Healthy diet should be exclusively or primarily based on foods of plant origin. Meats, especially red meat should be avoided. One area of confusion regarding healthy diet has to do with intake…
Photo credit: Webb Family Age is a common excuse people use to let their physical fitness slip or resist the idea of beginning an exercise regimen. While age can certainly limit the…
Have you ever wondered why a box of mac and cheese has such a long shelf life? It probably has something to do with all those unpronounceable words you find in the…
If an official list existed covering the world’s most valuable herbs, surely turmeric would be near the top. In recent years, I’ve been hearing more about turmeric, but I never realized just…
The Story Behind Fats Healthy fats. It almost sounds like an oxymoron. Who would have thought fats could be healthy when eaten from the right sources? The wave of fear for fats…
Face it, your mom was onto something when she said to eat your Brussels sprouts. Sure they didn’t taste so great back then. But hey, why not give them another try. What…
“Brown rice please”. Those may be words you thought you’d never say. Or at least the words my boyfriend thought he’d never say, until I took him to a 18-day lifestyle…
The ancient Greeks used to think that the mind was physically located in the heart. While they were wrong about that, there is a strong mind-body connection that is finally being scientifically…
Occasionally, my children come to the hospital with me while I round on patients. This morning, they sat in the nurses lounge and happily colored. When I came to collect them, I…