Red, White and Blue: a Preventable American Killer As you purchase hot dogs and ice cream for your upcoming Fourth of July barbeque: consider. Cardiovascular disease claims more lives each year than cancer, chronic respiratory disease and accidents combined. It remains the leading cause of death in the United States

It’s All a Big Fat Lie Fats are perhaps the most misunderstood of all dietary substances. Over the past forty years, the media, as well as long­standing government positions on fats have inculcated into American society the idea that fats are unhealthy; they lead to weight gain and should be avoided whenever possible.