Most of the health issues I write about really come down to the impact of inflammation on our various body tissues. While inflammation is a vital function of the body to help us fight infection and heal from injury, too much inflammation or inflammation when it is not needed destroys our health and well being. […]
One of the delightful things we did while I was down visiting family in San Diego was to get up each morning and do a little Tai Chi/Yoga type movement. Normally I run Ellen through a whole set of exercises each morning to help with her recovery, but I rarely have the time to do […]
While I was on vacation visiting my family in San Diego, I came across a fascinating article on increasing lifespan by restricting AGEs – Advanced Glycation End Products. (Yes, its true, even on vacation I am doing research.) Why should you care? Because AGEs are what you get when you eat BBQ and bacon and […]
While I was visiting my family last weekend, I came across something I thought was impossible – a cure for bunions. I have been looking at people’s feet for 35 years and when I would see the deformation of the joints that occurs with a bunion, I would have to throw up my hands in […]
We are all trapped between these two fears. Being alone and separate feels terrible. Our most basic instinct as an infant is that being left alone equals death because we are completely dependent. We reach out for connection with our cries when we are in need. We form the belief that we are not ok […]