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14Sep, 2021

More Studies Find Benefits of Coffee

If you love your morning cup of java, our concierge primary care doctors at MD 2.0 in Jupiter want to encourage you to drink up. That’s because recent research has linked benefits of regular coffee consumption to a decreased risk of diabetes, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and liver cancer.

And there’s more good news from a new study by the American Heart Association (AHA). It found that drinking one or more cups of plain, caffeinated coffee a day was associated with a long-term reduced risk of heart failure.

19Aug, 2021

The Latest Word on Eggs and Your Health

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Nutrition

Are eggs good or bad for your health? It actually depends on whom you ask. Which doesn’t help much when people are deciding whether to include them in their diets. This is especially true for those on the popular keto and similar diets. These emphasize large amounts of protein, including eggs.

So our primary care concierge doctors at MD 2.0 in Jupiter want to bring you up to date on all the latest research to help you decide for yourself if eggs are good or bad for your health.

22Jun, 2021

What Is An Anti-Inflammatory Diet?

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Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition

Our primary care concierge doctors in Jupiter have told you many times about the dangers inflammation poses to your health. Often, the best way to reverse these dangers is by participating in an anti-inflammatory diet.

Inflammation is necessary to keeping the body healthy. But when your body is repeatedly assaulted by various harmful stimuli such as pathogens, injuries, or poor lifestyle habits, the inflammation never ends and can eventually cause long-term damage.

25May, 2021

Here’s the Scoop on Sodium and Your Health

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Healthy Living, Nutrition, Preventative Health

We need salt to stay alive. Ironically, however, too much of this good thing can kill us. And, thanks to the proliferation of processed foods, we’re getting ever more of this potentially deadly substance.

26Apr, 2021

Tea Leads to Good Overall Health

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Health Basics, Healthy Living, Nutrition

To our concierge family practice doctors in Jupiter, Florida, tea is the second-best beverage you can drink for good health. It comes as a close second, of course, to drinking water.

The practice of brewing leaves appears to go back at least 5,000 years, but its actual origins are hazy. The most persistent legend concerns a Chinese emperor who drank a bowl of hot water that was boiled for sanitary purposes. He was in his garden when a few leaves fell into his bowl, surprising him with the resulting pleasant flavor.

But a great deal of recent research has found there’s far more to be found in a cup of tea than a soothing drink.

13Apr, 2021

The Problem With Processed Meat

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Health Basics, Healthy Living, Nutrition

Our concierge family practice doctors in Jupiter, Florida, certainly understand the allure of crisp bacon, the snap of fried sausage, or the attraction of a hoagie piled high with a variety of processed meat.

2Mar, 2021

Losing Just a Few Pounds Slashes Diabetes Risk

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Disease, Healthy Living, Nutrition

Our concierge doctors recognize how hard it can be to lose weight. If you’re severely obese, it may seem an impossible task. But even those struggling to lose just 10-20 pounds may be frustrated at how stubbornly those extra pounds cling to your body.

22Feb, 2021

Heavy Metals in Baby Food: What You Can Do

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Children, Nutrition

A new congressional report on the amount of heavy metals found in baby food has shocked parents. Ever since the release this report, our concierge doctors have been receiving worried calls from parents.

5Jan, 2021

The Best Diet for You

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Health Basics, Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Nutrition

The start of a new year is traditionally the time to turn the page on the bad habits and disappointments of the previous year.

Usually near the top of the list of New Year’s resolutions that people make is the decision to lose weight. And from a health perspective, our concierge doctors certainly applaud that one.

Overweight or obesity is responsible for a host of chronic diseases, from type 2 diabetes to backaches to joint pain. So you want to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, right? But which diet is best?

8Dec, 2020

Check Out Chocolate for Your Health

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Disease, Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Nutrition

Let’s face it—this has been a lousy year. We’ve either lost or postponed so many of our normal pleasures, it’s no wonder that we’re feeling deprived. But our concierge doctors have a prescription that can help cheer you up: chocolate.

And ‘tis the season for it, after all. Not to mention that, as we’ll explain below, it can be healthier than eggnog, frosted cookies and cakes, and all the other sugarplums we’re inclined to consume this time of year.

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