Do you have labs results with HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES?

Is your conventionally trained physician just telling you to take drugs?

Yikes! High triglycerides can usually be spotted even without lab tests because they look like belly fat, or the classic apple shape body. [Read more →]

Many of us have been incited to concern, even fear,  about cholesterol levels.  There has been an enormous media and medical push to reduce cholesterol levels in the past two decades.  [Read more →]

written for NDNR (www.ndnr.com) and published Feb 2008
Heart disease is the leading cause of the death in the U.S. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.5 million people died of CVD in 2005, representing 30% of all global deaths. [Read more →]

If you live in a hot climate, or are planning a winter vacation in the sun, think twice before stocking up on flip-flops at Walmart.

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The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association have released new guidelines for physical activity that recommend that healthy adults ages 18 to 65 exercise a minimum of five days per week in order to promote health and prevent disease.

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Loss of height of one inch or more may be an indicator of a vertebral fracture. That means one of the 29 “backbones” forming the spine might have a crack or be slightly crushed. These vertebral fractures are much more common than one would think and vertebral fracture is emerging as an important indicator of osteoporosis.

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There are many approaches to weight loss; it is a multi-million dollar industry in our land of plenty. The bottom line is to eat fewer calories than you expend daily, but not drastically fewer, until you’re happy with how you fit into your clothes, then resume a diet and exercise program that will maintain the desired weight. You can dress up weight loss with grapefruits, or cabbage stew, or Hoodia, but really, the only thing that works is to burn more calories than you’re eating. [Read more →]

Q:Why Do I Crave Foods That Are “Bad” For Me?

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From Women’s Health, January 2005

Q: I’m a 70-yr old female. What can I do naturally to improve my bone health and vertebrae deterioration? (H.G., Schooleys Mt., NJ)

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Please print and affix with thy most favorite refrigerator magnet:

1. Thou shalt honor thy health and good spirits above all else.

2. Thou shalt not go on crash diets; there lieth the way of madness.

3. Thou shalt not clean thy neighbor’s plate.

4. Thou shalt not eat when thine eye lusteth but when thy stomach doth supplicate for sustenance.

5. Thou shalt sup chiefly on the fruits of the earth, the grains and vegetables thereof; on the fowl of the air and the fish of the seven seas, whence donuts cometh not.

6. Thou shalt not eat when thou art miserable, for food is not a medicine unto the soul.

7. Thou shalt take exercise daily; for why hast thou sinew and bone, legs and sneakers?

8. Thou shalt be patient but not forgetful of meal times.

9. Thou shalt take delight in every good friend and good song, in every good walk and good day; for to enjoy them more is why these commandments are given unto you.

10. Thou shalt not knit thy brow if thou transgress a commandment, but forgive thyself; for it is written, nine out of 10 is not too shabby.