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My Anti-Cancer Thanksgiving

Anti-Cancer Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is that time of the year where we pause to be thankful – thankful for our friends, thankful for our family and, hopefully, thankful for our health. But it is also the beginning of a time of the year…
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October – Celebrating Breast Cancer and Sugar Each Year

breast cancer and sugar

I was fortunate enough to be selected for my residency training at Thomas Jefferson University in the Department of Radiation Oncology. The department – one of the oldest in the country – was founded by Simon Kramer in 1956. Dr. Kramer,…
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Is the Mediterranean Diet the New Ambiguous Diet?

The “calorie is a calorie” crowd has strongly pushed the “eat less, exercise more” message to millions of Americans over the last 30 years. Not surprisingly, intangible psychological and physical failure followed, often coupled with angst and even self-loathing. Perhaps…
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Health Issues of Added Sugars and Our Hospitals – Do as I Say, Not as I Do

health issues of added sugars

A new article regarding the health issues of added sugar was recently posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In this article,1 Mike Mitka discusses many relevant and timely points – the dangers of excessive sugar consumption are now well-established…
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My Periodic Ketogenic Diet Protocol

I bounce in and out of ketosis. Some prosper in perpetual ketosis, like Dominic P. D’Agostino and newborn babies (though if you know Dom, it is rather difficult to have him in the same sentence as newborn babies). Some adamantly refuse…
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Health, Happiness, and Social Networks

Health, Happiness, and Social Networks

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn Attributed to Jim Rohn, the late rags to riches entrepreneur and motivational speaker, the concept is one of my favorites. Newer scientific studies…
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Chewing the Fat – For a Long, Healthy, and Happy Life

chewing the fat

I moved to Pittsburgh about three years ago. “The Burgh,” as locals call it, is both the city of champions and where I grew up. Since few people actually lived downtown thirty-five years ago, I was raised a short drive…
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Health Cost Averaging – Your Best Investment Strategy

Health Cost Averaging

After four years of chemical engineering training in college, four more of medical school, one year of internship, and four more years of residency, I have spent the majority of my adulthood learning about science, the human body, medicine, and…
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Misguided Medicine: Second Edition

Misguided Medicine

I’m happy to announce that the Second Edition of Misguided Medicine is a #1 New Release on Amazon! Originally released in August 2014 as a passion project of mine in line with my fields of medical research and specialization, Misguided Medicine –…
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Breast Cancer and Salt – Can Reducing Salt Increase our Risk?

Breast Cancer and Salt

There is little to no data on a connection between breast cancer and salt. Sugar, on the other hand, has been shown to be associated with breast cancer, and in my recent posts (here and here) I have been keying in…
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