The Secret Language of the Heart by Barry Goldstein is a modest paperback book with a valuable message. Music is a more powerful healing tool than most of us realize. The book’s subtitle tells us the author’s purpose: How to Use Music, Sound, and Vibration as Tools for Healing and…
The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Thomas M. Campbell II, MD, is widely acclaimed. It reports on the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever done. Dr. Dean Ornish calls it “one of the most important books about nutrition ever written.” He adds, “Reading it may save your…
I had the privilege of attending HealthFest 2016 in Marshall, Texas on the weekend of April 1-3. I had not heard about this annual event in a small Texas city until a few weeks before I attended. It sounded promising, and it proved to be a superb event. Let me…
You Are the Placebo is the title of a book by Dr. Joe Dispenza, published in 2014. A placebo is an inert substance used in drug experiments as a control to test the efficacy of any other substance. When Dispenza says, “You are the Placebo,” is he suggesting that you…
Garth Davis, author of Proteinaholic, was a self-confessed protein addict. His professional background makes his story especially compelling. He is a top-rated surgeon who specializes in bariatric surgery, doing stomach bypass operations to help morbidly obese people lose weight. In the early years of his surgery practice, he strongly promoted…
The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight by Lani Muelrath, is the best guidebook I’ve found for anyone interested in plant-based eating. The preface by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and foreword by Neal Barnard, MD add to the strength of…
I took a round-about trip during the last ten days of October and first half of November to visit family and attend a couple conferences along the way. I put 4000 miles on my little Toyota pickup as I traveled to Florida, Nashville, Indianapolis, and then back to San Antonio.…
Gregg Levoy opens a chapter in his recent book, Vital Signs, with a quote from Hunter S. Thompson. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of…
The hero of Homer’s epic Greek poem, Odysseus, encounters one deadly peril after another during his tumultuous ten-year voyage home after the Trojan war. Eventually, after countless close calls, he reaches his home island of Ithaca. There, after a last bit of drama, he is finally reunited with his loving…
The blueprint for wellness includes four major components: Exercise, Hygiene, Nutrition, and a Spirit of Love. They are essential pillars in any wellness program, whether academic, corporate, public, or personal. How would you rank them in importance? (Please take a minute to write them down in their order of importance…
