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.

My Parkinson’s Paradox

Parkinson’s disease: My Sorrow — and My Joy

“There is a time to weep and a time to laugh.” (Ecclesiastes)

My Parkinson’s paradox: I feel both sorrow and joy as my disease progresses, funneling
down to severe limitations. Sorrow is easily understood as I keep losing capabilities, but
how can I feel joy? That’s the paradox.

Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s

Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s disease (PD) may have been controversial many years ago, but it is recommended today. I recently completed 12 weeks of supervised Physical Therapy two or three times a week. I enjoyed the sessions, and the cumulative impact of the therapy was good. I appreciated the congratulations…

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

My Parkinson’s Paradox

Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s