How to Be Well: 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.
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.
Food, Glorious Food!
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.
Weighty Matters (All About Diets)
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.
Benefits of Plant-Based 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."
Sustainable Agriculture
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.
Foundation for a Healthy Africa
The Foundation for Healthy Africa provides student scholarships and funds projects that are designed to promote healthy lifestyles in Africa. We invite your support.
Facts That May Surprise You
Mindfulness
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…
Butternut Squash and Lentils
Yesterday I cooked butternut squash with lentils, chopped onion, and fresh greens from our garden, seasoned with curry, turmeric, and ginger. There was enough to have as our main entrée for supper last night and again tonight. We had different side veggies each time, tonight’s being fresh organic beets, cauliflower,…
Good Veggie Mix
Variety Veggie Plate
Baked Potato, Corn-on-the Cob, & More
Tonight we had baked potato, fresh corn-on-the-cob, quartered beets, beet greens, carrot chunks, Brussels sprouts, leek, and asparagus spears on our supper plate. I had salsa on my baked potato, a combination with pizzazz that I really like. Our salad plates had baby spinach leaves with sliced white button mushrooms,…