What can we do right now to boost the immune system through the foods we eat? Eating healthy along with lifestyle habits is the best defense against getting sick. It is going to be different each of us depending on our situations and our availability to foods. Here are some strategies and food lists that…
Nutrigenomics or Nutritional Genomics is the science of foods and how they affect our genes, prevent disease, improve health and longevity. Foods have power to influence our genes in a positive or negative way depending on what foods we eat. We each have unique physiology and chemistry that is determined by genes. But foods and…
Although I have counseled people for decades about the importance of healthy bacterial diversity from the mouth to the anus it took a personal dental experience to remind me how crucial oral probiotic balance is to total health. My upper incisor broke in two. Since it was an emergency the dentist could only glue it back together…
One of the biggest arguments and feuds among diet experts today is which diet is healthier and promotes weight loss. The one size fits all diet does not seem to work for everyone and probably never will. Despite our efforts we are fatter than ever as a nation so perhaps there is something more that…
I was listening to Christine Northrop’s new book, Goddesses Never Age. She discusses many important issues of healthy living one of which is the getting older with health and vitality. Of course she goes way beyond medicine into spiritual health but the one thing that caught my attention was her point about medications. She talks about…
This post is updated from 2008. Americans living in the United States are more obese than any other nation on the planet? Billions of dollars are spent on research and the dieting industry yet we continue to get fatter. In 2007 34% of Americans were obese. It is projected that number will rise to 51% by 2030.…
The stress of modern everyday life is enough to wear even the healthiest of people down over time. Daily stressors such as a busy lifestyle, as well as more intense stress, such as a fight with a loved one, trouble at work, or a physical injury can take a toll on the adrenal glands. Frequent…
This is NOT a hot new sexy topic but I talk about it everyday to every one of my patients; Optimize glutathione and optimize life. Having healthy levels of glutathione in the body can reduce the risk of chronic disease, promote healthy aging and keep us healthy and fit. You might say it is the…
Spring and the rebirth of nature is the ideal season to detox the body according ancient healing of Chinese medicine and Ayurveda from India. It is a time of renewal, to recover from the hibernation of winter cold, sedentary lifestyle and comfort food. Why should we detox? We have talked about it before but we…
According to Dr. Chensheng (Alex) Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology at the Harvard School of Public Health, reducing pesticides in your diet is critical to reducing the toxic effects of pesticide exposure for you and your family. In a video Dr. Lu states that most pesticides come from our foods and those pesticides…