What Percentage of Your Diet Should Be Protein?

High protein diets have become popular in the athletic and weight loss spheres in recent decades. But is loading-up on protein effective or safe over the long term? According to recent studies, the answer is a firm “no” on both counts. A 2022 meta-analysis, published...

Underappreciated Potential Cause of Hypertension

Living in urban areas of higher surrounding greenness is associated with lower levels of stress, depression, insulin resistance, diabetes, stroke, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality. Green vegetation refers to all plants and trees. The concept of...

Bad Carbs

I’ve shared in previous posts the negative effects sugars can have on our health.  Well, evidence of how harmful certain carbohydrates (‘bad carbs’) can be to our health keeps mounting, and a recent study adds even more motivation to cut out those sugars, i.e., carbs,...