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Caffeinated coffee: a cup of contradiction

By Shari Cheves on June 24th, 2011%

There have been rumors that caffeine in coffee can prevent diabetes. This is a pretty tall order (or should I say venti?) for roasted seeds. With diabetes rates climbing alongside America’s coffee addiction, it seems impossible. After pouring through hundreds of studies on disease risk and prevention, I found one common theme around caffeine: it’s . . . → Read More: Caffeinated coffee: a cup of contradiction

A diet to end all others

By Shari Cheves on May 30th, 2011%

For years I’ve watched loved ones struggle with diets only to cave in to hunger, carbs, and cravings. Dieting feels like a punishment when we all associate eating with celebration, consolation, or distraction. As a result, the average person is heavier than ever before, and obesity puts us at risk for type 2 diabetes, heart . . . → Read More: A diet to end all others

Words of love

By Shari Cheves on April 20th, 2011%

Love sounds like a subject far too trite for this blog, but lately my encounters with the elusive eros are worth noting. I am fascinated with how feelings of love correlate with my physical and emotional vitality. Love is always a driving force in health, and understanding how it affects the body can take us . . . → Read More: Words of love

Dissecting tennis elbow

By Shari Cheves on April 8th, 2011%

OK, tennis elbow is driving me crazy. Three months now of periodic pain and swelling. Three weeks without a match and I’m losing it – playing air guitar with the vacuum cleaner and testing the limits of milk chocolate raisin consumption. While there is some relief in having a condition that my friends and relatives . . . → Read More: Dissecting tennis elbow

Calcification – the bones of disease?

By Shari Cheves on March 15th, 2011%

Pain is a language we barely understand. Aches and pains affect our vitality, daily decisions, and outlook on life. We brush them off as old age, stubborn strains or inherited arthritis. Our medicine cabinets feature a smorgasbord of creams and ointments that promise relief, albeit temporary. To reduce or prevent pain in the first place, . . . → Read More: Calcification – the bones of disease?

Bite into biometeorology

By Shari Cheves on March 2nd, 2011%

While visiting the public library yesterday, I dodged an assortment of community health flora – lingering coughs, limb injuries, and severe fatigue. I fit right in, nursing my worst bout of arthritis and tennis elbow ever. These all seem like unrelated conditions, but are they?

Every year the fall and winter months uncoil a . . . → Read More: Bite into biometeorology

The mysterious [don’t] panic attack

By Shari Cheves on February 23rd, 2011%

I am embarrassed to admit that I occasionally suffer from panic attacks – another complex, improperly-named collision of biochemical mysteries. Yesterday it was in the movie theater, where half of my attacks have occurred. The movies have not been consistent in theme, and I am not agoraphobic. The familiar feeling of terror gripped me . . . → Read More: The mysterious [don’t] panic attack

Not so sweet cherry angiomas

By Shari Cheves on February 21st, 2011%

Living in Orange County, it’s standard procedure to study your skin for blemishes to avoid skin cancer as much as the scrutiny of the local ladies at the market. During my daily scan yesterday, I discovered not one but TWO red freckles on my forehead. As the world’s most obsessive health research nut, I rushed . . . → Read More: Not so sweet cherry angiomas

A new chapter in health

By Shari Cheves on February 19th, 2011%

It has been almost two years now since I got my life back. Instead of getting angry at aches or blemishes, I am now grateful for any opportunity to study how the body works. I call myself completely healed after years of terrible tailbone pain, fatigue, weight gain, skin inflammation and hormonal imbalances. But there . . . → Read More: A new chapter in health

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