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		<title>100 Years Ago, JAMA Thought that a Liter of Water at Meals Was Too Much</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAMA has a section called &#8220;100 years ago&#8221; in which the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) quotes a column from its archives, verbatim. Last week, it was January 13, 1912 WATER-DRINKING WITH MEALS  &#8221;&#8230;While the ingestion of moderate quantities of water with meals may be harmless in persons with good gastric motility, since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statins on Sale: Is Generic Lipitor a Bargain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Cholesterol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most popular Rx&#8217;d drug in America, Lipitor, went generic this week as atorvastatin. Lipitor sales were $8.7 billion last year, and 3.3 million people take it. If you have insurance, request the generic. Watch your copayment drop from $25 per month to a generic copayment to $10. If you don&#8217;t have insurance and pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Routine Supplements: Help, Hype, Hazard or Hope?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half the U.S. takes at least one supplement daily. My personal favorite is a guy who came into my office with a Trader Joe&#8217;s double-handled bag and deposited 33 bottles on my desk. 45 minutes later&#8230;* Three reports this week again show that dietary supplements can act like medicine&#8211;they can help, or they can make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time for Some Q and As</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am taking a short break from farming activities (avocados, anyone?) and newsletter writing to answer some reader questions. You can also post these on Facebook or Google Plus and I will try to answer there. Q.  I am wondering if you think it is a good idea to minimize the cheese, chicken and fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Statins Raise Diabetes Risk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably, in higher doses. A study of 18000 people without heart disease, called JUPITER, shows that Crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg showed that for every 1000 patients on high dose (40mg and up) statins, there are 6 more cases of new diabetes over 2 years. Crestor also prevented 11 cases of heart attack, stroke, arterial revascularization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Weight Knocks Down Knee Pain&#8230;But How?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the US had the obesity rate it had in 2000 (not 2009), we might prevent 111,206 total knee replacements. If you have arthritis, you are twice as likely to be obese than if you don&#8217;t. About 50 million adults (22% of the US population) has arthritis&#8212;principally osteoarthritis, or wear and tear arthritis. Joint pain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Lowers Cholesterol: New Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food FAQ's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayward cholesterol levels are some of the easiest labs to treat with the right foods: I help my patients do it here in the office, have taped ChefMD videoblogs and spoken with journalists about it. And the research continues to mount. Last week, an Australian meta-analysis of 14 studies showed that, on average, the equivalent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Can I Eat to Heal and Recover from Surgery?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/obesity-and-weight-loss/what-can-i-eat-to-heal-and-recover-from-surgery/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-can-i-eat-to-heal-and-recover-from-surgery</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/obesity-and-weight-loss/what-can-i-eat-to-heal-and-recover-from-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 11:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, my Mom had her first operation: a total knee replacement. Active and curious, and having recently celebrated her 29th birthday again, her mother was turning 100 shortly and needed assistance.  Mom wasn’t able to get around well enough to help, with her osteoarthritis and pain. A month before the operation she asked me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert Report: Vitamin D/Calcium: The Right Stuff?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IOM expert report on Vitamin D and Calcium suggests two changes: increasing your vitamin D intake from 200IU (under age 50) to 600IU daily, or 800IU if you are 71 or older; and not supplementing with calcium. The new safe daily upper limit of vitamin D is 4000IU; for calcium it&#8217;s 2000mg, which increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Ways to Improve Your Flu Immunity: D3 and Vaccines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, I got a flu shot. I also took 2000IU of vitamin D3.  Some people see this as redundant.  Not me. The recent news that pregnant women who get flu shots protect their fetuses and themselves meshes perfectly with the recent news that vitamin D3 is more of a (helpful) steroid hormone than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Meds Rx: Why People Stop Taking Medications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why people stop taking their prescribed medications is really important, because everyone loses. The patient and her family lose the needed medical effect. The clinician and clinic lose a tool. Employer and health insurance company lose an employee&#8217;s health and dollars. Pharma company loses continuity and a customer. Reasons fall into 3 categories: reminders; financial/physical; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Much? Discussion 1-on-1 For You?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/common-conditions/salt-much-discussion-1-on-1-for-you/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=salt-much-discussion-1-on-1-for-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several sneak peaks&#8211;including my statement to the Information Hearing on Diabetes and Obesity in Sacramento 8.25.10 are in the newsletter tomorrow (quick sign-up to get it, top right!). It was challenging to say something new, practical, and responsible&#8230;to decisionmakers about policy.   Let me know what you think. The news that the average American ingests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Omega-3s Deserve a Place in Your Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent omega-3 lawsuit about reported PCB contamination (from the oil of farmed fish) of some omega-3s supplements raises 3 issues: a. Are OTC omega-3 capsules safe? b. Do their benefits outweigh their potential harms? c. Are there good alternatives, such as food(!?) and prescription meds? a. Omega-3s (which are EPA, DHA and ALA) from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alzheimers Memory Boost: People with Drinks Beat Mice Near Cell Phones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The study released this morning showing that 4 ounces daily of an experimental, not-yet-marketed &#8220;memory cocktail&#8221; might help memory in Alzheimers is hopeful. The study&#8217;s protocol seems straightforward: done in people with mild disease, for 12 weeks. The clinical trial sites are all across the U.S. in respected places. The &#8220;memory drink&#8221; includes the nucleotide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Foods: What to Eat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You already know the basics: wash your hands often; use paper not hand towels; throw away used tissues; cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. But did you know that some foods can help improve your immunity against flu viruses? Here are the top 3, all backed by the best science: a. Brewer&#8217;s yeast/baker&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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