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Food Tastes Better Without Salt
Let me introduce Dr. Siva Vemana, an internist in Springfield, Ohio and close family friend who has been my personal physician for many decades. Dr. Vemana was the main reason I ended up coming to Springfield Ohio, and despite many trials and tribulations the main...
Stress, Salt Retention and High Blood Pressure in Black America
Have you heard of white coat syndrome? The simple anxiety inherent in seeing a doctor can drive your blood pressure higher. Those of us in the medical arena see this commonly, which is why we encourage everybody—especially patients with high blood pressure—to record...
Cut Out Diet Drinks and Diet Snacks and Lose Weight
Will you lose weight by switching to diet soda or will you lose weight by losing the diet soda? Watch this video for a surprising answer. Since we started this journey to educate people about the dangers of adding salt to the food, the most common feedback I have...
Socioeconomic Issues vs. Salt Sensitivity
Some well-meaning colleagues and friends, especially those of African/Black American descent, have argued that Black America’s dismal state of health is entirely and solely due to poverty, crime, lack of medical facilities, and beliefs and attitudes. Indeed the...
A Pinch of Salt Here and a Pinch Of Salt There Leads to a Six-Time Higher Risk of High Blood Pressure
“Have just a pinch of salt.” “Nothing is going to happen.” “A little salt won’t hurt anything.” How often have you encountered your friends or a close family member making excuses for adding salt to their own food and persuading you to do the same? Even if you are...
Black America History Month, American Heart Month and Salt
February has been designated as American Heart Month. Many events are planned to remind us all that heart disease kills more people than any other regardless of ethnicity and gender. This month also happens to be observed as Black History Month. It’s a well...
Starbucks: Take the High Road to Lowering Salt Levels
I am shocked, to say the least. My favorite coffee place now is pushing mocha with added salt. I have found out that many Starbucks outlets offer this salted mocha and some advertise it as if there were not enough people already lined up to order it. Starbucks, I am...
Not Now Honey—Here, Have Some Salt.: Salt and Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
If you want to kill your love life, keep eating salt if you’re a man or feeding your significant other salt if you’re in a relationship with a man. Who knew that adding salt to your food is also a killer in the bedroom, at least when it comes to performance? Not me....
Thank you, Karrass for No Longer Promoting Smoking
What a pleasant surprise—a fortune cookie replacing a cigar-wielding woman celebrating her success in negotiation. How about that! You may recall my blog post and press release anguishing over the previous ad by Karrass that showed a woman with a cigar in hand. I was...
Salt-induced Pot Holes in your Arteries
A recent return to New York City after a few decades gave me an idea about how to explain why cholesterol builds in your arteries. This blog will make even more sense if you take a moment to read prior blogs on this subject. Back in the late 1970s when I was training...