Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear - integrative medicine is the judicious application of both...
If you want to be in optimum emotional health, realize that social isolation stands between you and it. Reach out to others. Join groups—to drum, meditate, sing, sew, read, whatever. Find communities—...
Most American diets, even bad ones, provide more than enough calcium for bone health, especially for men.
It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it...
I have always believed that the primary function of doctors should be to teach people how not to get sick in the first place. The word doctor comes from the Latin word for teacher. Teaching prevention...
The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.
I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health conditi...
The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walkin...
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