I was shopping in my favorite international grocery store the other day when I came across something called white kimchi. Since I am always looking for new experiences, I pulled one down off the shelf of the large refrigerator case dedicated just to various brands of kimchi. All the other brands were the usual bright […]
Years ago one of my patients, Penelope, embarked on a healing journey for her chronic back issues and other bodily maladies. She received some simple but powerful advice. She was told to simply eat only vegetables for six months with the addition of a few ounces of fish a couple times a week. That’s it! […]
Last week a patient asked me why I hadn’t written an article on intermittent fasting. I was amazed, because it has been a mainstay of my lifestyle for years now. I feel like I have written about it many times, but maybe I have never actually come out and named it by name. Possibly this is because I […]
Sometimes life wants me to pay attention to something, so it repeats itself in different ways. For instance last week I read an article on a breathing study done on a giraffe. That sounds strange I know, but the idea is that no one has been able to figure out how a giraffe is able […]
I have been studying diet and nutrition for 45 years, and particularly the impact of diet on the immune system for the last 10 years. As my research has progressed over the last several years, it is beginning to feel like I am in an echo chamber. The same basic principals and recommended foods keep […]
Pain in the muscles and joints is the most common type of pain. Everyone experiences it at some time. Although unpleasant, it is a very necessary part of the survival mechanisms built into our bodies. Without pain we would not know when our body is being injured. Pain is the signal that tells us to […]
Everybody has heard that we need to eat more fiber. When you ask them why we need more fiber, the almost universal answer is so we can poop regularly. While this is true, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Fiber is a huge subject and should be classed as a food group all […]
I am reading a book right now about using nutrients to balance out brain chemistry. The amount of research is impressive with over 30,000 patients treated and over a million lab tests performed to assess these patients. This kind of research volume only happens when we are either dealing with somebody’s life work or when […]
Most everyone loves ice cream, but we all know that ice cream is not good for us. There is nothing healthful about it on any level. It is full of toxic levels of sugar, high in inflammatory saturated fats, full of A1 casein that releases morphine receptor stimulators, and a basket load of interesting chemicals. […]
A favorite line I have heard from some people, addicts in particular, is that life is hard. They seem to believe that they have a corner on the market for hard times. The universal sentiment that follows the “it’s hard” statement is that no one understands how hard it is for them – like no one […]