Knowledge Is Not Always Power: An Interview with David Katz, M.D.

In the August 10, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine there was yet another medical study verifying that living a healthy lifestyle is good for our health.  A healthy lifestyle was defined in the paper by the four habits of not smoking, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, exercising every day, and maintaining a healthy body weight – what I have called “The Magic Formula.”  People in the study who adhered to all four habits had an 80% overall reduction in the risk of developing a major chronic disease during 8 years of follow-up.
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Lifestyle Habits and Mortality

In this episode of Fitness Rocks I interview Dr. Rob Van Dam, an Assistant Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, about his recent paper in the British Medical Journal.  Dr. Van Dam and his colleagues report on lifestyle data collected on over 80,000 nurses for a 24 year period.
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Cancer Prevention - An Interview with Dr. Neal Barnard

This week I have a conversation with Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and author of several books and articles on the benefits of healthy lifestyles.  We covered a lot of topics in this conversation, including whether you should consume dairy products.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Video

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine does some really great work promoting healthy lifestyles. I thought you would enjoy this 30-second video clip.

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