CONGRATULATIONS DR. CHANEY!

Shaklee Master Coordinator, Dr. Steve Chaney, has been awarded the “Academy of Educators Excellence in Teaching Lifetime Achievement Award” at UNC Chapel Hill. It is the highest award the UNC Medical School gives for teaching. We are all so very proud of you my friend. You have taught us all so much!

MULTI-VITAMINS FOR THE MIND?

Could something as simple as taking a multivitamin every day help our mind?

After all, we don’t live in a third world country. None of us have serious nutritional deficiencies. Maybe we don’t eat as well as we might, but could a multivitamin actually improve our mental acuity and our ability to multitask? More »

CAN FOOD MAKE YOU BLUE

By: Dr. Steven Chaney

The standard American diet (S.A.D.) is high in processed foods, fat (especially saturated and trans fats), refined grains, simple sugars, salt and calories. As I’ve said before, almost anything would be better.

You probably already know that the S.A.D. leads to obesity and a whole host of diseases – including heart disease, cancer and diabetes – just to name a few.

But did you know that the S.A.D. could make you sad? More »

THE TRUTH ABOUT SOY

By Dr. Steven G. Chaney

Some of you have been asking me about soy protein isolate. You’ve been asking whether it is safe to use, or is it as dangerous as some web sites would have you believe.

There are a lot of “urban myths” about soy that have been repeated so often that they are widely believed to be true – even though the evidence clearly shows that they are not.

How does this happen, you might ask? More »

AMAZING VITAMIN D

We are all unique and wonderful creatures! You may have heard that before, but I’m not sure that most of you realize just how unique we are.

The sequencing of the human genome showed just how alike we all are – our DNA sequences are more than 99.5% alike.

But that 0.5% makes all the difference. In the study I will be talking about below, there were over 58,000 genetic variations between individuals. More »

ALPHA & OMEGA OF VITAMIN D

Last week I talked about the alpha and omega of omega-3s.

This week my topic is “The Alpha and Omega of Vitamin D”. As you might expect I will be talking about the benefits of vitamin D in both young and old.

Let me start with the alpha (the young). More »

THE B’S AND LUNG CANCER

I recently came across a very interesting study on serum B vitamin levels and risk of lung cancer (Johansson et al, JAMA, 303: 2377-2385, 2010).

But before, I describe the study a bit of background is in order. More »

The Alpha and Omega of Omega-3

Dr. Steven Chaney

You probably already know that alpha is the beginning and omega is the end. So the real title of this “Tips From the Professor” letter could be “Omega-3s at the Beginning and Ending of Life” More »