Swallowing is a common, and essential, function. But add a sore throat to the mix and each bite of food becomes an intensely uncomfortable experience. Sometimes the pain can be so intense we actively try to stop swallowing.

Lots of foods contain naturally-occurring disease-fighting compounds. The trick however, for most of these superfoods, is getting enough of these nutrients into your body to reap the benefits.

Its earthy flavor can definitely be an acquired taste. But if you’re trying to get back into shape — especially following a heart-related scare — it’s a flavor you’ll quickly learn tastes a lot like relief mixed with a powerful dash of get-up-and-go.

Some intestinal diseases don’t cause any pain. That doesn’t mean they’re not causing damage. And you should know the signs because these sneaky and dangerous conditions are connected to many other chronic diseases.

Scientists have engineered T-cells to identify, memorize and attack tumor cells. That means a costly drug may be developed soon. But you can increase the cancer-killing effectiveness of your own T-cells starting right now.

For heart health, it’s best to keep your cholesterol low, your weight low and your fiber consumption high to reduce your risk of heart disease. And the good news is — there is one fruit that can help you do all that and more…

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and the way to your heart is though the bedroom, then the way to satisfy both is also through his stomach. You can help your husband achieve a stronger sex drive and better sexual performance by feeding him the right foods.

Don’t get me wrong, I like a drink as much as the next guy, but I’m not 20 anymore and the 50ish-year-old me doesn’t process alcohol like it used to. There are also some serious health consequences of alcohol that specifically affect middle-aged guys that I want to avoid, and you may too…

Over the past two decades the U.S. has experienced an epidemic of obesity and obesity related disease. And we’re finding that a good portion of the most commonly prescribed drugs are related to syndrome x, which is linked to obesity. The symptoms of syndrome x include…

Most Americans don’t know that most chronic diseases begin from what we put into our body and how well it is processed to exit the body. It’s time we get back to these critical, but simple, laws of health, and learn why a healthy bowel is critical to nearly all other aspects of real health.

Pain unnerves us. It hurts. And we want to know why. Some types of pain frighten us, like chest pain. Other types are more common and we tend to put off looking into their causes, at least until we are very uncomfortable. Abdominal pain often falls into that latter category.

If I could I would yell at the top of my lungs: “Stop picking on eggs!!! Eggs are safe! Eat your eggs!” Instead I’ll put some science in front of as many people as I can reach and show them how avoiding eggs is the real danger.