OptiBlog

According to the CDC roughly 34.2 million Americans have diabetes which is 10.5% of the US population.  And 1 in 5 of them don't even know they have it.  Diabetes is a chronic health condition in which your body doesn't make enough insulin OR your body can't use the insulin...

No matter what you may have heard, you can’t actually BOOST your immune system beyond its capacity. That’s right—no amount of orange juice or elderberry tea will “supercharge” your immune system, despite the internet’s assurances.   The best approach isn’t “boosting” your immune system, but figuring out what you can do...

There is clear scientific evidence that alcohol does have a beneficial cardiovascular effect.  There are many studies that discuss the positive health effects of alcohol, countless others demonstrate the negative effects of alcohol.  The problem is many of these studies do not differentiate between different types of alcohol, which makes...

We have an epidemic of cardiovascular degeneration here in the US specifically.  Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States.  This epidemic of cardiovascular degeneration is brought on by stress, genetic disposition, lifestyle choices (poor diet, smoking, lack of exercise, alcohol etc),...

Are you one of the 1 in 13 people that have asthma? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than 25 million Americans have asthmas.  This is 7.7% of adults and 8.4% of children.  Asthma has been increasing steadily since the early 1980s in all age,...