Easy Health Digest-February 12, 2020

As a cardiologist who’s always been interested in nutrition, I encourage you to step away from the hype and the false trends, move beyond macronutrients, and follow the dietary advice that has stood the test of time, allows humans to live long well, and is profoundly elegant, simple and sound, starting with carbs…More »

If you suddenly feel as if the world is spinning around you, you could have a condition known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or BPPV. BPPV’s vertigo-inducing spin can be frustrating, nauseating and limiting. And, the experts say that it’s all caused by tiny crystals in your ears. Here’s one way to beat BPPV… More »

If you seldom put your hips and knees through their full range of motion, never bending them past 90 degrees, your body gets the wrong message: make less synovial fluid. Consequently, your joints become less lubricated … stiff… arthritic. Here are two ways to fix that… More »

In the months and years after a heart attack, there’s concern about having another one. After all, 20 percent of people who’ve had a heart attack have a second one within five years. Worrying, though, won’t prevent another, and neither will medicine for that matter. But your belly fat might… More »