CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

All Posts Tagged: health and wellness

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Blogpost: My fruit started out in a pie

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Most of us did not start our lives eating just vegetables and fruits. We ate the “American Diet” which was a meat, a starch and a vegetable. In my grandmother’s house there was usually desert and most of the time there was a choice of pie. Fruit pie or filled pie. Why pie? Because it […]
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Podcast Episode 165- Preventing colon cancer

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Welcome and thank you for listening. Maybe I should have titled todays episode, How to get colon cancer? The American Cancer Society has been watching people over the past 10 years develop colon cancer at increasing rates in their 40s. The incidence is up 50% over the last 10 years. They now suggest we begin […]
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Blogpost: What do I do to fight the common cold or virus?

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The one medicine that has been shown to prevent death from a bacterial infection is an antibiotic. It has markedly improved the lifespan of humans from the treatment of wounds to dysentery  to pneumonia. It has also changed the course of heart disease with regard to rheumatic fever that results from a particular streptococcus infection. So […]
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Are Kale chips equivalent to Kale salad?

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The word “Kale” is not the problem.  It is more that “Chips” bring to mind a better image for most than “Salad”.  Chips mean snack and eat what you want.  Salad is associated with health food and no body wants that. Yet we are all trying to get healthy.   We want health,  but we […]
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Podcast Episode 162-The Incredible Shrinking Bearded Man

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Welcome and thank you for listening. Today I am honored to have Jeff Koettel on the show. Jeff has struggled with his weight most of his life trying numerous fad diets and hitting a maximum weight of 500 pounds. Today, Jeff attributes adopting a simple plant based nutrition plan to his ability to maintain his […]
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Blogpost: Enlightenment: Lessons from a 100 year old.

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I am not exactly sure if our relationship started as a doctor-patient or meeting at the Special Olympics sporting events because it was many years ago. When I moved to Florida, 85 seemed to be an old age, at least on paper. But it certainly was not for Winnie. She was heavily involved with Special […]
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Blogpost: Do you want to know an Investment secret?

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What is the best investment you can make with regards to your health and the health of your family?  It is not a treadmill or a gym membership.  It is not life insurance.  It is not supplement.  It is fruit.  Colorful fresh or freshly frozen fruit.   The red, purple, orange, pink, green and yellows […]
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It is Never Too Late to Exercise!

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In a recent article published in the American Heart Association Journal; Circulation Volume 137, 2018, exercise improved heart function as measured by right heart catheterization and echocardiography.  They randomized 61 healthy but sedentary, middle aged men from the Texas Heart Study to either 2 years of exercise training or a control group of balance and […]
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