If you've watched Oprah lately or answered phones at a doctor's office in the last week, you know what the hot topic is right now: bioidentical hormones. This phrase is thought by some to be a marketing term conjured up to sell unsuspecting consumers a product they don't need.

The thought that sugar could cause Alzheimer’s might sound a bit far-fetched, but scientists are beginning to uncover links between our sugar consumption and Alzheimer’s disease, so much so, that they are beginning to call Alzheimer’s disease Diabetes Type 3.

Drinking 1330 bottles of wine? It gives me a hangover just thinking about it. But that's how much you'd have to consume per day to get the sorts of heart-health benefits scientists have pinned on resveratrol, one of the compounds in red wine.

Don't put down your corkscrew just yet though…

Varicose veins are often considered an unavoidable part of getting older. Maybe they even run in your family. Most likely, they’re due to the lack of sufficient dietary fiber intake over the years. 

A good diet is the first place to turn when you want to make real improvements in your appearance. Beautiful eyes, skin, hair and nails need a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, and plenty of water. Beautiful skin, hair and eyes all depend on a healthy liver. Too much alcohol, caffeine and drugs put a heavy load on the liver and rob the body of B vitamins. All tissues need a rich, high oxygen blood supply, and plenty of mineral building blocks. Plants are the most absorbable way for the body to get them.

At the foundation of how you age is your hormonal system and whether or not it is in balance. If it’s imbalanced, your chances of healthy aging are slim, which is why you need to understand, and then get a clear picture of, your hormonal health.

Your vision provides as much as 80 percent of your sensory input. You want to preserve it at any cost, because it has an enormous impact on your quality of life.

You may not hear a lot about it, but boron is one of the most effective weapons available for the prevention of osteoporosis. It stops the excretion of calcium in the urine and raises the level of estrogen in postmenopausal women.

Most people think of calcium as the No. 1 factor in bone health—and for good reason: A recent study done by the National Institutes of Health found that half of all Americans are literally starving their bones of calcium—most of us aren’t even getting half the amount our bodies require.

Did you see this worrisome headline? “Older Women Who Take Calcium Supplements to Maintain Bone Strength May have an Increased Risk of Heart Attack.” [1] When we all thought calcium supplements were relatively safe, we now find out that high dosages of calcium supplements may adversely influence vascular health.