The Power of Lifestyle – Enjoy Vibrant Life and Health

Enjoy Vibrant Health: Advice From Leading Experts

At least 80 percent of serious health problems such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes can be prevented. Ed Dodge, MD, has spent a lifetime treating patients, teaching students, interviewing experts and sharing the good news: There is much YOU can do to ensure a vibrant, long and healthy life!

Much of the advice here was first published in Dr. Dodge's Wellness Newsletter, which has featured books and interviews with leading experts from Johns Hopkins Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, among others.

How to Have a (Healthy) Heart

Many leading experts agree: A good plant-based diet and an exercise routine can prevent heart disease. Explore Dr. Dodge's Wellness Newsletter to learn how to keep your heart healthy.

What we eat can heal or hurt us. Discover what the experts say about the power of food to prevent disease and even reverse serious symptoms.

Paleo? Vegan? Vegetarian? What do the real experts say about what's best? In his Wellness Newsletters, Dr. Dodge explores recent research and books about diets.

High rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in the Western world can be traced to our unhealthy diet. Food author and expert Michael Pollan has a seven-word solution: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."

The relationships between food production, human health, and a healthy environment are much more intricate than most of us realize. Discover how leading scientists are working to ensure the future of the human race and planet Earth.

The Foundation for Healthy Africa provides student scholarships and funds projects that are designed to promote healthy lifestyles in Africa. We invite your support.

Coping with Depression in Parkinson’s

Depression is common in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). About half of them live with chronic depression. Research suggests this is related to chemical changes in the brain that come with PD. Decreased dopamine and serotonin levels cause many similar symptoms in both depression and PD. Yet some people with…

Living in the Present

Staying in the now is valuable. Having some purpose, no matter how minor, also adds meaning to one’s life. Living with purpose in the present improves the quality of life. It’s especially important in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). There is no cure in sight for PD. My days are limited, but…

Enjoy Vibrant Health: Advice From Leading Experts

How to Have a (Healthy) Heart

Food, Glorious Food!

Weighty Matters (All About Diets)

Benefits of Plant-Based Diets

Sustainable Agriculture

Foundation for a Healthy Africa

Facts That May Surprise You

Coping with Depression in Parkinson’s

Living in the Present