The TRUTH About Water and Weight Loss
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times. Folks insist one of the “best ways” to lose weight is to drink a LOT of cold water. (Some online tips even advise drinking up to a gallon of it daily.) Fans of water as a weight loss tool claim that drinking buckets of...
IS YOUR Water Contaminated with PFAS? Find Out
Put DOWN that water glass and step away from the tap. Don’t drink another drop until you read this. Because what could be in there might turn your stomach. In the 1940s, the U.S. began researching and manufacturing PFOA, the FIRST hazardous per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) compounds. By the early 1950s, it was joined by...
Drink 8 Glasses A Day? The FINAL Answer
If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me, “Do I need to drink eight glasses of water a day?” … well, I’d be a very wealthy man indeed. After all, we’ve heard this advice most of our lives. It’s only natural to wonder if it’s true. And my response might surprise...
Trick Yourself into Drinking MORE Water
You probably know that drinking water is VITAL for good health. But most folks DON’T know that the older you get, the more water you need. There are various reasons why. Plus, you can try some tasty tricks to ensure you DO get enough. Dehydration is a leading cause of hospitalization in seniors. And a...
Surprising Blood Sugar DANGER Signs
You’re not diabetic, so there’s no need to worry about your blood sugar, right? WRONG. The fact is your blood sugar levels don’t give a darn about your diabetes diagnosis. OR your lack of one, in this case. Either way, they’ll go right ahead, doing their damage to your blood vessels, nerves, and arteries. You...
Love Water? Read This BEFORE Drinking Another Drop
I wish all the Mom’s out there a Happy Mother’s Day! Today I want to tell you a little story that involves some potential moms. And like all good stories, this one has an evil villain at the center of the tale. The head of a major corporation recently said the fear around forever chemicals...
5 Signs of DANGEROUSLY High Blood Sugar
Dear Living Well Daily Reader, High blood sugar has long been known as a silent disease. In fact, scientists estimate that around 25 percent of the people with diabetes have no idea they even have it! This is understandable: if you ask anyone what their blood sugar is, chances are they have no clue. But...
Hidden Threat LURKING in Your Water!?
Dear Living Well Daily Reader, In life, it’s easy to take things at face value. So many people make things complicated these days when it truly doesn’t need to be. But when it comes to the mainstream, you can always bet there’ll be an ulterior motive. Whether it’s Big Pharma, Big Food, or even the...
Microscopic DANGER Hiding in Your Water?
Dear Reader, A patient of mine, we’ll call her “Mary”, walked into my office one day, looking rather disheveled. She dropped her purse onto the floor, pulled out a water bottle and took a big swig. Seeing this, I quietly suggested that she might want to make another choice about what she was drinking. “What’s wrong with water?” she said. “I thought you were supposed to...
[WARNING] What’s LURKING in Your Water?!
Dear Reader, A neighborhood friend of mine spent 40 years working for the Water Department. We’ve had in-depth discussions about how to purify and clean the water coming into your home. He is convinced (and I am too) that chlorine is the only thing that gets the job done. But just because adding chlorine to water delivers virtually bacteria and virus-free water to your tap, does not mean...