Benefits Of Magnesium

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

After hearing of another study reporting to have found that taking certain vitamins may actually be bad for you, I just have to ask if that is really a possibility. I don’t know the answer, but it sure doesn’t make me want to toss my nutritional support. Common sense would dictate that too much of even a good substance may be bad for you in abject excess. Hey, even water can kill you if you drink too much at once. Common sense also says that our food is lacking in many nutritional areas, even with the best of diets.

Are you counting Steps?

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

Counting steps has become a fitness trend these days. The new phones and watches make it easy to track how much you’re moving in a day.

They say the average American sits 10 hours each day. Not only is that terrible for your spinal discs but it is also a significant mortality risk. While recent research refutes findings that chronic sitting is on par with smoking mortality rates, it is clearly a significant risk factor in chronic ill health and early death, just like smoking.