Dear Dr. Gourmet,
Q: I’ve been following a Weight Watchers type diet for 2 1/2 months now. I’m 44 yrs old, 5′4″ and weigh just over 150 lbs. In the past, as recently as last year, I have been able to go a month or two [...]
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Q: Is the product Vitamin Water Zero a hoax or does it have some redeeming value? A: My opinion is that this is a scam. There’s no reason to take multivitamins except in some very specific cases and there’s no [...] Q: I have always wondered about the effect of caffeine on breast cancer. Does caffeine encourage breast cancer or increase the risk of breast cancer or any other cancer because it speeds up the body’s metabolism? I use decaffeinated coffee (about 1/2 teaspoon of decaffeinated coffee crystals [...] Estrogen plays an important role in breast cancer, and estrogen-blocking medications such as tamoxifen are widely used to help prevent recurrence. This quite reasonably has led to concern about foods containing phytoestrogens – naturally-occurring estrogen receptor modulators that are seen mostly in the form of isoflavones. (Remember [...] Osteoporosis is a big concern for postmenopausal women. Menopause is marked by a significant decrease in estrogen production, and remaining estrogen levels are direct indicators of bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. This is just one of the reasons that so many women were encouraged to start [...]
As many as half of all women experience some heartburn during pregnancy. It’s not just caused by the growing fetus, but the valve at the top of the stomach, called the lower esophageal sphincter, becomes [...] |
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