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(Teaser: The U.S. is #35) Original article by Bloomberg Maybe it’s something in the gazpacho or paella, as Spain just surpassed Italy to become the world’s healthiest country. That’s according to the 2019 edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 economies according to factors that contribute to overall health. Spain placed sixth in the previous gauge, published in 2017. Four additional European nations were among the top 10 in 2019: Iceland (third place), Switzerland (fifth),

Original article from the New York Times written by Dr. Eric Topol, cCardiologist Some months ago, I participated in a two-week experiment that involved using a smartphone app to track every morsel of food I ate, every beverage I drank and every medication I took, as well as how much I slept and exercised. I wore a sensor that monitored my blood-glucose levels, and I sent in a sample of my stool for an assessment

People with diabetes have a 35 percent risk of experiencing low back pain and a 24 percent higher risk of neck pain than individuals without diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Sydney, which published in the journal PLOS One. The research team conduced meta-analyses of eight studies, which showed people with diabetes are more likely to report low back pain and neck pain, according to an announcement by university

Original article by Nicole Leatherman for the Chopra Center Intermittent fasting (IF) continues to have its moment. Click around the internet and you’ll find that it lands in nearly every top diet trends round-up. Albeit popular, it isn’t new. Fasting is one of the oldest dietary interventions and healing traditions known to us. It’s been part of human culture and religion for thousands of years. Today, intermittent fasting has arguably helped people lose weight, gain

Original article by Katherine Rushlau It seems it should be common sense by now that fast food is not a particularly healthful option. A recent analysis of the offerings at 10 popular U.S. fast food restaurants found it is even more unhealthy than it was 30 years ago, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The analysis looked at fast food entrees, sides, and dessert menu

Nancy Sudak, MD became known nationally as a leader in the board certification of integrative holistic medical doctors and then as the founding executive director of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM). In these roles, Sudak knew the challenges of sustainability for integrative medicine models in large delivery organizations. So when she left AIHM, she developed an opportunity in a large upper Midwest system to create and prove an model. Now, two years

Bloomberg recently released its annual index of the world’s healthiest countries, which it compiles by grading countries on factors such as smoking rates, access to clean water, obesity, sanitation and more. Spain topped the list this year — thanks in part to the nation’s healthy Mediterranean diet, the report suggested. Here are the world’s top 5 healthiest countries The U.S. ranked 35th, likely due in part to poor American eating habits. Spain – with its

Original article by Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today ‘Today we expect open, honest answers from the pharmaceutical industry’ WASHINGTON — Stopping rebates, using value-based purchasing, and making drug prices more transparent were the phrases of the day at Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on high drug prices, where neither the senators nor their witnesses seemed to score any major public relations victories. “Today we expect open, honest answers from the pharmaceutical industry,” committee chairman

Original article by Jeffrey Bland, PhD for Today’s Practitioner The following is an excerpt from a recent article on fasting physiology by Jeffrey Bland, PhD, from our partners at Integrative Medicine, a Clinician’s Journal.  During the last 2 decades, our understanding of the metabolic and neurobiological effects of the ketogenic diet has increased and this has led to greater and more widespread interest in fasting physiology and the successful application of this state of metabolism. In