Year: 2010

Here are my show notes for the program RIGHT NOW (12/11/10, noon EST). Breakfast!! Is it the most important meal of the day? Should you eat it? And how about some examples of some healthy breakfast, eh?? (please share this video with anyone who eats breakfast!!)  AUDIO location: http://www.wmnyradio.com/business_of_health.aspx VIDEO location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-will-clower-showIn this...

How would you know if you’re healthy? These signs can offer you guidance, and have nothing to do with data you might get from a physician.   (please share this with someone who needs to know they’re healthy) (I’m talking about these in the first 20 minutes of the...

This video from CNN reports on the latest research on the linkage between fish oil pills and brain health. (don’t forget to share this video with someone with a bad memory) Hey, here’s a trivia question!! What is the BEST source of fish oil? Hmmm … FISH!! Remember the rule: “pills...

This week we’re featuring The Doors music!! Just how is one supposed to link together Jim Morrison’s own little brand of CRAZY with our content for this week —  eating worm eggs for colitis, strategies for raising smarter kids, and the Food Safety Bill?? (please share this with anyone who likes...

You’re going to laugh. Get ready … when I was a kid, I actually rode a unicycle from my house to the school, through Junior High School. (please pass this article to parents, and whiny kids who would rather sit than move) I know, I know, it confirms every sneaking suspicion...

Aspirin is actually an amazing thing. Okay, it increases your risk of stomach bleeding [nice!], but otherwise it is an amazing thing.  (please share this with someone who is concerned about preventing cancer) Here’s what they did In a study of eight different trials involving 25,570 patients, researchers found...

Fabuless is a vegetable-oil emulsion. You’re supposed to drink it.  No kidding! That gives me the gag reflex, just thinking about it. (please share this article with any who are tempted by stupid diet tricks) I can only imagine that a person would take this product either 1) because you’re a part...

The answer is … after. That said, it wasn’t clear from this article (read it for yourself, below) why it was better to take a protein shake after exercise.  (please share this with the exercise nut in your family!!)  For example, the study has a number of limitations. Besides...

Is this an interesting study? I’m not so sure. The title gets your attention, for sure, because we’ve known for a while now that our girls are going through puberty at earlier and earlier ages. But boys too??(please share this article with parents of young boys) Here’s what they did Researchers compared...

Okay, the Tiger Woods pic shows that there ARE exceptions to every rule (except the rule that “there are exceptions to every rule”).   But by “nicer”, I don’t mean just chasing women around at the neighborhood HOOTER’S; I mean the lack of antisocial personality traits, such as criminal...

Did you know this? Genetically Modified Beets account for 95 percent of all those grown in the US, according to USDA figures. Beet sugar provides about half of the TOTAL US sugar supply. We’re all eating Franken-Food … we just don’t know it because the Gov agencies don’t require the food companies...

Bad things can be caused by the best of intentions. When you want to lose weight, and you go at it with gusto, with everything you have, you can often be working against your own efforts!!  This study in the Journal Neuroscience shows that crash dieting is taken by your...