviewing a common nutritional supplement and the evidence for its use. There are a number of supplements which I routinely recommend to my patients, several of which I also take. Last month I introduced the concept of “Pagdin’s Picks” which will be on display…
Happy New Year! Let’s make 2016 your healthiest year yet! This year each of my monthly columns will be dealing with a specific nutritional supplement and examining the indications and the evidence for adding it to your daily routine. There are certain vitamins you will likely not be getting enough of, including vitamins D and…
Last week on my blog I shared “Live to be 100,” written by my pal Dr. Mark Fromberg. It is a great collection of straightforward tips for those shooting to celebrate birthdays in the triple digits. The advice includes healthy nutrition, exercise and adequate sleep as pillars of a healthy lifestyle. If you’re struggling to pick a…
By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Nov 27 – Elderly, osteoporosis-free men and women who take potassium citrate daily have significant increases in areal and volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) after two years, new findings show. “By neutralizing the acid we generate by our diet it is possible to slow or possibly reverse the…
In his book, “Disease Proof”, Dr. David Katz1 lays out for us Ten Rules for Healthy Living. These are guidelines to follow consistently forever in order to Live Longer Better: 1. Avoid fast food: fast food is a fast way to gain weight and undermine your health. 2. Drink water: don’t drink your calories (soft…
I’ve been supporting the Movember movement for the last several years, in part because it’s always fun to grow a moustache, but more importantly because it raises awareness of men’s health issues including prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health. I do a lot of work with hormone replacement therapy for both men and women,…
More evidence has linked exercise with a positive effect on the brain. A new study finds that older adults who reported being the most physically active had less brain atrophy, higher volumes of gray matter, and less damage to white matter compared with their more sedentary counterparts. Not only was the sample size, at almost…
With all of the attention surrounding diabetes these days, you’ve probably heard of a condition called metabolic syndrome—a collection of risk factors that are linked to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke. These risk factors include high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low HDL (“good”) cholesterol, raised fasting glucose levels and a waist circumference measurement…
Many people are concerned that their bodies build up toxic levels of nasty substances and have to be periodically “cleansed” or “detoxed” to avoid negative health consequences 1. For the most part, this is completely untrue! There are only two noteworthy exceptions: a build-up of heavy metals such as mercury or lead which can be…
DHEA, or dihydroepiandosterone, is an often-overlooked hormone when it comes to aging. Its secretion begins to decrease after the age of 30, and has diminished by 60% by age 55. Most of the body’s DHEA comes from the adrenal glands, with the remainder coming from either the ovaries in women or testicles in men. There…
Most people know that melatonin is important for sleep, but did you know it is also an important anti-cancer hormone? That’s right! Melatonin is critical for Natural Killer cells surveillance of cancerous cells1. Production of melatonin declines as we age such that by age 40, we have only half the levels we had at age…
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