Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
A New Obesity Path to Heart Disease
It has been known for a while that dental bacterial infections and gum disease are linked to an increase in...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Fitness More Important than Obesity for Survival in Elderly
An interesting new study in older Americans shows very clearly that those who are the most fit live the longest....
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
The Statin Scam Marches On
Considering that tens of millions of Americans now take statins to lower cholesterol, the following headline was conspicuously absent from...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
FDA Sleeps While Common Medications Poison the Elderly
On November 29, 2007 the FDA made a rather surprising, almost honest announcement. It said that it could not protect...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
B Vitamin Deficient Parents More Likely to Produce Overweight Children
Proper health preparation prior to and during pregnancy has a profound affect on the future health of the child. The...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Common Diabetes Drug Causes Bone Loss – Medical Profession in a Funk
The commonly used and much maligned diabetes drug, Avandia, just took another spill down the stairs. A new mouse study...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Overweight Children and Teens at Risk for Weak Bones
It has long been thought that extra body weight, while a risk for many health problems, was not a risk...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Adequate Oxygenation Vital to Healthy Metabolism
New research is uncovering how hemoglobin behaves within a cell to deliver oxygen to the cell engines so that calories...
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Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Obesity Drugs are Problematic
Obesity drugs are big business, pulling in 1.2 billion in sales last year. The British Medical Journal just published a...
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