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Dr. John Poothullil is:
  • Nationally syndicated on radio markets coast to coast and distributed by USA Business Radio.
  • On every major podcast platform including Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Audible, and many more. 
  • Syndicated columnist as part of the Price of Business Digital Network. 

Learn more about the media presence at the USA Daily Post, the archive home of Dr. John Poothullil on the Price of Business Digital Network and USA Business Radio.

November 12, 2019

What Is The Optimum Diet?

With humans needing over 100 different nutrients, it is impossible to get any optimum food or diet to get all the nutrients that you need. On the other hand, people have been living on Earth for 50,000 years. That means nature has put in a mechanism for each one of us to obtain needed nutrients. This mechanism starts with the sensation of hunger.

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November 5, 2019

Does Tap Water Cause Cancer?

Tap water can cause cancer just as much as the air we breathe and the food we eat, plus ther is radiation from the sun and the earth. So how do we prevent cancer?

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October 30, 2019

What Your Fitness Tracker Is Not Telling You

If you expect weight loss based on energy expenditure as recorded by your device, you may be disappointed.

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October 23, 2019

What is Missing From The Paleo Diet?

An article in The New York Times in 2018 sited a study by Obesity Reviews that suggested that more & more people are adopting the Paleo diet to get health benefits without having to go through a paleo lifestyle. Here are my thoughts.

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October 16, 2019

Primum Non Nocere – Above All, Do No Harm

In august 2019, Medical News Today reported “Diabetes overtreatment seriously endangers health”, a study from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The article stated that more and more people treated for type 2 are having a serious, potentially life threatening complication called hypoglycemia when using blood sugar lowering medications, such as insulin.

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October 3, 2019

The Mystery of the Metro State University Cancer Clusters

Four employees at Metro State University were diagnosed with three different types of cancer within the span of six months. This is not so mysterious to me and I will tell you why…

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September 25, 2019

Challenging Mainstream Ideas On Weight Maintenance

You can lose weight by eating less but how do you know you are getting what you need nutritionally?

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September 17, 2019

Does Gluten-Free Mean Trouble Free?

An article in The Washington Post in June 2019 revealed that more and more people are using “better-for-you” pasta alternatives that are gluten-free. What is gluten? Why gluten-free? Does gluten-free mean trouble-free?

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September 10, 2019

Willpower, Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery

Most people concerned about weight-related medical problems tried dieting. They try these “diets” a few times and finally decide on bariatric surgery. I have another idea.

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September 3, 2019

Nutrigenomics: Can Studying Our Genes Tell Us What To Eat?

Companies are selling tests to identify genes associated with nutrient intake, a sort of personalized nutrition, in theory. Here are my thoughts…

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