Dr. Bortz Primary Care

Hi friends! Added sugar can raise your risk for heart disease. You read that correctly: sugar. While saturated fat has been decried by health and nutrition advocates for decades, new research suggests sugar may be a bigger problem. Here’s what you need to know https://www.mdvip.com//what-role-does-sugar-play-heart-dis

FORGOTTEN MEDICATION I just spoke with a patient whose systolic blood pressure I've halved from 225 to 112. There are some medications that aren't pushed by drug companies because there's been a lot of time since the expiry date of their patent, that when used correctly can resolve those that have hard to treat blood pressure (where multiple medications have not resolved the high ... blood pressure). Proving once more that: OLDER IS BETTER! :)

Taken from my son's page (Rabbi Daniel Bortz): My father is a doctor and observant Jew. When people ask him how a man of science can believe in God, he says it's precisely because he understands the intricacies of the body that he believes. "What is happening inside your eye as you are reading these words? Light passes through the front of the eye (the pupil) and through the lens. This light goes toward the back of the eye (the retina) where in a space less than one square i...nch, there are approximately one hundred million small machines shaped like rods. Every rod is connected by a nerve fiber to the brain. The rods contain a chemical substance called visual purple (rhodopsin). When the light reaches the rod it causes the visual purple to break down. This breakdown generates several millionths of a volt of electricity. This electricity is transmitted to the brain through the optic nerve at about 300 mph. The brain interprets the signals coming in, identifies what is being seen and remembers the image. The entire process is completed in about two thousandths of a second!" [My book "Beneath The Surface" quoting R. Dov Moshe Lipman, Discover] See more

"The other night I was in a panic. For days I had been feeling uneasiness in my left chest area, numbness in my left arm, a tremor in my left hand, and intense pain at night, symptoms I thought of a heart problem. I immediately called Dr. Bortz, and after hearing my symptoms - in his usual calm and caring manner - he told me not to worry and diagnosed my pains as stemming from an inflamed esophagus, explaining steps of how I could fix the problem with a change in diet and other methods. This type of care that I can always count on, keeping my mind at ease, is priceless." (Published with permission from a patient)

The 5 Second Rule: Fact or Fiction? www.nytimes.com//im-a-doctor-if-i-drop-food-on-the-kitchen

The amount of hours many of us spend sitting every day can be more dangerous than smoking! Try and get up to walk for 10 minutes every hour http://fitness.mercola.com//20/05/08/sitting-too-long.aspx

Wishing a happy Wednesday to all of the coffee drinkers out there foxnews.com//drinking-coffee-tied-to-lower-risk-death.html

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"Researchers from the University of Iowa have found a compound in tomatoes and apples can turn off a protein responsible for aging muscles" medicaldaily.com/reversing-muscle-atrophy-food-eating-apple