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EAT AND EXERCISE LIKE THE FITNESS DOCTOR
February is American Heart Month. In an effort to promote cardiovascular health, I have decided to share my personal dietary and exercise...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Feb 3, 20226 min read
Curtailed sleep may alter how intense exercise stresses the heart
In a new study, participants underwent an intense bout of exercise after both normal sleep and after three nights of curtailed sleep....
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Feb 1, 20224 min read
FOOD VS PHARMA
High cholesterol? Here's a pill. High blood pressure? Here's two pills. High blood sugar? Here's two pills and an injection. This is what...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Jan 27, 20223 min read
COVID RECOVERY GUIDE
Have you recovered from Covid? Here is a guide for getting back to normal. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/344472/WHO-EU...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Running long distances to lose weight? This is why you're wasting your time
If your goal is to be leaner, then greater endurance isn’t really to your benefit. In the United States, a nation more obese than any...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Jan 8, 20222 min read
World’s Largest Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, and Sleep
History’s largest real world evidence study, consisting of nearly 3,000 participants, has just produced some stunning results on the use...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Dec 21, 20213 min read
EATING YOURSELF YOUNGER
Eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains and low in added sugar, sodium and processed meats could help promote...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Dec 2, 20215 min read
TAKE IT EASY AS YOU GET OLDER? NOT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER!
A team of evolutionary biologists and biomedical researchers lay out evolutionary and biomedical evidence showing that humans, who...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Nov 30, 20213 min read
10 STEPS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM
#metabolism #weightloss #healthyeating
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Nov 22, 20211 min read
AVOID HOLIDAY WEIGHT GAIN WITH THESE FESTIVE FOODS
The holidays are a time when family and friends gather to enjoy indulgent meals. So it’s no surprise that maintaining a healthy weight...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Nov 3, 20216 min read
Mushroom consumption may lower risk of depression
Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one's risk of cancer and premature...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Research shows exercise-related proteins can suppress tumor growth
New research shows bed and rest might not be the best treatment for people suffering from cancer -- in fact, the opposite may be true....
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Oct 8, 20213 min read
OVEREATING MAY NOT BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF OBESITY
A perspective article challenges the 'energy balance model,' which says weight gain occurs because individuals consume more energy than...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Eating walnuts daily lowered 'bad' cholesterol and may reduce cardiovascular disease risk
Healthy older adults who ate a handful of walnuts (about ½ cup) a day for two years modestly lowered their level of low-density...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Sep 13, 20213 min read
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO GET ACTIVE
A study in more than 30,000 heart patients shows that becoming active later in life can be nearly as beneficial to survival as continued...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Sep 1, 20213 min read
Preventing childhood obesity requires changes in parents’ and clinicians’ early-life care
Interventions to prevent obesity in children typically don't target the first 1,000 days of life (a critical period in which...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Aug 17, 20213 min read
Higher levels of omega-3 acids in the blood increases life expectancy by almost five years
A 1% increase in this substance in the blood is associated with a change in mortality risk similar to that of quitting smoking. Levels of...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Aug 7, 20212 min read
EXERCISE IMPROVES HEALTH BY ALTERING YOUR DNA
Six weeks of physical exercise led to changes in the epigenetic information of skeletal muscle cells in young men. These changes took...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Aug 5, 20212 min read
THE EFFECT OF TIMING ON THE INTAKE OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND DAIRY FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH
Eating fruits with lunch, vegetables at dinner and a dairy snack in the evening was associated with a reduced risk of early death by...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Jul 11, 20213 min read
YOUR SUMMER WEIGHT LOSS PLAN
Get back on track this summer with my simple summer weight loss plan! How to Get Back On Track this Summer Before you get started with a...
Dr. Fredrick Peters
Jun 30, 20215 min read
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