What Is Known About Coughs and Bronchitis Healthy Steps: Coughs & Bronchitis—First Steps Healthy Steps: Coughs & Bronchitis—Full Program Cough and Bronchitis Prevention From Dr. Deborah’s Desk Even when reassured that your nagging cough is harmless, the nagging part is no fun at all. Interrupting meals, conversations, and worst of all – sleep, a week […]
What Is Known About Type 2 DiabetesHealthy Steps: Type 2 Diabetes—First StepsHealthy Steps: Type 2 Diabetes—Full ProgramPreventing Type 2 DiabetesFrom Dr. Deborah’s Desk Type 2 diabetes is epidemic, both in the United States and around the world. Although common in the obese population, we are seeing a new and troublesome trend of diabetes and pre-diabetes […]
What Is Known about Obesity Healthy Steps: Obesity—First Steps Healthy Steps: Obesity—Full Program Obesity Prevention From Dr. Deborah’s Desk Have you noticed a slowly increasing waist size? The first sign may be that last year’s bathing suit doesn’t fit, but the steps to follow are much worse. For both men and women, even loose shirts […]
Fad diets come and go, but in my practice, I follow the science more carefully than I follow the fads. In doing so, I have been tremendously impressed with the work of Gary Taubes, who has meticulously detailed the science behind the low-carbohydrate diet trends. He is not alone.
While Candida albicans—a type of yeast species—is normally found in our digestive tract and on our skin, it can easily grow out of control when fueled by a combination of dietary and lifestyle factors. Millions of people suffer from the effects of Candida overgrowth that result in or complicate a wide range of conditions and symptoms.
Not surprisingly, gluten comes from the Latin word for glue. Wonderful qualities of elasticity and buoyancy derive from gluten’s self-adherent stickiness.
I’ll start right off with admitting that it’s a little naive to imagine that there is a single “Ideal Diet” that works for everyone. From decades of clinical practice, individual variability is the principle of reality that is most often confirmed in my clinical experience. So I encourage you to consider this diet as a set of guidelines, and perform gentle personal exploration to determine which form of the eating plan works best for you.
Every day we read about some environmental scare or disaster. Many of us feel helpless: climate change, deforestation, toxic dump sites, nuclear waste, ocean health. The list goes on and on. And, of course we all need to address these planetary health issues. However, our immediate environments can be just as important to our personal health and energy. We’re talking about our homes – where we eat, sleep, and spend time with friends and family.
Have you ever been confused about just what is healthy to put in your body?
What Is Known About Acute Indigestion Healthy Steps: Acute Indigestion—First Steps Healthy Steps: Acute Indigestion—Full Program Preventing Acute Indigestion From Dr. Deborah’s Desk For some people it’s pain, and for others digestion just seems to be working upstream instead of downstream. It’s not a condition anyone wants to talk about, but nearly everyone—male and female, […]