There is a Turkish saying that the ground has ears; everybody hears what you are saying behind their back. We should always remember that to be kind is more important than to be right. We should never criticize anyone for the things that they can’t do anything about.

People who are able to forgive and forget are much less prone to stress and development of stress induced diseases.

Loneliness is bad for anybody’s health and wellbeing. The permanent feeling of loneliness is fast becoming a norm among the elderly.

Why I don’t recommend purchasing probiotic supplements

Optimism, pessimism and realism are mindsets and personality trends that could have very important psychological effects on our lives.

Nowadays, intellectual and emotional honesty, and respect for the truth are difficult to come by. We live in an age of social media dominance, it is a jungle out there. Under the freedom of expression in disguise, in unregulated social media, anything goes. It is very easy to create a false persona, false beliefs and false emotions in social media. We need joy and happiness more than ever.

At the beginning of practicing medicine, it was very difficult and uncomfortable for me, not knowing how to tell the patient a deadly diagnosis. I learned from my mistakes and experiences that no patient should ever be told straight out that he or she has cancer without first psychologically preparing them.

The World Health Organization states that 1/3 of all cancers are preventable. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Is it possible that exercise produces some chemicals in the blood that inhibit the development of colon cancer?

When some of us are privileged enough to reach the sunset of our life with advanced age, should exercise be encouraged?

Available vaccines are safe, very effective and are crucial for public health. Religious objections to vaccines are baseless. Refusing to vaccinate your child cannot be a personal choice because it is not a personal issue, it is a public health issue.

Research on pregnancies have shown that nearly half of pregnancies are unintended and unwanted. In countries where abortion is banned and illegal, abortion rate for unwanted pregnancies do not decrease, but they becomes unsafe and dangerous. Because they are performed by unqualified criminal personal, in an underground and unsterile environments.

Why are there concerns that cellphones could cause brain cancer ?

Exercise literally slows down the biological aging process. Exercise sharpens our reflexes, improves our balance and our general metabolic health. 

When it comes to daily salt intake, another not very well understood metabolic picture emerges. High salt intake is habit forming and over time, high blood pressure and its complications develop. 

Eating more than 100 grams of red meat a day and more than twice a week increases the risk of colon cancer and heart diseases.

The nutritional influence of our primitive ancestors’ diets, eating habits and life styles are all factors to consider. Maybe we will be better of eating like our ancient ancestors?

Mindful eating means not to eat anything in hurry. It means to pay full attention to our food and eating, but nothing else like watching TV, reading something or arguing.  These things take away our attention from our food. 

How often should you have a bowel movement was the most common question I was asked during my many years of gastroenterology practice.

Besides the physical beauty of a person, distinct skin bacteria produced odor plays a significant role in sex appeal.