I was able to do some garden work in our backyard this weekend, something I always enjoy. We’ve had several garden boxes in the backyard for a number of years. I’ve had green beans growing in one of them this spring. They’ve been blooming for a couple weeks now. I…
FOOD is a new book by Dr. Mark Hyman, director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. Hyman begins by vividly outlining the problem with food today: “Most Americans don’t eat food anymore. They eat factory-made, industrially produced food-like substances.” He characterizes the multitude of alterations and additives in…
Your mind is a master key to your health. Nutrition, exercise, hygiene, emotional balance, and stress management are all important, but your mental commitment to healthy living underlies all these factors. If you’re not committed to a healthy lifestyle, or if your commitment is half-hearted, your chances of enjoying the…
Nutrition has been surrounded by controversy for thousands of years, going back to biblical times, and it’s still true today. You can read or hear about some kind of nutritional controversy almost every day, and this is likely to remain true for a long time. Some controversies are due to…
The Cheese Trap by Neal D. Barnard, MD, looks at the risks to health caused by cheese. Barnard is on the faculty of The George Washington School of Medicine. He is also founder of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine. When you look at his book cover, the A in…
“Our country is facing a nutrition crisis,” states Dr. Mozaffarian, Dean of Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy. “Few other challenges cause more deaths, disability, and associated preventable health costs. Congress is actively debating how to improve health and reduce costs – fixing our food system is among…
One morning in early February I heard a “tap-tap-tap” at our back door. Our back yard is fenced in, so this was very unusual. When I went to see who could be knocking at our door, I didn’t see anyone at first. Then a cardinal sitting on the patio floor…
The holidays stretching from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day can be a time of weight gain and related health problems, but they’re also a time of celebration of the human spirit. This is a good time to look at qualities of the human spirit as related to health. That is…
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Annual Conference held October 23-26 in Naples, Florida was the best yet. The setting at the Naples Grande Resort was beautiful. The conference theme was “Healthy People, Healthy Planet.” Plant-based eating is healthier than the standard American diet for both people and the…
Heart Intelligence, published earlier this year by the HeartMath Institute, is the Institute’s newest book on the communication capabilities of the heart. The book summarizes the research done by this institute over the past 25 years and brings us up to date on the latest surprising findings about the heart’s…
