Health - Disease

January 24, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

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Mike Carruthers:
Millions of people take vitamins every day to protect their health – but maybe they shouldn’t.

Dr. David Agus:
If you look at the studies of vitamins they cause problems. If a man takes a vitamin E a day for 3 years his rate of prostate cancer is 17% elevated and it lasts for years after stopping the vitamin E.
 

January 23, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

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Mike Carruthers:
We can all do a lot to prevent of postpone serious illness.

Dr. David Agus:
My hope is, and what I really believe can happen is, we can delay illness to the 9th or 10th decade. You know the 1950tys were the last years in the United States you can die of old age on a death certificate – I want to bring that back.
 

January 19, 2012

Interview with Robert Davis, author of the bookCoffee is Good for You: From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, the Truth about Diet and Nutrition Claims

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Mike Carruthers:
For years we’ve heard that eating eggs isn’t good for you because they contain cholesterol, but the research says otherwise.

Robert Davis:
The evidence shows that is you eat up to six eggs a week it’s not harmful it’s good news because eggs are a good source of protein and certainly it’s a more healthy breakfast than eating a big muffin that’s full of sugar and calories.
 

January 18, 2012

Interview with Robert Davis, author of the bookCoffee is Good for You: From Vitamin C and Organic Foods to Low-Carb and Detox Diets, the Truth about Diet and Nutrition Claims

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Mike Carruthers:
Keeping up with all the nutrition claims and what’s good and bad for you can be a challenge. For instance is coffee good for you?

Robert Davis:
There is good evidence that coffee may in fact have some benefits. Coffee drinking is linked to a lower risk of heart disease, certain cancers, stroke, diabetes.
 

October 6, 2011

Interview with Patrick Maguire, M.D., author of the book When Cancer Hits Home: Cancer Treatment and Prevention Options for Breast, Colon, Lung, Prostate & Other Common Types

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Mike Carruthers:
About the last thing anyone wants to hear form their doctor is, “You’ve got cancer” and yet it’s a very common diagnosis.

 August 11, 2011

Interview with Dr. David Servan Schreiber, author of the book Anticancer, A New Way of Life, New Edition

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Mike Carruthers:
Did you know that we all have cancer cells in our bodies?

Dr. David Servan Schreiber:
There's no question about this - 100% of people have cancer cells in their bodies. The key determinate as to whether you get cancer or not is how healthy your anti-cancer defenses are.
 

June 3, 2011

Interview with Dr. Jessica Wu, Dermatologist for www.EverydayHealth.com

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Mike Carruthers:
Summer will be here soon and that means you'll be out in the sun. So remember…

Dr. Jessica Wu:
There is no such thing as a safe tan unless it comes from a bottle or spray.
 

May 27, 2011

Interview with Michael Roizen, M.D., co-author of the book YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

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Mike Carruthers:
People who drink too much can develop liver trouble. Why?

Michael Roizen:
Well, alcohol is a toxin to the liver; it's a poison to the liver. However, it's good for your arteries so there's a balance - it's a half to one drink a night for women, one to two for men.
 

March 18, 2011

Interview with Dr. Sharon Moalem, author of the book Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)

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Mike Carruthers:
Ever wonder why we have disease and illnesses?

Dr. Sharon Moalem:
Could they be protective? Could they be an evolutionary compromise? Could they be offering us a window into our evolutionary past?
 

February 24, 2011

Interview with Mark Stevenson, author of the book An Optimist's Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer

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Mike Carruthers:
Have you heard of something called bacterial fuels? Someone is actually doing this.

Mark Stevenson:
They’re making gasoline by putting carbon dioxide into a bacteria, the bacteria eats the carbon dioxide and it excretes gasoline. It’s not science fiction this is happening right now.