Tag: eating

• Do we really need to be told what to eat?

  

  We must all be dumb when it comes to figuring out what foods we need to survive and thrive. Or, at least that’s the impression one can get from our local market’s checkout counter; racks filled with magazines screaming headlines about the newest diets promising life-long health. Social media isn’t any better with millions of…

  Dr. Scott Lear

  Nutrition, Uncategorized

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• Is Christmas a risk factor for heart disease?

  

  The food, drinks and desserts, lots of parties, meeting with family and friends. What’s not to like about the Christmas holidays? It Can Wait Until after Christmas For some, though, this can be the deadliest time of year. Over the Christmas holidays the number of heart-related deaths increase by approximately 5%. Some of this increase…

  Dr. Scott Lear

  Lifestyle, Uncategorized

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• Unraveling Controversies in Nutrition

  

  Trying to eat healthier? Are you conscious of your salt intake but can never get it low enough? What about fat? Is it now good to have? It seems that with nutrition, everything that was good is now bad and everything that was bad is now good. Or is it? For this podcast I’m joined…

  Dr. Scott Lear

  Nutrition, Podcasts, Uncategorized

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