Quotes of the Day

When type 2 diabetics drank a small cup of chamomile tea after their meals for a few months, they got significant improvement in long-term blood sugar control compared to drinking the same volume of warm water or when pitted head-to-head against black tea. And the side effects? All good——lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, a decrease in inflammation, and improved sleep, mood, and antioxidant status. Chamomile tea and green tea appear to share the same mechanisms for blood sugar control: blocking the transport of sugars through the intestinal wall. [2023] - Michael Greger

Once I responded to an initial message, it took an average of twenty-two hours for a woman to get back to me. With so many forms of instant communication--Facebook, text messaging, IM--that twenty-two hours was enough time to make me wonder what she was doing but not enough time for me to lose interest. [2013] - Amy Webb

Some people, especially thin individuals, require more calories and more fat to sustain their weight. This is usually resolved by including raw nuts, raw nut butters, avocados, and other healthy foods that are nutrient-rich and high in fat and calories. Even these naturally thin individuals will significantly improve their health and lower their risk of degenerative diseases if they reduce their dependency on animal foods and instead consume more plant-derived fats, such as those in nuts. [2011] - Joel Fuhrman

When cancers progress in an orderly manner from precancerous stage to small tumor to large tumor to metastasis, screening succeeds. Screening to remove early cancers prevents the development of late cancers, and this saves lives. But if removal of early-stage cancer does not reduce late-stage cancer, screening is unsuccessful, and overdiagnosis becomes a problem. Not every early-stage cancer needs to be destroyed, as many small cancers are contained by the immune system and will never pose a serious health threat. With toxic treatments such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the treatment may be worse than the disease. [2020] - Jason Fung

Walkable neighbourhoods are safer. Crime rates are much lower on busy city streets because there are more eyes preventing crime. Emergency vehicles take longer to travel to neighbourhoods with suburban cul-de-sacs than to those streets in a traditional urban grid. If health-care facilities are within walking distance of people's homes, they are more likely to be used for preventive care. Walkable cities also bring in more high-paying technology-based jobs. [2012] - Brian Persaud