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
Wonderful Veggie Dinner
We had spaghetti squash as our entrée for dinner tonight, and it was delicious. The secret that made it extra good was the warm HEB Vegetable Primavera pasta sauce topping enriched with green peas. The overall taste combination was irresistible. Other veggies on the plate included kale, quartered beets, Brussel…