Newsletter Archive – 2009
If you missed a recent bi-weekly newsletter from Jon Barron, don’t fret! We have archived all the health newsletters below for your convenience. Scroll topics or if you are looking for specific health information, use our search field above. More than likely, Jon covered your topic in one of these health newsletters!
5 Reasons to Celebrate National Pack Your Lunch Day
Do you typically brown bag your lunch to work? If not, here are five of the top reasons you might not be bringing your lunch to work, and the counterarguments to each of them.
Sleep Versus Exercise
For many, physical activity is squeezed in either first thing in the morning or later at night. However, new research shows that it may cost us important slumber time.
Go Nuts If You Have Diabetes
It is essential for those with diabetes to base meals on lean sources of protein, beans, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Find out why you should add certain nuts to that list as well.
Glyphosate? Again?
While you’ve been looking elsewhere, the use of glyphosate has grown and grown and grown, and is continuing to grow, at astonishing rates.
Managing Menopause With Acupuncture
Many women in their late 40s or early 50s will say that their largest health issues are related to menopause. If that sounds familiar, new research has uncovered some good news for you.
Not Exercising Kills Faster than Smoking
A new study found that shunning exercise is more lethal than taking up smoking or having diabetes or even heart disease!
Better Bonding With Your Partner
In any long-term relationship, nothing remains static. There are highs, lows, and everything in between. How do you keep the love alive and promote bonding as the years go on?
Five Tricks for Better Dreams
Dreams play a role in stabilizing mood, preventing depression, and perhaps even in expanding consciousness.
Kitty Litter Concerns
If you have a cat and you’ve ever visited a pet store, you certainly know there are many types of kitty litter, all making great claims about odor reduction and cat appeal. What is safe for the cat to use? For us to be breathing in?
Diet Drinks and Stroke Risk
If you’re an older woman, you just might have one more reason to leave those diet sodas and other artificially sweetened drinks on the supermarket shelves: stroke.
Obesity Raises Cancer Risk in Young People
Carrying a lot of excess weight is undeniably unhealthy, increasing the risk of numerous conditions. In the case of obesity-related cancers, the risk is now on the rise in young adults.
Ebola, You Need to Pay Attention
The danger from Ebola does not lie where you might think. If you’re not concerned, it’s because you’re looking at it all wrong.
Health Effects of Spending Time with a Narcissist
Do you know or spend time with a narcissist? Learn how it can impact you not just emotionally, but physically too! Read what to look for…
Calcium D-Glucarate An Anti-Cancer Supplement
By supplementing the diet with D-Glucarate, we can block glucuronidase activity, and the body can rid itself of carcinogens, thus inhibiting the onset of many forms of cancer, including lung, breast, prostate, and colon.
Have a Healthy Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day isn’t always the easiest of holidays. If you’re in a relationship, then you may gorge on pounds of chocolates. If not, you might feel lonely and gorge on comfort foods. Read some healthy tips!
Toxic Cruise Air
A new study found that the air pollution produced by cruise ships may be hazardous to the passengers and staff, as well as residents of the port communities in which they dock
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Hygiene
Even though experts disagree about how often we should change our sheets, wash our towels, and launder jeans, here are some home cleaning guidelines to consider.
Frailty Raises Dementia Risk
As we get older, we may lose muscle mass. If left unchecked, this kind of slow decline can leave the body in a frail state and is associated with cognitive problems as well.
The Scent of Junk Food
According to new research, the key to not giving in to junk food cravings might be to just stand there and keep sniffing. Read more…
Stress and Gender
Although men and women report similar stress levels, a 2016 study reported that two times as many women experience severe stress and anxiety compared to men. Why is that and what can you do?
To Sleep Perchance To Dream
Recent research has discovered that lack of sleep can more than double your risk of death from cardiovascular disease. It also shows that people who sleep 8 hours or more are also more than twice as likely to die, but from non-cardiovascular diseases. Both too little and too much sleep are unhealthy.
Physician, Heal Thyself
https://www.jonbarron.org/doctors-and-drugs/your-doctor-suicidalToday, burnout is omnipresent, affecting people across all spectrums and in almost all professions.
Just a Little Less Sitting Can Extend Your Life
We all know that sitting all day long is bad for your health. But to counter the damage done by that sedentary behavior, you may not need to spend hours exerting yourself. Find out how much you really need…
Early Diabetes Linked to Mental Health Issues
Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease that can take a major toll on your body. And now, new research suggests that diabetes may affect the state of your mental health.
Toss That Floss
While flossing is important to keep your teeth and gums in good shape and disease free, new research suggests that—depending on the products you use—you might be doing more harm than good.
Mobile Phone Addiction Revisited
Today, one out of every four adults checks his or her cell phone less than a minute after waking up. Why? And is this healthy?