Entries by Chet Zelasko

Fried Potatoes: Hazardous to Your Health

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The headline said: “Eating fried potatoes linked to higher risk of death.” My philosophy is that we can eat anything as long as we eat them in moderation, and I like French fries once in a while. My scientific curiosity tells me that I need to check this out. Let’s take a look at the […]

How to Reduce Disease-Related Pain

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The first two memos on pain were relatively easy: joints and nerves. From that point forward, it can get very challenging: Lyme disease, irritable bowel syndrome, shingles—the list of diseases that lead to pain could go on and on. To complicate matters, with the concern over opioid addiction, many people in pain don’t want to […]

How to Reduce Nerve Pain

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Do you ever have pain that shoots down your leg? How about your hands getting numb or painful? Ever get a headache because you’ve clenched your neck muscles so tight due to stress? More than likely, you’re experiencing some form of pain caused by a firing nerve, and these three examples are the ones I’m […]

Energy Thieves: Stress

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The final energy thief is stress. It can range from everyday stress such as the traffic on the way to work to your kid having the flu and you have to find someone to watch him or miss work. We adapt to those types of stress, but what about the big stressors? Illness, for you […]