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Food-Drug Interactions You Need to Know About

You probably know that you shouldn’t mix certain medications because of the risk of dangerous drug-drug interactions. But you may not be aware of food-drug interactions, which can occur when a medication interacts with a…

Jun 27, 2024

A Diet for a Healthy Spleen

What to know about the spleen, its importance and what you can add to your diet to keep it healthy.

Apr 2, 2024

Foods to Eat or Delete to Keep Candida In Check

If you’ve ever experienced Candidiasis, which is a fungal infection due to overgrowth of yeast that lives on your body (scientifically named “Candida albicans”), you know how unpleasant it can be.

Jan 12, 2024

4 Tips For Your Parkinson’s Disease Diet

Struggling with a new diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is difficult enough. Learning how to eat to treat your illness is an even greater struggle. Alison Acerra, registered dietitian with MedShadow, provides her tips for a…

Apr 10, 2023

8 Foods that Fight Insomnia

✅ This article was reviewed by Alison Acerra, MS, RDN, member of our MedShadow Medical Advisory Board. Has COVID-19 affected your nights as well as your days?

Oct 22, 2020

Stuck with Statins? Try a Plant-Based Diet to Cut Back

The solution to a lifetime of statins could lie in a diet based on vegetables, whole grains, beans and fruit. The medical community recommends statins as a front-line (first-choice) treatment for high cholesterol levels that…

Sep 16, 2020
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