I often see patients struggling with extreme, unsustainable diets. While they may have good results losing weight quickly, they are too hard to stay on, and often “anti-social.” By the latter I mean they tend to isolate people from loved ones, friends, and work associates. This can ha

I have been reporting on the side effects of NSAID drugs like Ibuprofen for a while. While many patients cannot live without it, it is still prudent to consider alternatives to pain therapy, especially when these drugs have not been started. The least we could do is warn patients abou

That is the name of an article by Olga Kazan in The Atlantic, January 26th 2018. I attached it below because many of you live in fear of developing “All-timer’s Disease.” We have talked about processed sugars in my office several times. I hope you have eliminated them from your diet.

We understandably fear getting the flu, especially this year when mortality is high. Avoiding exposure to the virus, and getting vaccinated are recommended. Both yield mixed results. Here are a few points unfortunately left out of the discussion: “It is not the bug, it’s the terrain.”

  As an Integrative Physician I catch flak from both sides. Last month I reviewed two issues that often raise the hackles of Naturopaths—Soy, and mainstream M.D.s.—pesticides. For the umpteenth time I will tell you Soy is OK for you, provided it is organic, and fermented. See blo

Stress has been documented to be implicated in practically all diseases. Explaining this to patients requires significant care, and time, least they think they are being told their problems “are all in their head.” The mechanism whereby stress affects all organs are its negative effec

Anthropologists have noted that most societies, including our country’s, inexorably end up in the hands of business people. Icons like Lincoln, and Eisenhower have warned us that Democracies ultimately yield power to Plutocracies, or Oligarchies. The government of the people, by the p

Are you a wolf? Very unlikely, if you have been enjoying reading these blogs and newsletters. The exhibit pictured below is found in the Modern Art Museum in Bilbao, Spain, where my maternal grandfather’s family came from. Ponder its meaning before reading below. Most people behave as