Mehmet C. Oz's Blog, page 79

What A Little Deep Breathing Can Do for You

Breathing is one of those things your body does that you don’t have to think about.

The Diet-Soda Dilemma

It's a guilt-free delight, a weight-loss dud, a Frankenfood that'll "suck" the calcium right out of your bones.

Help for Heart Attack Survivors, Fibromyalgia Fighters, and Ovarian Cancer Worriers

I am 53, 5'5", and weigh 140. In 2004, I had a heart attack that affected more than one-third of my heart.

Mediterranean Diet Scores Again

If heart disease runs in your family, you need to fight back like David Haye defending his heavyweight title.

How to Sprain-Proof Your Ankles

As you heft that suitcase, drag that trash can, or kick that beach ball, thank your ankles.

Best B Insurance: Breakfast

Vitamins B6 and B12 are quiet, conscientious types.

Does Walking Make You Hungry?

Lab Report: Turn Off Your Fat Cells

So far, it's happened only in the lab, but resveratrol -- found in all grape skins and in red wine -- put the brakes on developing fat cells and kept full-blown fat cells from churning out certain bad hormones that encourage a host of life-shorteners like diabetes and heart disease.

The Knock-Knock Effect

A goose waddles into a department store and buys a tube of pink lipstick.

Answers About Multiple Allergies, Bumpy Arms, and Overdoing Exercise

I'm so allergic to perfume that I can't even go to a department store without suffering for days afterward.